20mpg! I only get like 17.. <=== Lead foot

 

+1 i must agree..drive it and enjoy it

 

no its true..it happened to a friend of mine...lol...im b-****tin.

 

+10

 

So how does coasting in neutral waste gas again?

 

I get about 18mpg average. I bought a sportscar and I'm not going to pussyfoot it to save gas mileage, whats the point of owning one then?

 

wow I get about 400m to a tank, and I have somewhat a heavy foot!

 

yep. i get anywhere between 350 to 400 to a tank =)

 

When I had my Z I'd get anywhere between 300-350 per tank.

 

my last tank i did exclusively city driving and messing around with friends and stuff and got a whopping 168 miles to a tank hahahaha wow that was horrible

 

wtf! I can only squeeze out 280ish in my 05 touring

 

The doors are very long, thats just about it on the complaints side.

 

You're complaining about mpg when you drive a dedicated sports car with a 3.5L V6 engine?
Seriously I hope you're kidding.

 

Because 2+2=5 now. I figure as long as we're starting some myths we might as well start one that revolutionizes the whole number system.

 

To the OP, if you're dissappointed in the mpg you should have seen my trying to haul 2 yards of bark mulch home.....man, talk about a downside. These things have a terrible bed for hauling. Who would have guessed?

 

I get about 20-22mpg when I shift early (3000-4000rpm). But when I shift between 4000-5000rmp it goes down to about 17-19mpg.

 

When you're in gear and off the throttle, it does not apply any fuel at all. If you are disengaged from gear (on the clutch) or in neutral, the engine applies fuel to maintain idle. That's why staying in gear when coasting uses less fuel than leaving it in neutral.

It is also illegal in Europe to coast around in neutral, but there are other reasons for that.

As far as what I'm getting, I'm mixed city/highway and get 20.5 MPG and couldn't be happier with it; that's better than we get on my dad's Legacy 2.5GT and better, in fact, than I used to get on my Scion tC that I traded for this car, which is entirely due to gearing (way too short on the 5MT tC). For a 3.5liter motor that cranks out 306 peak horsepower and still gives decent midrange torque, to me, 20 MPG mixed cycle is great!

-Ed

EDIT: PS I agree with the other posters in terms of ways to save fuel; try to drive WOT when accelerating and shift short but do not lug (i.e. shift under 3,000 whenever possible--I generally shift right at 2,000 RPM). Driving WOT at low RPM reduces pumping losses, but obviously going WOT in 1st gear guarantees shifting crazy soon. Also, even though you may be in the interest of saving fuel costs, absolutely do not lug your car by shifting too short--the damaged caused in the long run will cost you more than burning a little extra gas to shift appropriately. An extreme example of lugging is being at street crawling speed, upshifting to 6th gear, putting the engine at the 500rpm level and then flooring it to accelerate--lugging is bad because it causes oil starvation from oil pump velocity.

 

So you're saying that when you're coasting in gear, no fuel is being burned? As in, it would be the same if I reached up and shut the key off? I don't think so..... Does your car go silent when you're coasting in gear? LOL

 

My RPM gauge would disagree with your flawed theory.

 

Not sure what you mean; if you leave it in gear, it's going to indicate whatever RPM the engine is rotating at, which has everything to do with wheel speed and gear, and nothing to do with throttle input. If you put it into neutral, RPM drops to idle until gear is re-engaged or throttle is applied.

-Ed