MPG?

Corridor 35 · Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:46 am

tigerbangs54 wrote: it seems to have reached a whole different plateau of fuel economy

That's very reassuring to hear. I still have less than 1k on my new Kizashi and I'm quite underwhelmed with my 22 mpg (scratch pad) / 24 mpg (dashomoeter). I'm in Texas so the AC is a must, mixed highway/city driving. The pleasure of driving the car is a bit of compensation. Almost as much fun as my old '96 GTI.

~tc~ · Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:20 am

Whereabouts in TX? ... and if Houston, what dealer do you use, and how do you like them?

Corridor 35 · Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:39 pm

Cleo Bay in Austin / Round Rock. They've been fine to deal with so far. I didn't haggle with them too much but I think I got a square deal.

They have tended to keep 4-6 Kizashi's in stock anytime I've been there.

yury · Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:49 am

I have 1300 miles so far and 22 mpg with 50/50 city/highway driving. Called dealer today and they said it takes up to 4000-4500 miles to 'settle in' and mpg will improve. first 500 miles mpg was 19.5!

Minority · Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:48 pm

yury wrote:Called dealer today and they said it takes up to 4000-4500 miles to 'settle in' and mpg will improve. first 500 miles mpg was 19.5!

They lie! It doesn't (At least not in my case).

My SLS CVT has 23000km on it and I have just done my tax figures and come up with some interesting results. Last year I still had my Mazda6 (manufacturers combined milage figure of 8.6L/100km(32.8mpg)). Looking at my tax records from last year I achieved 8.58L/100km (32.9mpg) for the whole year. This year in my Kizashi (manufacturers combined milage figure of 7.9L/100km(35.8mpg)) I achieved 10.11L/100km (27.9mpg) for the whole year, very disapointing.

I have owned 2 Mazda6 and they both acheived the manufacturers claimed milage.

Average speed is sitting at 42km/h on the dash computer, which is the same as the Mazda6 was and my driving style hasn't changed neither has the type of driving I do.

Today I did a sales trip that involved a really good run of freeway driving and that proved very interesting. The trip was over virtually flat terrain with no traffic hold ups (air con off, cruise on) and at a constant 100km/h the trip computer was indicating average consumpyion of 6.1-6.2L/100km (45.6mpg). If I increased the speed to 110km/h the indicted average fuel consumption dropped to 7.3-7.4L/100km (38.2mpg).

Make of this what you will

(conversion to imperial gallons/miles)

Northernstar · Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:18 pm

Minority wrote:
yury wrote:Called dealer today and they said it takes up to 4000-4500 miles to 'settle in' and mpg will improve. first 500 miles mpg was 19.5!
They lie! It doesn't (At least not in my case).

My SLS CVT has 23000km on it and I have just done my tax figures and come up with some interesting figures. Last year I still had my Mazda6 (manufacturers combined milage figure of 8.6L/100km). Looking at my tax records from last year I achieved 8.58L/100km. This year in my Kizashi (manufacturers combined milage figure of 7.9L/100km) I achieved 10.11L/100km, very disapointing. I have owned 2 Mazda6 and they both acheived the manufacturers claimed milage.

Average speed is sitting at 42km/h on the dash computer, which is the same as the Mazda6 was and my driving style hasn't changed neither has the type of driving I do.

Today I did a sales trip that involved a really good run of freeway driving and that proved very interesting. The trip was over virtually flat terrain with no traffic hold ups (air con off) and at a constant 100km/h the trip computer was indicating average consumpyion of 6.1-6.2L/100km. If I increased the speed to 110km/h the indicted average fuel consumption dropped to 7.3-7.4L/100km.

Make of this what you will

I find it saves more fuel when i am in manual mode than in auto mode. Right now at 6555km, I average around 8.5km/L with mostly city driving. Disappointed with the fuel consumption cus on suzuki.ca, they claim it can do 11km/L in city=_=

BC30 · Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:30 pm

Just drove from Wilks Barre, Pa. to Middletown, NY on I84 with the cruise set at 78mph. It's up and down hills and the car had to work a bit but I was pleasently surprised at the 34 MPG shown on the dash. I'm sure this may be a bit sewed but it's still probably above 30mpg if I did the math.

jimmerz · Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:32 am

I better take mine back to the dealer to get checked!

ah_Perth · Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:02 pm

Make sure your tyres are well pumped up!!!! makes a big difference

Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:28 pm

ah_Perth wrote:Make sure your tyres are well pumped up!!!! makes a big difference

That's a fact right there....I've been tooling around the last two weeks w/ 40psi on all 4 cormers and there is a noticeable difference in my rural driving. Mixed (w/ A/C on and off), same driving and roads I normally use and I'm seeing another .3-.5 mpg increase over the recommended 38psi (scratch-pad). The main reason I increased was to see how much different the handling is. Like the feel of the 40psi better in the twisties. I don't have any long term experience w/ low profile tires, but, makes sense w/ such a small volume of air that a pound or two can make a huge difference in tire contact (handling) as well as mpg. I'm also hoping the fronts wear a little better, we'll see....may just be the characteristics of the suspension.