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Looks like the EPA has new estimates that are allegedly more realistic...Compare old and new ratings here.2006 base/autoNew: 25 city / 31 hwy, 27 combinedOld: 29/34, 31 combined.base 5spdNew: 26 city/ 33 hwy, 29 combinedOld: 30/36 33 combinedAWDNew: 22 city/29 hwy, 25 combinedOld: 26/31, 28 combinedGTNew: 22 city/29 hwy, 25 combinedOld: 25/32, 28 combinedHow's the new numbers stacking up against your real life numbers?*EDIT* Ya'know, looking around at the results of the new tests on a good number of vehicles, this is interesting... All these people who pimp their high mileage stuff can't really do that anymore. They can't say a Corolla gets over 40 MPG, now it's 37 which is what the Yaris gets, although the Yaris does get higher city mileage. The Prius lost bigtime, it went from 60/51 to 48/45 city/highway. GM can't brag about the number of cars they have that get >30 MPG, good thing they got that ad campaign out of their system last year. Yet while many little cars really got dinged, something like a 4wd Suburban with the largest engine available (6L) only dropped to to 13/18 from 14/18. And yow, a Titan running E85 gets 9 MPG city/12 highway! Interesting!

I guess I have been extremely lucky then to have an actual 35.8 mpg average over 130,000 miles so far

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »....with the largest engine available (6L) only dropped to to 13/18 from 14/18. you don't have that far to fall when you're allready on the low side of things

I don't drive like anyone else on this site. So I don't get more than 35mpg. I also do not get less than 20 mpg. But when I see the new EPA estimates 2006 base/autoNew: 25 city / 31 hwy, 27 combinedOld: 29/34, 31 combinedThat DOES make more sense to me.

i kinda like the new #'s better, the city is more realistic in my case. my highway milage varries a bit, depending on traffic and how much i'm on and off the gas, if i can set the cruise at 70 and only pass 2 or 3 times (trip between home and school is 120 miles/ 2hrs) it is possible to get 40 mpg.my overall avg for 14k miles is about 28.3, i spend most of my time driving right around campus doin 40mph

The old numbers are spot on for my 04 base auto; driving about 70% city/30% highway; I'm averaging 30MPG with conservative habits. But, I'm in FL with no snow, mostly warm weather, and flat terrain. I've not yet taken a real road trip to get a true highway figure.

Quote, originally posted by VivaVibe » But, I'm in FL with no snow, mostly warm weather, and flat terrain.I live down here as well, and the new number make more sense (a little bit) because they did change a couple of components after '04 and that could have affected the engines (such as the fly-by-wire throttle)...I think i realistically get 30+ miles on the highway though (i went from Jupiter, FL to the Georgia state line and still had less than a quarter tank to spare) The city sounds about right give or take a couple of miles. Personally i think it depends on how the cars are driven overall...