Gas mileage

[redfestiva]

Since I bought this 92 Festiva GL sport in april I have gone through 3 tanks of gas. It has averaged 42.83 mpg. I am a happy camper with that since the last tank cost $3.15 per gal (ouch). My 97 Aspire got 34.5 mpg on a vacation to Niagara Falls using the AC all the time.

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[project b6t]

ugh... i hit 27 mpg once and creamed my pants.... i get about 25 now :?

[fastivaca]

Re: Gas mileage

since the last tank cost $3.15 per gal (ouch).

That works out to about 95 cents per litre Canadian which is about 15 cents lower than what we're paying here in Calgary!

I'm getting upwards of 47 miles per imperial gallon (works out to about 39 per US gallon) around town with, shall we say, less than conservative driving. The best I ever got was 62 mpg (about 52 per US gallon) on a 200 mile highway trip.

[redfestiva]

I have had 2 carbed Festivas and they both got about 39 mpg. I'm guessing the extra 3 mpg is due to the new Festiva being fuel injected.

[Vel Crowe]

Depending on how I drive, which tends to be on the faster side, I get between 42 and 49 mpg, but usually around 45. And for the record, gas is $1.18 a litre here in Prince George, BC. I drive around 150 km a day, so the gas bill really adds up. I've driven 8500 km since the middle of June :shock:

[Dave G]

I'm averaging about 34 mpg with my '90 dead-stock auto Festiva (around town). Kinda disappointing, really; did better than that with my last Jetta. Speed seems to have a lot to do with it. On the trip out to Ohiostiva everyone let me lead and I went about 62 to 63 due to a wheel imbalance that liked that exact speed - got 38 mpg on that trip. Last weekend during the Michigan part of the trip I was driving 70 to 75 and only got about 32 mpg. I'm on the lookout for a 5 speed :-)

[ToTalXS]

im getting 38-41 out of my stock festiva auto.....thats very conservative driving however...im never in a hurry to gety anywhere with it and i never race away from a stop.....just nice n easy.....man im so old...lol

[packrat427]

I'm averaging about 34 mpg with my '90 dead-stock auto Festiva (around town). Kinda disappointing, really; did better than that with my last Jetta. Speed seems to have a lot to do with it. On the trip out to Ohiostiva everyone let me lead and I went about 62 to 63 due to a wheel imbalance that liked that exact speed - got 38 mpg on that trip. Last weekend during the Michigan part of the trip I was driving 70 to 75 and only got about 32 mpg. I'm on the lookout for a 5 speed :-)

I got 50.96 mpg on that trip ^^ following you guys , and that was without tire size correction , so it would have been over 51mpg
The trip to FF06' was not as good ,Speed was a factor :lol:

[ajb999]

i usually get between 45-50 mpg depending on how i drive and usually it's pretty hard. it's a 5 speed 92 l w/ stock engine. i guess i thought it was hard but now that i have a tach the rpm's don't seem to get that high when accelerating. maybe 4,000 at the highest if that. at least not close to redlining. but i don't wanna burn up my engine either. it's still a baby w/ 180k miles compared to some.

[bumpnwit415s]

i get like 12 kpg becuz my speka box so hevy u know how we roll


edited by mattswabb

translation:

I get 12 kpg because my speaker box is heavy.