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My 2007 ALtima , Originally got : 37 highway, 24 city. Now I get: 16 city and 26 Highway. For the life of me I can't figure why that is.
My Jeep Cherokee (1999) got 24 highway and 16 city.Stayed that way pretty much.
Had an old Ford escort (1992) that got 42 highway and 30 city. Dang that car was a Money saver. It was a stick . Loved driving it! Hated that it was death trap though.
I got close to 40 mpg's on my 88 civic and miata, on the highway. My expedition was a guzzler at 14 mpg street/ maybe 19 mpg highway. my towncar did get decent mileage on the highway, about 22mpgs at roughly 70 mph. The Ford bronco aka OJ truck , was a measly 12 mpg.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Rather than risk writer’s cramp and give all of the 30 plus cars I have owned since 1966, I’ll stick to a few highlights. My first and worst, a 1958 Chrysler got 8-10. The best was a 1980 Datsun 210, that got 42 on trips. My latest, a 2017 F150 V8 with 385 hp gets 15/22.
1992 4Runner has gotten as good as 19 mpg on the highway but now gets probably at 12 or 13 combined.
I had a 2002 Tacoma that got around 20 mpg highway - horrible for a 2wd truck
My wifes 2004 CRV regularly got 26 mpg on the highway
Her current 2013 Rav4 gets 30 mpg highway
My 2010 Corolla has gotten as much as 42 mpg but normally gets around 36 mpg mixed.
The best was my little Geo Metro - 52 mpg on the highway, 48 mpg in city.
Currently I think I'm getting about 32 mpg of mostly in-city driving from my Hyundai Accent? Whichever the small model is.
I have had a few vehicles that got terrible mileage - a full size truck for example - but those were utility vehicles, I didn't drive them around unless I had work that required them.
My first car was a VW fastback and while I can no longer remember what kind of mileage it got, it was good.
Oh and all my day-to-day vehicles have been stick. You used to always get better mileage with a manual transmission. I'm given to understand that is not so much the case anymore with these new "hybrid transmissions" but I'd want to see proof. Which you probably can't get if they don't make those models in a manual. I really don't know what cars are equipped with this, but my son keeps bringing it up as evidence that he doesn't need to learn to drive stick. Not that I've offered to teach him in at least 10 years - given he's over 30 now, LOL!
Our road trip car, a cozy little 2015 Fiesta gets 40-42 mpg according to DH. His Dodge 1992 Ram that was all decked out and his pride and joy got about ten. He just sold it this week. Glad to see that gas guzzler go but he misses it.
My Camaro Z28 got 12-15 city and as much as 31 on the highway. It had a big overdrive cruising gear.
The various clunkers the kids had were all 15-20. (Caravan, Thunderbird LT, Sable, Volvo wagons, Ranger, I forget what all else).
We had a Corolla that got better MPG, but it lasted only a few weeks after we got it.
My son had a Saturn Ion that he could milk for 40+ mpg. Most of our kids newer small economic cars get in the mid to high 30s (Spark, Fiesta, Sonic).
My daughters 1998 (I think) Lincoln town car got about 18 city and 26 highway.
Currently both my truck and my wife's van range between 12 and 18 mpg. The van can get 22 on long road trips but I never got that much with the truck. Of course it is usually heavily loaded or towing something. I have never figured out what the little Jensen Healey gets (when it runs), but I suspect is it in the 12-15 range. Maybe better on long drives in 5th gear, but probably not a lot better.
Rental cars do a lot better,but they are generally boring/unpleasant to drive. (Prius, Corolla, Soul, Cube, various Kia thingies, little Mazdas (these were not bad to drive and still got good MPG).
Of the newer little high mpg discount cars I have driven, my daughters new turbo sonic was the most fun to drive and the spark was the most comfortable for me. My Dad's Encore is pretty comfortable if no one else is in the car, but it is otherwise right down there with the Corolla (noisey, terrible ride, unsafe at freeway speeds, etc). Of the cars I have driven in the past several years, Prius is the best MPG. I think the Corolla is the next best (not positive) but it wins also for the worst car I have driven recently.
There seems to be a connection between terrible to drive and higher MPG, but it is not a direct correlation.
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