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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / August 2005Gas Mileage
Just curious what everyone else is getting. Me: 2005 Outback Sport 5 speed with 8400 miles. Almost all city driving, southern US, air conditioner used most of the time. 25.5 miles to the gallon. I have seen 27 once and as low as 23. But it is almost always around 25. Cheers John >Just curious what everyone else is getting. My '01 OBW 5 speed manual never saw more than 24, but it had a four bike Yakima rack on top in 40,000 miles. I'm sure the rack cost a mile per gallon, or so. If I hammered it, it got 22, if I babied it on highway rides, 24. Rarely did it ever have more than 2 people on board. Most driving was just me, 70% suburban, 30% open highway. Typical tanks got 23-23.5 MPG, on Connecticut's freaky gas blends. I used Mobil 1 5w-30 changed every 5k, replaced air filters every 10k, and replaced the plugs @ 25k. FWIW, I've now got a 2005, 6 speed manual, 4 liter V6, 4x4 Toyota Tacoma (all 4500 pounds of it!) with about 100 more horsies than the Subie, and it averages 19-20, with the same driver, on the same roads, in the same situations. At 3900 miles, the Toyota hasn't even seen synthetic lubes yet. 2000 Forester AT. Local Urban = 21mpg with air on 100% and 24mpg air off 100%. Expressways nets 28 at 70 mph on cruise. >>Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > in the same situations. At 3900 miles, the Toyota hasn't even seen > synthetic lubes yet. I log all fuel ups and mileage, my 04 Forester XS, 5spd gets, 9.14litres/100kms (30.75mpg) on average since January 2005. My best tank got 7.7litres/100kms (36.74mpg). The average number includes 15,000km of combined driving including trips to Mount Washington (Vancouver Island) in the snow and some limited trailer towing. I'd love to get 45mpg + but for an AWD vehicle with the Foresters practicality, not bad. BTW, Our 90 Legacy, 5spd gets about 27mpg combined, although that car gets more city miles than the forester. H  SignatureIf a job's worth doin' it's worth doing twice! > 2000 Forester AT. Local Urban = 21mpg with air on 100% and 24mpg air off > 100%. Expressways nets 28 at 70 mph on cruise. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> in the same situations. At 3900 miles, the Toyota hasn't even seen >> synthetic lubes yet. > I log all fuel ups and mileage, my 04 Forester XS, 5spd gets, > 9.14litres/100kms (30.75mpg) > on average since January 2005. > > My best tank got 7.7litres/100kms (36.74mpg). Note that H is talking imperial gallons. In US gal he means 26.5 and 31.5 mpg respectively > BTW, Our 90 Legacy, 5spd gets about 27mpg combined, although that car > gets more city miles than the forester. My 95 Legacy, 5MT, 2.2 4cyl engine gets 7.5l/100kms (32 mpUSg) in commuting (95% Hwy). It's too bad that Subaru don't make a smaller engined car anymore. My next commuter will likely be a Corolla - I'll just suffer on snow days like (almost) everyone else. SignatureDominic Richens | dominic@alumni.uottawa.ca "If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!" >> I log all fuel ups and mileage, my 04 Forester XS, 5spd gets, >> 9.14litres/100kms (30.75mpg) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > anymore. My next commuter will likely be a Corolla - I'll just suffer on > snow days like (almost) everyone else. I just traded in my 02 Legacy Outback. When I bought it, I averaged 20.5 MPG, combined city and highway - mainly city. After about three years, the mileage slowly creeped up to 22.93 (total miles 32,000). I kept track of every tank and calculated MPG per tank, total MPG and several other things. The best tank I got was 27.24 - all highway and driving relatively slow (60-65 MPH). Don D > Just curious what everyone else is getting. 01 OBW (4 cylinder) automatic. 25 city, 29 hiway (60-65 mph). SignatureJohn Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com > 01 OBW (4 cylinder) automatic. 25 city, 29 hiway (60-65 mph). My '99 is the same. I got 425 miles on one tank of gas this weekend. -John O Just got rid of a Jeep Wrangler which I put slightly bigger tires on it. It looked cool but I was getting 14.7 mpg and before was getting 19. I'm glad I sold it. Lewis > Just got rid of a Jeep Wrangler which I put slightly bigger tires on > it. It looked cool but I was getting 14.7 mpg and before was getting > 19. I'm glad I sold it. The change in tire size would have made your odometer, thus your mileage calculations, inaccurate, unless you adjusted for it. SignatureJohn Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com > The change in tire size would have made your odometer, thus your mileage > calculations, inaccurate, unless you adjusted for it. "Anyone else notice that the shops moved two miles closer to home since I put them big tyres on? They must move more ground at the same speed!" -mark 04 H-6 OBW w/Auto Urban approximately 18-19 Highway approximately 25 > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John >Just curious what everyone else is getting. 2002 Forester. Best just under 28mpg. Worst was 19 something. Average I can plan on is around 23 to 25. I have 50K+ on the car. I notice some pinging or detonation rather frequently and wonder if going up a fuel grade might improve mileage. I normally burn Mobil or Speedway 87 octane. >>Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > going up a fuel grade might improve mileage. I normally burn Mobil or > Speedway 87 octane. Best tank for me so far was 7.4litres/100 Ron >>> Just curious what everyone else is getting. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ron Best tank for distance was 743.6 kilometres (or 462 miles) Ron >>> Just curious what everyone else is getting. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ron Sorry, 05 OBW 2.5l, auto >> 2002 Forester. Best just under 28mpg. Worst was 19 something. >> Average I can plan on is around 23 to 25. I have 50K+ on the car. > Best tank for me so far was 7.4litres/100 95 Legacy 2.2L 5MT - best tank ever was 6.7l/100km (36 mpUSg): I drove 1000km on the TransCanada at the speed limit (90kph), cool sunny day, strong tail wind, and I drafted a semi for about 200km of it. SignatureDominic Richens | dominic@alumni.uottawa.ca "If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!" '00 OBS - 2.2 24/29mpg '02 OBS - 2.5 23/27mpg -Danny last week i got 29.2 mpg in my 2004 OBS. Mixed driving some AC > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John 1998 Forester L Automatic. Just turned 227,000 miles this week. 23 city 26 highway with Thule 1600 cargo box on. About 1 mpg better on highway with it off. Oil changed regularly at 3000/4000 miles. Burns less than 1/2 qt between changes.....the same as when it was new. 2002 Impreza WRX Best tank-- 21mpg Worst tank-- 13.4mpg (on the highway- I95 heading to Florida witth bikes on the roof 95mph) Average is about 18 > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John Wow, my problems are worse than once thought. I've had my '00 Outback Wagon for about 3 months, and am consitently getting less than 15 miles per gallon. Any ideas and/or suggestions? > > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Wagon for about 3 months, and am consitently getting less than 15 miles > per gallon. Any ideas and/or suggestions? Hmm. Yesterday I did the 650 km trip from Auckland to Wellington in my 1995 Legacy Wagon (2.5l with 4EAT, 195,000 km on the clock) and I used 15.4 l/100 km (14.7 miles per USgal) instead of my normal 9 l/100km (25 miles per USgal). As my figures are normally very similar to Gumby, but this time were very similar to yours, perhaps we both have similar problems. Here is a photo of my car just after refilling at the halfway point: http://www.hoult.org/bruce/Subaru_with_TA.jpg SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- > Yesterday I did the 650 km trip from Auckland to Wellington in my 1995 > Legacy Wagon (2.5l with 4EAT, 195,000 km on the clock) and I used 15.4 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.hoult.org/bruce/Subaru_with_TA.jpg How heavy is the trailer / glider combo? Some sort of spoiler on the trailer ala truck cab could help - or you could try mounting the wings on the Legacy ;) (Mental note, just took a b4 around the South Island before the beginning of the last set of petrol rises, must tally the mileage) > > Yesterday I did the 650 km trip from Auckland to Wellington in my 1995 > > Legacy Wagon (2.5l with 4EAT, 195,000 km on the clock) and I used 15.4 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > How heavy is the trailer / glider combo? I'm not sure. The glider was a fiberglass two seater weighing (manufacturer's specification) 400 kg. The trailer is not lightweight. SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- I've towed my glider & trailer-27B/cobra fibreglass & averaged 21 mpg running about 70mph with an '05 OBW LLBean 3.0L. Hardly knew the trailer was there except when crossing a bridge with a very stiff X-wind coming through a mountain gap. That was kind of interesting. Chip F N127KK > I've towed my glider & trailer-27B/cobra fibreglass & averaged 21 mpg > running about 70mph with an '05 OBW LLBean 3.0L. Hardly knew the > trailer was there except when crossing a bridge with a very stiff > X-wind coming through a mountain gap. That was kind of interesting. I've towed a PW5 behind mine quite a lot, and it hardly notices it. But this Grob Twin in a heavy boxy trailer was a different matter entirely. The Twin Astir is 2.5 times the weight of a PW5 and the trailer is probably 3 or 4 times the weight of the PW-5 trailer. Your ASW27 is only slightly heavier than a PW5 and the Cobra is a good trailer. SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- > (Mental note, just took a b4 around the South Island before the > beginning of the last set of petrol rises, must tally the mileage) Follow-up: 2000 rsk b4, 88k on the clock at the start, road trip around a good part of the South Island NZ. Mix of open road, urban, and some slow crawling over unsealed roads of various condition (Forrester / Outback clearance would have been nice in places). Total km = 2653, fuel 344.29ltr (mix 96 & 98). 12.9Ltr/100km or 21.7mpg. Lovely trip - wasn't driving with an eye on the fuel economy - the roads are pretty good, and mostly empty. Need to do it again and cover the far south (this time crossed over through the Haast pass to Wanaka / Queenstown, then via Laurence to Dunedin before heading north up the east coast.) Still, Warbirds over Wanaka next year - that's a great excuse. >>>Just curious what everyone else is getting. >>> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > http://www.hoult.org/bruce/Subaru_with_TA.jpg Shell...Turangi > > Here is a photo of my car just after refilling at the halfway point: > > > > http://www.hoult.org/bruce/Subaru_with_TA.jpg > > Shell...Turangi Indeed you are correct that Turangi is at the halfway point between Auckland and Wellington ;-) But how'd you pick it was Shell? SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- >>>Here is a photo of my car just after refilling at the halfway point: >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > But how'd you pick it was Shell? 1. Must be Turangi. Taupo , not far enough and none with enough room with that size trailer Waiouru, first on left is BP (Ak to Wn you'd stop on the left) Taihape, only BP 2. Yellow & red in signage. 3. Done that trip hundreds of times but I usually go round the back of the lake. (no cops) >Here is a photo of my car just after refilling at the halfway point: > > http://www.hoult.org/bruce/Subaru_with_TA.jpg Instantly recognized the trailer as I used to be active in a sailplane club. I soloed when I was 15 years old in a Schweizer TG-2 . Nice to see some fellow silent wings on the site! > >Here is a photo of my car just after refilling at the halfway point: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > club. I soloed when I was 15 years old in a Schweizer TG-2 . Nice to > see some fellow silent wings on the site! There seem to be quite a few more than I would have expected, actually! For those who don't know what is in that trailer it is a Grob "Twin Astir" two seat high peformance (ok, 38:1 glide angle is only medium these days) fiberglass sailplane. Our club has two of this model that we use for everything from teaching raw beginners to fly, to flying cross-country and taking part in competitions. http://www.soar.co.nz/Gallery/Launching.JPG >> Just curious what everyone else is getting. >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Wagon for about 3 months, and am consitently getting less than 15 miles > per gallon. Any ideas and/or suggestions? My '05 Outback with auto trans is consistently getting 18 in town, 21 highway. Not good, but my dealer said it was typical. Is it? (The odo says 7300 miles.) Can the onboard mileage calibration thing be wrong? I haven't checked the gas mileage the old-fashioned way. They also said that there was no brake noise at full steering lock. That has gotten better, but the car still hesitates when the throttle is floored from a stop. The dealer says they all do that. Do they? My next nearest dealer is a lot farther away, but the trip might be worth it. Arrrrgh. Tom 2004 3.0 Outback Wagon, average 24-25 mpg consistently. > Just curious what everyone else is getting. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cheers > John |
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