Kizashi gaz Mileage(only AWD please) with a Full gaz tank

Woodie · Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:19 am

Ronzuki wrote:All I can say is the fuel over there must be a helluva lot better quality than the crap I burn here. Under no conditions was I ever able to achieve that kind of mpg number. (down hill for 100 miles of 250 maybe).

I bet you could if you had five quarts in every gallon the way he does. Properly converted to US specs, that's about 31 mpg.

Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:25 pm

Engineer60 reported results in miles, mph and mpg and therefore I assume he'd converted properly since his posts are usually pretty thorough....my bad. As was once said, assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups.

WESHOOT2 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:19 pm

This tank (Mobil premium) I got 244 miles until my gas gauge pointer pointed at the middle.

Engineer60 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:35 pm

Ronzuki wrote:Engineer60 reported results in miles, mph and mpg and therefore I assume he'd converted properly since his posts are usually pretty thorough....my bad. As was once said, assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups.

Yeh sorry about the confusion mate, but as we gave the world imperial miles, imperial mph and imperial gallons I only think in those denominations, not the smaller US bastardised gallons etc.

BLyons · Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:56 pm

Just finished my first full tank. Midgrade gas, AWD and A/C were hardly used and I didn't use manual mode at all. This tank was mostly city driving. 315 miles with an average speed of 28mph. The car said 24.6mpg, I calculated it at 23.5.

Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:47 am

23mpg is similar to what I get in the city on 87 octane

kizzy1 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:19 pm

I routinely see 27+ average mpg with my 2010 AWD...as Blackbelt commented, I can get the mileage into the mid-30's with "sensible" highway driving (no more than 60 mph, warm weather, etc.). I've always been impressed with the great gas mileage I get with the car. I'm coming up on 70k miles and am going to replace the spark plugs this fall...this has been a great car.

Kazuki · Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:20 am

WESHOOT2 wrote:This tank (Mobil premium) I got 244 miles until my gas gauge pointer pointed at the middle.

It looks like this tank will be a good one. 248 miles on the first half.

Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:36 pm

Have you guys noticed that the fuel gauge is inconsistent? I've found that the last half decreases a lot faster.

I'm currently road tripping through Oregon and have manually calculated an average of 28mpg so far on 87 octane, no AWD, two of us and a trunk full of crap. This is mostly 60mph cruising through curvy hilly regions and a day around Crater Lake.

I'll be taking the interstate back to Canada so I'll see how well the Kizashi does there. I'm hoping to break 30mpg but I'll probably hit rush hour traffic in some places

Kazuki · Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:57 pm

bootymac wrote:Have you guys noticed that the fuel gauge is inconsistent? I've found that the last half decreases a lot faster.

Yes! The first half always lasts longer.

bootymac wrote:I'm currently road tripping through Oregon and have manually calculated an average of 28mpg so far on 87 octane, no AWD, two of us and a trunk full of crap. This is mostly 60mph cruising through curvy hilly regions and a day around Crater Lake.

That sounds like a great trip!

bootymac wrote:I'll be taking the interstate back to Canada so I'll see how well the Kizashi does there. I'm hoping to break 30mpg but I'll probably hit rush hour traffic in some places

I'm sure you'll break that 30mpg pretty easily on the interstate, provided you don't go much over 70mph.