Turbos and MPG. How many MPGs are you getting?

[2step]

Speaking of Cruiser mileage, I just learned the the cruise ship Queen Elizebeth gets six inches for every gallon of fuel. That's 10,560gpm for a land mile, 12,152gpm for a nautical mile.

All of a sudden, I don't feel so bad about my 19mpg average I've been getting with my GT.

[MichaelDay]

For 36,964 miles, I have used 2,171.20 gallons of fuel for an average of 17.14 mpg. My GT is used almost exclusive around town, virtually no trips. 22.74 is the best mileage I have had on a full tank of gasoline recently. 24.96 is my all time best average from a tank of fuel, with 15.15 being the worst (after break in).

[ElectricBlueGT]

Before Stage 1, the plastic intake manifold, AMX TTAB pipe, and a K&N drop-in filter, my car (2003 GT) would routinely get 17 MPG city and 25 MPG highway. Now, after the mods, the car still gets 17 MPG city, but 30-31 MPG highway (constant 70 MPH with cruise control used).

Those modifications were the best things I ever did for my car.

Scott

[Topless in Cali]

new 17-20
modded 21-29

cruise on at 70mph-31mpg

WOT/20psi maybe 15mpg, maybe

average 24/25 when boost controller is at 18psi or lower

[kromans]

On a recent trip to NYC. I got 31 mpg, my best to date. A run to Cape May netted 28 mpg. She's at 26,800. On my daily stop and go, I get 19 mpg.


03 GT S1 FIPK BTG-cat sync/cat back,etc

[Gut Check]

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY!!!!! gets better than 23MPG with a PT GT.

Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY!!!! is getting from 17 to 22 MPG avg.

Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY!!!!! who says they get better than 23MPG is <fill in blank with epithet of your choice>, and just flat out cannot be trusted to operate a calculator properly.

Somebody, and I mean SOMEBODY!!!! tell DC to improve the MPG's on this rig, or lose all market share. (And give me a $20,000 trade in value towards purchase of that new mileage master.)

[blueberrygt]

I have a little over 10,000 miles on my GT. I have NEVER gotten above 19 miles per gallon even with 60% highway driving. With city driving, I average 15.1 - 17. I usually only step on the gas when I need to -- other than that, I baby the car around town.

I really enjoy the PT Cruiser, and the power that the Turbo has to offer, but the gas mileage just plain SUCKS!

[Jeff V]

Gutcheck,

Can you help me with my math? Two fillups ago I reset my trip counter to 0. Then I went back to the same pump, didn't top off either time. My miles on the trip counter were 312 and gallons to fill up were 13.18. I tried using a calculator, and I used MS Excel, but I get the same MPG, a little OVER 23.

[azptcruiser]

Thanksgiving Weekend trip from Phoenix to California and back...22MPG. This is consistent with my regular trips from Phoenix to Tucson and back. Have never gotten any better! NEVER. Even when I did a run from Phoenix to Tucson and back at 55MPH!

Wife's '05 Mini Cooper S gets a consistent +30mpg on the road and 26 in town. Yeah there is a difference in weight (~2679 Cooper; ~3100 PT), but !!!

[Gary04GT]

I get between 16-19mpg for local rural/town driving and anywhere from 23-30mpg on the highway. The "final leg" of my last freeway trip with good road/weather conditions driving north (think maybe the "force-field" at the North Pole helps some??? ) on I-5 from about 30 miles south of Olympia to Maryville, WA. (115 miles) I got 29.7mpg [8D]. About 18 months ago--the week before my "S1" installation--I did even better--32.9mpg on the same stretch of road also traveling north. For some reason [:I] my gas mileage is never that good going south on the same section of I-5.