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1.8L 2009 Vibe AT: Just completed a 1,290 mile RT plus a little in town driving from Columbus to Wilmington, NC and back. About 93% freeway. Got 32.5 mpg overall. I am satisfied especially since this is with probably 10% ethanol and summer gas formulation. Also, since my odometer under-reads by about 2% this is actually about 33.1 mpg and it was with a 350 lb passinger load (me 210, she 140) and considerable inanimate "baggage". I see some reports of up to 38 mpg and just shake my head. This mpg is consistent with a prior trip in June.

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »1.8L 2009 Vibe AT: Just completed a 1,290 mile RT plus a little in town driving from Columbus to Wilmington, NC and back. About 93% freeway. Got 32.5 mpg overall. I am satisfied especially since this is with probably 10% ethanol and summer gas formulation. Also, since my odometer under-reads by about 2% this is actually about 33.1 mpg and it was with a 350 lb passinger load (me 210, she 140) and considerable inanimate "baggage". I see some reports of up to 38 mpg and just shake my head. This mpg is consistent with a prior trip in June.Thats sounds pretty good...until she realizes you posted her weight.

Not bad considering all the weight and people!!! (baggage)

Quote, originally posted by morbay »Thats sounds pretty good...until she realizes you posted her weight. Yeah, you're in trouble if she sees that!

Heck - she's only 2/3rds of me! That's relatively skinny. Plus our driving weights include the weight of our Medicare cards, body piercings, tattoo ink, and assorted bling .

I was looking through some papers and saw the "sticker" for my 2009 Vibe - EPA highway rating was 31 mph. I was thinking it was 33 or 34. The "city" was 26 mpg. Glad to see I am doing a couple mpg over on the highway but am about 2.5 mpg lower on the city and that includes some city freeway driving. I think the many short trips do me in.

Nice numbers although I would have thought them to be a bit higher for the smaller engine. Your payload likely did play a role in the lower values. This past summer, us GT owners who made the Indy trip ALL reported similar, if not HIGHER numbers than what you reported, and we have the 2.4L engine! Then there's the stunt I pulled to where I got an honest, actual 37mpg (reported in an earlier post). Glad you are able to "get away" and drive your Vibe on various trips. Someday I too will be able to drive mine MORE (just turned 7000 miles).

Yep, weight means everything in a car's mileage. With my 1.8 2009 auto, I always get 29 or 30 around town (suburban driving) and 38 on the highway. Your gas mileage numbers will go up as your vehicle passes the 25,000 mile mark. I've been very pleased with my "Corolla's" mpgs. As for weight, it is usually only me and my umbrella.

Quote, originally posted by Caretaker »Yep, weight means everything in a car's mileage. With my 1.8 2009 auto, I always get 29 or 30 around town (suburban driving) and 38 on the highway. Your gas mileage numbers will go up as your vehicle passes the 25,000 mile mark. I've been very pleased with my "Corolla's" mpgs. As for weight, it is usually only me and my umbrella. I still think Toyota should examine some of those 1.8L engines where owners report 29/30 around town and 38 on the highway to see what manufacturing deviation might be responsible for such impressive mpg. Of course it could well be the driver, and other operational differences. Sometime when I am not in a hurry I am going to try to make that trip driving no more than 60 mph to see what that does.My 2003 Vibe 1.8L didn't show any improvement after 25,000 miles - sold it at 33,000 miles/ 6 years. At my present use rate, I won't hit 25,000 miles on my '09 until summer of 2013. But I am not unhappy with my mileage. I have had individual tankfuls that pushed high 30's but think there is a lot of variance in when the automatic gas pumps shut off. I am not one to pump gas after that automatic shut off.

Here is my 2.4L vibe with 5sp auto 2009:Average for the year so far is 26.6MPG Date 9/14/2010 Cost per Liter 0.999 Liter of gas purchased 42.055 Total cost in CAD $42.01 Kms19,488 Brand of gasShell Did I fill it up all the way? Y MPG- [Shell] [Edit] [ Delete]9/4/2010 0.999 15.632 $15.62 19,014 Esso Y 31.7 [Edit] [ Delete]8/29/2010 0.999 34.224 $34.19 18,850 Esso Y 29.51 [Edit] [ Delete]8/15/2010 0.999 37.047 $37.01 18,504 Esso Y 28.44 [Edit] [ Delete]8/7/2010 0.999 42.050 $42.01 18,091 Co-op Y - [Coop @ Saskatoon] [Edit] [ Delete]7/14/2010 0.999 41.137 $41.10 17,193 Shell Y - [Edit] [ Delete]6/22/2010 0.999 42.340 $42.30 16,738 Shell Y 31.11 [Edit] [ Delete]6/10/2010 1.019 41.370 $42.16 16,294 Superstore Y 29.51 [Edit] [ Delete]5/26/2010 1.019 42.228 $43.03 15,854 Shell Y - [Edit] [ Delete]4/7/2010 1.019 34.000 $34.65 14,618 Shell Y - [Shell Regular Gas] [Edit] [ Delete]3/21/2010 1.019 41.005 $41.78 14,301 Shell Y 26.22 [Shell Regular Gas] [Edit] [ Delete]3/4/2010 1.049 42.005 $44.06 13,922 Superstore Y 25.99 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]2/17/2010 1.049 37.017 $38.83 13,557 Superstore Y 24.44 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]2/6/2010 1.029 41.006 $42.20 13,238 Superstore Y 24.25 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/26/2010 0.999 27.005 $26.98 12,892 Superstore Y 23.74 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/14/2010 1.029 38.011 $39.11 12,678 Superstore Y 22.28 [Premium gas + Syn Oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/2/2010 1.009 37.013 $37.35 12,368 Superstore Y 22.95 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]

...here's what we've gotten with our '09 1.8L auto Vibe:42 mpg at 45 mph without a/c39 mpg at 65 mph without a/c35 mpg at 65 mph with a/c32 mpg at 75 mph with a/c...if you'll pardon the 'pun,' it's true that "...speed KILLS...mpg!"

yep, that all seems right. I do drive my car VERY hard, which is why I have brought my Vibe in twice for the tranny slamming when asking the car to go from fourth to second gear. The traffic here in the Delta Quadrant is the second worst in the country. I don't do any "all city" driving however, so I can't speak to what my mileage would be in total stop and go. I normally get 30 when I gas up at Costco each time after a week's worth of urban/suburban driving. I'll be heading to the Gamma Quadrant pretty soon and will see what my highway mileage is during the next two trips. I'll need to slow it down from my normal 75mph driving due to a recent speeding ticket.

Quote, originally posted by Old Tele man »39 mpg at 65 mph without a/cI can get that on flat road with no wind or idiot left lane bandits! but there's just too many variables here... if you can hold that speed with all the hills, wind, idiot drivers, lights, merging, ect then you're set!!! 55mph!!! It's just so hard to go that slooooow!!!

Quote, originally posted by Old Tele man »...here's what we've gotten with our '09 1.8L auto Vibe:42 mpg at 45 mph without a/c39 mpg at 65 mph without a/c35 mpg at 65 mph with a/c32 mpg at 75 mph with a/c...if you'll pardon the 'pun,' it's true that "...speed KILLS...mpg!"Those numbers actually make me feel better about the numbers I've been getting for the 2.4L... averaging 70-75mph on the highway with AC is getting me about 29mpg, since usually I've also got some city driving on that tank.

i averaged the same (well, very close) city vs highway in my old 2008 1.8L Base; 27-29 city and 29-31 highway. this was from mile 25 (new) to mile 31,000. overall average was 28.4 for the time i had the car.now that i have the GT and cant help but to step on it every chance i get, im averaging pretty darn low. i forget the numbers but they are written down in my MPG notepad.

...FWIW, those are 1½ years worth of actual "tank & speedometer" MPG-numbers, even though I do have a ScanGauge II installed....the newly introduced Ultra-Gauge (from China) is very low-priced and seems to be worth looking into...I have one and am testing it now on our '04 Vibe.

Quote, originally posted by Vibe2009 »Here is my 2.4L vibe with 5sp auto 2009:Average for the year so far is 26.6MPG Date 9/14/2010 Cost per Liter 0.999 Liter of gas purchased 42.055 Total cost in CAD $42.01 Kms19,488 Brand of gasShell Did I fill it up all the way? Y MPG- [Shell] [Edit] [ Delete]9/4/2010 0.999 15.632 $15.62 19,014 Esso Y 31.7 [Edit] [ Delete]8/29/2010 0.999 34.224 $34.19 18,850 Esso Y 29.51 [Edit] [ Delete]8/15/2010 0.999 37.047 $37.01 18,504 Esso Y 28.44 [Edit] [ Delete]8/7/2010 0.999 42.050 $42.01 18,091 Co-op Y - [Coop @ Saskatoon] [Edit] [ Delete]7/14/2010 0.999 41.137 $41.10 17,193 Shell Y - [Edit] [ Delete]6/22/2010 0.999 42.340 $42.30 16,738 Shell Y 31.11 [Edit] [ Delete]6/10/2010 1.019 41.370 $42.16 16,294 Superstore Y 29.51 [Edit] [ Delete]5/26/2010 1.019 42.228 $43.03 15,854 Shell Y - [Edit] [ Delete]4/7/2010 1.019 34.000 $34.65 14,618 Shell Y - [Shell Regular Gas] [Edit] [ Delete]3/21/2010 1.019 41.005 $41.78 14,301 Shell Y 26.22 [Shell Regular Gas] [Edit] [ Delete]3/4/2010 1.049 42.005 $44.06 13,922 Superstore Y 25.99 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]2/17/2010 1.049 37.017 $38.83 13,557 Superstore Y 24.44 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]2/6/2010 1.029 41.006 $42.20 13,238 Superstore Y 24.25 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/26/2010 0.999 27.005 $26.98 12,892 Superstore Y 23.74 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/14/2010 1.029 38.011 $39.11 12,678 Superstore Y 22.28 [Premium gas + Syn Oil] [Edit] [ Delete]1/2/2010 1.009 37.013 $37.35 12,368 Superstore Y 22.95 [Premium gas + Syn oil] [Edit] [ Delete] I am amazed that over 8 months the prices variance was only 99.9 to 104.9. We get some pretty wild swings here in Ohio. I've seen a rise from 2,40 to 275 overnight.

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »I am amazed that over 8 months the prices variance was only 99.9 to 104.9. . Welcome to Canada!!! It's been 108.0 here for the past 3 months... And within 5 cents of that for the past year...

I've been using my 2010 1.8L base AT vibe to commute for the last month or so. ~55 miles each way of which, ~45 is non stop highway miles. I am very happy to report that I am averaging ~36-37 mpg. I drive the middle/right lanes. generally 65 mph +/-. and tach ~ 2500-2800 RPMs.Oh....the car only has ~7000 miles on it....I can't wait till I have 25000miles so I can start getting the good mileage...