why my gas milage is so low?

[victorzhu]

I am still using close to 9.5~10L/100km after almost 9000km on it.30% highway and 70% local, local drive is some times in heavy traffic though. Is this normal? It is way to far from the official number.

[Vibe_dude]

yes it is correct......i have found out after watching motoring 2005 on tsn...that toyota has been falsifying there fuel....mileage....they move there #'s around and say there cars are fuel economical and not fuel efficent.as far as iam concerned its a out right lie.......they say that the new 2005 vibes get 49 miles.....major BS..they will be lucky to get 36 at best......no one here on a regular basis is getting over that amount........i wish i was rich enough to go after toyota for this is is a major crap line they feed u to buy there cars.......most GM cars are as good or not better then toyota's.my 2 cents.....wish i had a copy of that show of tsn's motoring 2005...

[victorzhu]

Will somebody tell me their gas milage?

[Mr. Poopypants]

Quote, originally posted by Vibe_dude »yes it is correct......i have found out after watching motoring 2005 on tsn...that toyota has been falsifying there fuel....mileage....they move there #'s around and say there cars are fuel economical and not fuel efficent.as far as iam concerned its a out right lie.......they say that the new 2005 vibes get 49 miles.....major BS..they will be lucky to get 36 at best......no one here on a regular basis is getting over that amount........i wish i was rich enough to go after toyota for this is is a major crap line they feed u to buy there cars.......most GM cars are as good or not better then toyota's.my 2 cents.....wish i had a copy of that show of tsn's motoring 2005...Class action!

[Mavrik]

Its funny though the Ministry Of Transportation best fuel charts places Vibe best of that class.Now in the winter with letting my car warm up... I see full tank of anywhere between 300-400km per tank. Thats also city driving... highway driving, warmer weather, I see 400-500km per tank depending on how heavy my foot is.

[Atomb]

300-400km per tank in the winter?!?!?!wow...during the winter i'm getting 520km when the light turns on...with city driving!if i do only highway driving, my light turns on at 610km or so....with a heavy foot i see it turn on around 550 - 600km.

[Mavrik]

yeah but you have cold air intake with shifting around 4000-4500rpm? lol When I drive like grandma, I do get a lot better.

[Raven]

I got 46mpg last week, best ever.

[Atomb]

i forgot about your CAI....can it make that much of a difference???

[victorzhu]

I got about the same as Mavrik, I have a auto with no mods.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Sunny »I got 46mpg last week, best ever.How is this possible as I tend to average about 17mpg from last 10 fill-ups? A majority of my mileage is highway miles, too!

[NUBlackshirts]

I have been getting around 25 - 27 MPG since I bought the car in December. This is mostly city driving with some highway use.

[tnpartsguy]

I'm averaging Mid to hi 20's in the AWD.

[Mavrik]

Quote, originally posted by victorzhu »I got about the same as Mavrik, I have a auto with no mods. :-(I wish I had kept track of what my mileage was before I did the rims and cold air intake on my car to actually tell what the difference is. But I'm also just past that 10,000km mark were they tell you your mileage "should" start to get better... Guess we'll see when I get reunited with my car in May.

[dennisdrive]

hi there ; needed to know whether the trip odometer displays the numericals in Miles or Kilometers ??

[ragingfish]

It's in whatever increment your main gauges are in.

[cieglo]

Quote, originally posted by victorzhu »Will somebody tell me their gas milage? I drive about 50/50 hwy/city. I've gotten anywhere from 21-32mpg. It seems to depend a LOT on how often I hit the lift. Go figure.

[Mavrik]

tap the little button in the dash to cycle through the three settings, current KM or Milage(Vibes can not be changed from KM to Miles) and 2 trip recordings. I use one to monitor fuel and the other to monitor my 5000KM oil change

[Rocketfella]

I've a 4wd and I average about 8.5L/100km (60/40 hwy/city), which work out to be about 44 mpg.

[glassman]

baseauto no mods mixed driving 38-39 l fuel gives 540 km consistantlyrecent trip from calgary to vancouver 642k on 40.3 liters avg speed 120kmphhowever vancouver to calgary 540km 39l fuel avg speeg 130-145 kmphthe more you press the more you pay hahahaha

[intertan]

you gotta realise that this is optimal condision perfect everything at 80km per hour (at least at the dealership I work at)

[dug]

sorry to say rocketfella, but 8.5L for every 100km is only 27mpg. Where did you get that number?With solid "hwy" driving at 75-80 mph (121-129km/hr), I get 33 mpg (14km/L), "City" is more like 24 mpg (10.2km/L).I would only use the EPAs mpg ratings as a mere guideline. There is no way hwy mileage should be considered "driving at 48 mph for 45 minutes and getting up to 57mph once during that time". I mean, really, who drives like that on the hwy? The EPA needs to reconsider the way they calculate mileage because I'll say hands down, the way they do it now is wrong. and it only misleads people.