12-22-2011
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: St. Paul
Drives: 1994 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Auto
Posts: 445
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Winter mpg - What do you get?
I'm not too happy with my winter mpg and I'm wondering what everyone else gets. I drive a bone stock automatic 94 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. I'm rated at 17 city, 20 hiway from the factory. Right now I average only 17.5'ish mpg. I pump only BP 93 and I always warm-up and cool-down my car. I tried removing my spar tire and jack to reduce some weight but I don't think that helped very much. I also bumped up my tire pressure to 36psi. I don't think that helped very much either. I drive like a grandma and still only manage like 17.5 mpg :'(
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12-22-2011
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wants to kick mark
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No Hope
Drives: Battery with wheels
Posts: 1,064
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I get 17.8 in the grandpa mobile
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12-22-2011
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Built it from scratch!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: St. Paul
Drives: Currently Mitsu-less
Posts: 851
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
Is it highway, stop and go?
Low compression, AWD, Automatic (lots of drive train loss)
You have a lot against you...
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: St. Paul
Drives: 1994 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Auto
Posts: 445
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I'm averaging 17.5'ish combined although I would say that I do a lot more hiway than stop and go driving since I live in St. Paul but work in Minneapolis. I was averaging 19 something before it got cold out and I wasn't even trying to get good mpg at the time.
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: edward lake
Drives: toaster
Posts: 6,431
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
In the hatch not trying and not being nice to it I get 30mpg on pump 92. Aly gets 32mpg in the 01 mirage sedan 1.8 auto
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
That is really good, that is what I average on E85 in my automagic and its depressing since I'm used to 30+mpg vehicles, my civic gets about 34mpg while I hate its lack of power I love the fact I'm driving 350+ miles a week and only filling up one.
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12-22-2011
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
24-25 mixed. 30 highway.
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: st paul
Drives: 90mitsu
Posts: 531
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I get 14 mpg in the 4runner, and 18 mpg in the mitsu...
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12-22-2011
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Walls need hugs too
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Plymouth
Drives: V10 Touareg, Beater Jetta, Evo IX
Posts: 3,876
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
Holy crap, I get better than that on corn...
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
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Originally Posted by cmspaz
Holy crap, I get better than that on corn...
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what do you get oh great one? |
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hastings, MN
Drives: 08 Evolution X
Posts: 482
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
24 MPG in the 02 Honda CRV AWD auto, lost about 2 MPG when switching to the winter tires (was 26).
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12-22-2011
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formerly ecoli
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: On the dyno
Posts: 4,892
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I used to get 19-20mpg on E85 in our 1G in the Winter. Evos don't usually fair so well though.
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
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Originally Posted by Shane@DBPerformance
I used to get 19-20mpg on E85 in our 1G in the Winter. Evos don't usually fair so well though.
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Sounds like you need to talk to spaz.  |
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Drives: 97 Eclipse GST spyder(Project car), 95 Corolla(DD), 91 MR2 turbo(Fun car)
Posts: 751
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
Before I got 25 mpg with my automatic DD. After switching to manual I get 29 mpg.
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12-22-2011
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'2of9'
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Inver Grove Heights
Drives: Racer Van V6
Posts: 2,125
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I'm gettin' close to 25ish city/highway average in the Civic beater. When I had the GVR4, I was getting around 15-17 mpg during the winter seasons. Warming up the car takes up a good amount of gas.
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12-22-2011
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Walls need hugs too
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Plymouth
Drives: V10 Touareg, Beater Jetta, Evo IX
Posts: 3,876
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
what do you get oh great one?
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I never said I was doing enormously better, I'm getting low 18s on average, driving it nice.
And yes, I realize you get better than everyone else here in your beater Civic while driving it like a jackass, congrats, your highness.
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12-22-2011
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
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Originally Posted by cmspaz
I never said I was doing enormously better, I'm getting low 18s on average, driving it nice.
And yes, I realize you get better than everyone else here in your beater Civic while driving it like a jackass, congrats, your highness.
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I drive like a jackass? I try to drive like it like a racecar on the street and spin out in corners? I get into car accidents often? weird I haven't noticed.
Please try again.
Pao, If you have an eprom ECU maybe you can have shane chip and tune it for you, i think that would be the cheapest option or you could get link for it and have a local place tune it for you, These cars run pretty damn rich. |
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12-22-2011
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N17r0U$ br4D
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
I put two tanks of gas through my 2g auto and driving it like a grandma as best I could I only got 17 both times on pump gas in the fall. Stopped driving it after that and switched back to my cl which gets 25/26 mixed driving and now seems to get around 24 in the winter.
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12-22-2011
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Got Boost o_O'' m
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: In a house
Drives: 1991 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Spooling Fiddy Trim Style
Posts: 1,389
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
Ive been getting steady 378-400 out of my 10 gallon tank  I sure miss my 1G Talon but Gas was like 25 bux every two - three days or so it sucked! If only i had VTEC HONDA FTW when it comes to MPG! |
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12-22-2011
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Crash Course Racing
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Skid Row
Drives: in circles
Posts: 2,623
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Re: Winter mpg - What do you get?
In the Corolla - about 32mpg combined.
In the SuperDuty - 11mpg maybe
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