Originally Posted by
v70cat
My 535 is clearly not that fast but also is a real car that you drive every day and get good MPG. I average around 22 mpg while getting 27 mpg at 75 to 80.
if you get 27mpg going 75-80 what kind of MPG do you get going 55? around the 40mpg range?
if you have a fuelly link to your gas expenditures/milage I'd love to see it for comparison on my VW diesel forums - just PM me if you do have one.
I've seen the new gas Sky-activ engined Mazda 3's that get up to 40mph but thats with a manual transmission and strict speed control in the 55-65mph zones.
I've gotten up to 47mpg on my car but that was perfect conditions (Boston-NYC) 2am no one on the road and me going 60-65mph the whole way with a diesel engine.
But when I go up to 75-80 my MPG's drop significantly to the high 20's low 30's. even the hybrids MPG go way down over the 70-80mph range because its the gas engine kicking in and powering the vehicle (and resultant MPG hit to the low 30s even high 20s range).