xActly

Better? You're already getting considerably better than epa estimates...how much are you hoping for?

lasstss

My Avg is about 26.5 all around. Remember to do a reset on the MPG button otherwise it will avg city mileage into your mileage check. Depending of course on where most of your driving takes place.

Wil

Monkeydonot - do you have an auto or manual tranny? My best tank for combined driving was 28.5 mpg with an auto. Since fuel prices are so high I have tried to slow down, limit the jack rabbit starts, full throttle passes, etc.. Before that I was getting 23-24 mpg.

pinkysbox

With the warmer temperatures slowly climbing up here, I hit an average of 27.2 MPG today.

traindog71

Last tank here, 323.4 miles, 10.7 gallons to fill up, right at 30MPG, about 85% interstate at 72MPH

Invertalon

Here is my records of my last fill-ups... I am noting any changes I do to see if there is an increase with each one. My next one is when my AFE dry flow filter comes in, then I will try the next octane up in gas just to see if there is any improvement and if the extra dollar or so it will cost me is worth it ;)

We will see though, any bit helps.

xb27

I'm only averaging 22mpg because my Commute is only 1.8 miles with 5 traffic lights to wait at...but I can still drive to work and back for a whole week on 1 gallon of Gas...

roXor_boXor

Ummm, I know this is sacrilege (especially on SoCal) but I bet your mileage would totally kick azz if you were to walk that 1.8 mile commute.
With 5 lights, it would probably only take 10 more minutes. :D

TLS317

I only average about 22/23 mpg, but it's 90-95% city and city-like driving, not to mention the countless minutes I drive around parking lots searching for a space. Maybe an hour a week of cruising around 5 mph eating gas.

Also my car was in the shop for about 25 days. They only added a few miles but somehow used up a fair amount of gas.

I've only got about 1000 miles on my car so it's just breaking or still being broken in. Hopefully when I move in a couple months there a reduced city driving and a better MPG.

WaNabe

That's an awesome point. Just because ppl get good mpg does NOT mean they are spending less on gas. Just less than the other people who drive 25 or more miles to work one way. Even if you only get 10mpg you're still spending less $$ on gas, keeping your odometer low, and polluting less.

nbbox

Just got back from Scion United 5 People in the car coming back got 17 MPG AVERAGE THATS HORRIBLE It was 116 outisde though and the AC was blasting

Brian08xB

10k miles and still a craptacular 26 mpg avg (I so miss my old xB's mileage).
Guess I should drive the wife's xD

nameless_ak

17 MPG? I Get 17 mpg when I'm accelerating from a stop, up a hill. thats seriously crappy. you must have been driving very "spirited." either that or you left your parking break on lol.

NOPR

I dont understand where all these low numbers are coming from. With my 5 speed, all stock, at 70mph with cruise control it easily gets 30mpg, in warm weather its more like 31-33. Driving in the city the lowest i get is about 27. I have 25k miles on the car already, but I've never ever gotten below 27mpg on a tank.

I find that cruise control helps a lot and any time i go down a hill I coast like crazy. Also, 90% of my shifts are made between 2000-2500RPM's.

shinobi

Since changing my oil to Mobil 1 synthetic 0W-20 and replacing my stock (very restrictive, looks like it's made out of pressed cardboard) air filter with an aftermarket one, I've seen my combined mpg go up around 3-4 mpg. I do a lot of city driving, so i'm only around 27mpg, but that's not too bad. Definitely worth it. I also try to shift around 3000-3500 rpm whenever possible as well.

D_Unit

Hey Shinobi, did you use the TRD K&N filter replacement? I don't really care about HP but moreso MPG. I'm on the fence right now getting the Weapon R (best design to me), the Tenzo (cheapest CAI) or the K&N drop in filter.

cincinfocal

d-unit get the tenzo CAI and put an K&N cone on it and your set!! that would be the best imo...or get the drop in filter for the stock box and do that free mod to it...where you put the opening of the lower tube in the lower grille...

shinobi

I just bought a cheap Purolator filter. It's still way better than the stock one. The K&N filter might work even better, I don't know.

Brian08xB

Hopefully changing the air filter, getting an oil change, and putting the stock wheels on will bring mine back up to the 30+ it was averaging when I first bought it.

milicz

I'm on my 2nd tank with my xB, I averaged 21 mpg on the first tank, that was mostly city driving, and when I say city I mean Chicago were I do a distance of 5 miles in 40 minutes. I was able to do an 8 mile stretch on the highway today were I averaged above 40 mpg going between 52-58 mph, I was very impressed with that. That helped to bump up my overall average to 25 mpg for the 1st quarter tank.