BTW, it's a Camry LE with 4 cycinder.

What's your milage?

-fj

fj

I have a Camry LE with a 2.2 and I get about 20 mpg around town and
27-28 highway. I just did a complete rebuild and It's about time for
a fillup.
I have about 300 miles on it now. Hoping the rebuild will help my
mileage.

Ken Day

The mileage numbers are based on the car moving, occasionally stopping for
traffic lights, but not sitting still due to heavy traffic. Highway mileage
is based on a constant speed of 55 mph without stopping or slowing down (not
just physically being on a highway).

The EPA ratings that you see on the Monroney label are just that; EPA
ratings. The EPA performs tests, called drive cycles, on every car sold in
order to determine the approximate fuel mileage a driver can expect. The
problem is that these drive cycles have not changed in years to reflect
changing driving habits, traffic patterns, and vehicle specs. We get mileage
complaints at my dealer every day, yet I've never come across a car that was
not behaving normally. Check this out:
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/cars_and_suvs/page.cfm?pageID=1474

Do you have a trip computer on your car? What does it say?

I got over 40 MPG on highway and around 35 MPG over all (20% local)
according to the computer on my 05 Camry XLE 4 Cyl. It's pretty close to the
actual number.

BTW, the fuel rail on my car was leaking gas when I bought it and the first
tank went out real fast. You may want to check it out. Just smell around
your car and under the hood when parked in a garage.

ZR

Get around 30 to 31 mpg on the freeway with mine.  The computer deal shows a
higher mpg (in the upper 30 range) which just plain bogus.

Wouldn't say its "very bad" - heavy traffic is the killer.  Its new so give
it little longer to break in, check tire inflation (add 3lbs over what's
recommended), plus winter oxgenated fuel affects mileage adversely.

I have a 2005 LE 4 cylinder with a little less than 5,000 miles.  I am
averaging around 22 for all driving, probably 2/3 city.  My wife and I are
pretty conservative drivers and I am very disappointed with this mileage.  I
didn't expect to attain the EPA numbers but 22 isn't even close.

Don in Tracy, Calif.

You're at roughly 22, sticker said 24.
I've found that by driving very smoothly, can pick up two mpg in city
driving.
When the car accumulates additional mileage, fuel economy is likely to
improve, so then, presumably, you'd be over 24 mpg with smooth
application of throttle and anticipating / coasting to stops.
May not be able to justify the cost, but full synthetic lubricants can
help also.
Also check accessory drive belt tension using factory specs and a belt
tension gauge if you can find anyone that's actually got one (found one
on eBay). Belt tension is usually off, sometimes by 20 - 30 lbs. or
more.
Also, obviously, check tire pressure with an accurate mechanical gauge,
regularly. I prefer the dial type, brass with bleed valve. Tires are
checked cold before the car is driven.
See:
http://www.getagauge.com/DialTireGauges.cfm
The $10 straight version should work just fine. Well worth the cost if
you use it regularly. IMHO keeping tire pressure perfect is one of the
simplest and quickest performance enhancements available.

I also have observed a very large difference between the actual mileage
calculated at fill-up and the display average MPG. On a trip on the
Ohio Turnpike at about 72 MPH for several hours my computed maileage
was 30 MPG and the display showed 39.9 MPG (Avg).  I am disappointed in
the 30 MPG results as well. I have computed and compared at least three
times on long trips and the display AVG MPG is always 8-10 MPG higher.

I also observe the speedometer shows about 2 MPH higher than my Garmin
GPS measures.

I doubt anybody in this thread has seen accurate display but then this
is for people with problems. Will Toyota have an answer for this?

Thanks...