New xA automatic, stock tires on Scion EM-7 15" alloys. First tank, unknown. Second tank 34mpg. Third tank 36mpg.

Very happy with this car so far.

 

My most recent tank was like 20% hwy and 80% city/country, actually most of it was yard selling. We managed to to get 32mpg with a lot starting and stopping. I'm cool with that, that's much better than say about 15mpg with my wifes Explorer with similar driving.

As far as how to drive an automatic for mileage, they say drive like you have an egg between your foot and the gas pedal. I don't quite drive that gingerly but it sounds like good advice if you're "into it".

 

i never get pass 27 mpg. this car is not near what the advertised mpg.

 

My 4th tank, 36mpg.

Have you, perchance, a lead foot?

 

I have measured four consecutive tanks, the first was 39, the second 36, the third was 39 and the fourth was 39.

 

Sorry but if you're getting less than 30mpg there's something wrong with your car or your foot. Too many people are getting high 30's to just be a fluke.

 

Just drove 230 miles at 55, slowing down through small towns, very little AC use. Not ready to refill yet, though the gauge is still reading one tick above half.

For those who say they can't slow down without getting run over, remember that you're responsible for what's in front of you, not what's behind you. We have multilane freeways here, and there are always a car or two under the limit in the right lane. Faster drivers can always pass to the left.

 

Absolutely! I've seen my wife almost hit someone in front of her for worrying that someone behind her isn't going to get stopped. I yelled at her one day, bad idea, about doing this. I told her let them hit you in the rear, it will be their fault not yours.

 

I've been rear-ended twice, both in my old truck. In each case, the vehicle that hit me was totalled- both of them were Honda Civics. The front bumper was pushed halfway to the firewall, the engine cracked and leaked all over the road, airbags went off, etc. In one case, all I had to do was loosen the bumper bolts on the truck and straighten it out. In another, the guy who hit me ended up paying for a week of car rental for me, and $1500 in body work.

My strategy is to obey all traffic laws to the letter, even driving the exact speed limit. That's why I bought a car I like being in- what's the point of having a nice audio system if you're just racing to get where you're going, and you don't have time to enjoy it?

 

I get about 36 with normal driving (ie, not trying to squeeze ever mpg out of it)

 

Update on gas mileage to help folks out who are not seeing high mileage.

I had the windows tinted last week, so I had 3 days of running with the AC on, also I revved it up a bit and drove a little more normal.

If you look above, I average 38 MPG, but have seen as high as 43 MPG. This is 50% city driving.

Now once I used the AC and a little more aggressive driving, this measured session MPG was 34 MPG.

So aggressive driving, using the AC etc makes a big difference (10 - 20%) at least.

 

I would fully agree. I am getting 39 with conservative driving, but also with using the AC.

 

Refill on this tank yielded 41.6 mpg, highest yet. With the new xA and an old '89 Cadillac, my wife and I switch cars each week. I get better mileage than her in both cars (around 24 in the old pimpmobile), partly due to her commute having some stop-n-go driving, partly because she likes to brake late and hard.

Told her that if she keeps going from heavy throttle to heavy brake without a little coasting inbetween, she's responsible for the brakework.

 

Our xa gets ~28 mpgs with city driving alot of traffic/idling stop and go. It gets 32.5 with more freeway driving and hardly and stop and go city driving.

 

Back again.
Back to my normal driving originally discussed on original post from me above.

Today's fill up 41.5 MPG.

To date average 39 MPG total with a total of 1550 miles on the car.
I am happy.

This should help folks see that the most impact you can have on your MPG is your driving style.

Before previous fill up, I was averaging 38 MPG. Drove moderatly aggressive with AC on, MPG went down to 34'ish on previous fill up which was a 10.5% drop in fuel economy.
After agressive driving, back to normal which took me from 34 MPG to 41.5 MPG on last fill up which is a 22% increase in MPG.

I watch this closely as I purchased the car for commuting. MPG is important to me as I have a minimum round trip per day of 66 miles in typical cruddy Seattle traffic.

For some folks that just can't get above high 20's MPG, regardless of what they do - how was your break-in period? Did you wait till 5000 miles before oil change? I know I went old school on break in and changed oil at 100 miles (lots of aluminum flakes in oil), then 600 miles (about 20% of metal flakes observed at 100 mile oil change), then again at 1100 miles (about 10% of metal flakes observed at 100 mile oil change). If you waited to 5000 miles, it could be all the aluminum particles in the oil that have worn the engine and caused some friction in the engine. Just a thought....

 

i get 27.5 mph if not a little more.. with 65000 miles on my xa.. 04'.. a/c hardly ever on.. and i commute to no more than 65mph.

 

When was the last time you changed your air filter? Checked your tire pressure, etc?

I get an average of 31-32. My worst tank to date is 27, and my best is 37.

 

brand new '06 xA manual 223 miles, 30-33mpg delivering chinese foooo All red lights by the way because of the street racing history in this area. Super granny shifting at 2500rpm sometimes 2000rpm skipping 4th gear all the time. 1>2>3>5 coasting to stops. I don't engine brake, too lazy. Very smooth shifting by the way, don't wanna spill those beef and brocolli sauce.

 

Just got back from my first fill-up...

Odo read 245, and it took 10.975gal for about 22.4MPG

I'm a little worried about the low numbers there...

Driving was 50% LA city commuting w/ AC on, and 50% 70MPH Freeway w/ AC on.

Though I have a sneaking suspision that the tank wasn't 100% full when I took delivery...

 

5th tank.... 37.49mpg! Best tank so far...