What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - Page 2

as far as i know all the mazda3s autos have tip tronic. well perhaps the older ones didnt i dont know. and VB had a mazda6 but got fed up with it over a bunch of shit the dealership put him through and  now he has a malibu. but he still enjoys chatting it up about cars. which is cool.

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ORIGINAL: virgin1

 
I DID the conversion/calculation and Uber is right!!  50.05mpg. 

Jaimie, Jaimie, Jaimie.  That's impossible. You're doing something wrong w/you calculations.  You ain't driving a Prius y'know... and they only get around 45(?) iirc.

"Are you driving downhill with a tail wind?"

Yeah, Ube, he must be!!  BOTH ways!!  Or, he's got the slickest 3 sedan I've ever heard of.  How many coats a' wax you got on there, Boy??      
 

He's aslo got a sail attached to the car, wind eneergy, green. i am late to this thread, my mpg is 26.7 mostly local.

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ORIGINAL: ms3cbm

Hey everyone,

I just got back from driving my car, and I'm averaging 25.4 mpg with mixed freeway, city, and stop and go traffic with the Mazdaspeed 3 2.3L Turbo. Best I've ever seen for average on my car is 27.8 mpg, after driving for about 1 hour on the freeway at 55 mph!

What do you guys and gals average with your cars?

 
Driving down to Palm Springs to my inlaws for Thanksgiving I averaged 31 MPG at an average speed of 78 MPH.  

wife car.... city driving only... she's getting an avg of 22.7 in the city. ... ... this car rocks!.. .. in about 2 weeks, we'll be going to dallas(first road trip in this car)  i should have a better idea of hwy driving!.. hopfully over 30!!


man, and my JMD yellow fogs set those HID's off!!! .sick!!!

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ORIGINAL: jaimie08mazda3

as far as i know all the mazda3s autos have tip tronic. well perhaps the older ones didnt i dont know. and VB had a mazda6 but got fed up with it over a bunch of shit the dealership put him through and now he has a malibu. but he still enjoys chatting it up about cars. which is cool.

That's basically it.

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ORIGINAL: virgin1

I was speaking about fully automatic mode, which I think is VB's only option.

My Malibu has a manual option for the first 3 gears (I believe they used a 3 speed with a 4th gear overdrive tranny for this car), but I don't use it unless I'm messing about it first & second - if I try to leave it in third for city driving, I can hear it shifting anyway, but still reading 3rd gear...it's an odd transmission.

ok after calculations i was wrong. haha wow im retarded but some of the times it says 4.7 but the average is sitting at 7L per 100 KMs. its crazy 

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ORIGINAL: virgin1


I was speaking about fully automatic mode, which I think is VB's only option.  You (Uber) have the option to chose because of Mazdas tip-tronic manual shift mode.
Most autos will hold the gear (up to a point) depending on how much power you are calling for.  Hard on the accelerater (usually)=  higher rpm's between shifts.  Lighter on the pedal= lower shift points. So if you're accelerating hard, but don't want to wind her out completely, and you want the tranny to shift at a given point, lift off for a short time until the tranny shifts up.
See what  mean?  That's how all the autos I've ever driven worked.

 
I know what you are talking about, Virg, I use that "technique" on my Mazda MPV (which has a 4-speed auto and a 2.5 L Ford Duratec happy-rev engine).

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ORIGINAL: jaimie08mazda3

ok after calculations i was wrong. haha wow im retarded but some of the times it says 4.7 but the average is sitting at 7L per 100 KMs. its crazy 

That sounds a little more realisitic. (33.6mpg American)
You are wise to have chosen this path, young one.     
 
 
 

but hell dude its pretty awesome haha lol

Beats my MPG for sure.

well duh 6cyl vs 4cyl lol. and mine could maybe beat yours lol just cuz of the standard

Oh well, at least I'm still faster.

Thanks, everyone for all of the info about your MPG or L/100km!

It seems really interesting that many of you get right around the same MPG that I get!

Keep it up everyone, and let's post our trip miles per tank!

I recently achieved 320 miles for one tank, with only about 3 miles left, according to the fuel range meter!

What are you guys/gals achieving?

I just drove 682km (424 miles) on a tank.
The mileage worked out to 6.9L/100km...or roughly 34 mpg.
 

I normally fill up at 1/4 tank with between 310 to 320 miles on a tank, if I let it go I go to about 350 when the Light comes on.

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ORIGINAL: VB

Oh well, at least I'm still faster.

 
Malibu V6, 0-60, 7.8 seconds.  http://www.modernracer.com/chevroletmalibuv6.html
 
Mazda 3 2.3, 0-60, 7.5 seconds  http://www.modernracer.com/mazda3s.html
 
 

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ORIGINAL: ms3cbm

Keep it up everyone, and let's post our trip miles per tank!

 
Might not be a great idea to constantly run your fuel down to the last drop ... you could be causing damage to your fuel pump.  The link below unfortunately has ? marks where it should have a value, rule of thumb I have heard is 1/4 tank.
 
http://www.carcare.org/Fuel_AirIntake/fuel_pump.shtml
 
 
Also, having a tank that is less than 1/2 full can allow condensation to occur more easily, which can contribute to gas line freezing.  Recommendation is to keep one's tank at least half full in winter.  See "Fuel" in link below.
 
http://www.ama.ab.ca/cps/rde/xchg/ama/web/everything_auto_car_care.htm
 
 
In summary, might be a plan to fill up when your tank gets down to 1/2.
 
 

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ORIGINAL: UrbanmanUSA

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ORIGINAL: VB

Oh well, at least I'm still faster.

Malibu V6, 0-60, 7.8 seconds.  http://www.modernracer.com/chevroletmalibuv6.html

Mazda 3 2.3, 0-60, 7.5 seconds  http://www.modernracer.com/mazda3s.html

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ORIGINAL: ms3cbm

Keep it up everyone, and let's post our trip miles per tank!

Might not be a great idea to constantly run your fuel down to the last drop ... you could be causing damage to your fuel pump.  The link below unfortunately has ? marks where it should have a value, rule of thumb I have heard is 1/4 tank.

http://www.carcare.org/Fuel_AirIntake/fuel_pump.shtml


Also, having a tank that is less than 1/2 full can allow condensation to occur more easily, which can contribute to gas line freezing.  Recommendation is to keep one's tank at least half full in winter.  See "Fuel" in link below.

http://www.ama.ab.ca/cps/rde/xchg/ama/web/everything_auto_car_care.htm


In summary, might be a plan to fill up when your tank gets down to 1/2.

ahahahahaha owned lol

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ORIGINAL: UrbanmanUSA

Malibu V6, 0-60, 7.8 seconds.  http://www.modernracer.com/chevroletmalibuv6.html

Mazda 3 2.3, 0-60, 7.5 seconds  http://www.modernracer.com/mazda3s.html ....

... Might not be a great idea to constantly run your fuel down to the last drop ... you could be causing damage to your fuel pump.  The link below unfortunately has ? marks where it should have a value, rule of thumb I have heard is 1/4 tank.

http://www.carcare.org/Fuel_AirIntake/fuel_pump.shtml

Also, having a tank that is less than 1/2 full can allow condensation to occur more easily, which can contribute to gas line freezing.  Recommendation is to keep one's tank at least half full in winter.  See "Fuel" in link below.

http://www.ama.ab.ca/cps/rde/xchg/ama/web/everything_auto_car_care.htm

In summary, might be a plan to fill up when your tank gets down to 1/2.

 
My name is virgin1 and I approve of this post.   (< < A little election year humor.)
 
All right, seriously I agree with everything Uber states here.  Keeping your tank up to at least an 1/8, or 2-3 gals full is a very wise idea for any car where the fuel pump (electric) lives in the tank.
 
And it's been said for years now that cars that live in a cold winter climates (especially, but not limited to) should keep their tanks as full as is resonably possible for the exact reason Uber states above.
 
Good info and links there, Ub.  (Saved to favorites.)
 
Take it easy on poor ole' VB though, would ya'? We like him and wouldn't want to scare him off.    
Wow! I wouldn't have guessed we were faster either though.  Must be the difference in power to weight ratio?  I wonder.
 

most likely 5spd vs auto

Could be, but in spite of the losses from the torque converter most atx's usually do shift faster than an mtx can, unless really pressed hard. i.e. Power shifting.
 
 

yeea power shifting lol

I just knew I was asking for trouble with that tag on there... and who would the trouble-maker be??     Of course. 
 
 

Just one thing...I knew the 2.3L was faster, but doesn't Jaimie have the 2.0L?

Edit: And the stats are quite wrong in some categories...like the fuel economy - those stats are for the 2.2L Ecotec, don't be fooled. Have you ever seen a 3.5L get 23 MPG in the city? Hahaha.

And the limiter is at 112? God damn, this car has the potential for 125. >_>

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ORIGINAL: GregDunn

That's not bad, really, because I'm sure no one who owns a Speed3 is going to drive it like a grannywagon and expect 40 MPG.

My 3i Touring is almost to 2000 miles and is averaging a shade over 31 MPG city/highway. Oddly, the harder I drive it the better my mileage seems to get. The engine must be more efficient above 3500 RPM.

 

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ORIGINAL: virgin1

I agree w/Greg.  The harder I seem to drive my 2.3L (within reason of course,) the better the mileage. Weather, and air density seem to have an affect on that though too.
I average 26-28mpg w/o the A/C (more on long trips... 32-33,) and 24-26 w/the A/C and whenever traffic allows, shifting at +4~5K!! 

 

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ORIGINAL: virgin1

Well, (and still a bit off topic here) I don't completely understand it either.  These modern cars are a different breed than what I grew up with.
I will say that for some time now R&T (via the BMW engineers) has been touting the positive affects on fuel mileage using 3/4 throttle to get to the next gear ASAP.  In my 3, that seems to work well, to the tune of 1-3mpg better than being granny.

Over the past week and a half or so, I've been trying what V1 has described (punching the gas with some authority, not going crazy but revving the engine up a bit, getting up to speed, thus shortening the time I spend in 1st and 2nd gear).  My results?  They are good - mileage has been even with, and up to 2 MPG better, than being marshmellow on the gas.  So, counter intuitive though it may sound, it seems to work.

I assume no credit for this, but am glad for you that you are finding positive results.  I was just reporting what I had read and what the BMW engineers seemed to find through experimentation.