Averaging 16.40mpg in 2010 EX awd... Is this the norm ?

[Erik F]

I have about 3000 miles on my 2010 4wd EX and have been getting around 20-21 average. Usually its around 20.5 when I do the math at the pump. I did a lot of hwy last week and averaged about 22.8 and just filled up yesterday with 8 gallons and the math said about 19.5. The lowest I have seen was around 14.5 towing a trailer 100 miles with a fridge on the back standing straight up ( a brick towing a brick, plus the trailer was giant for the E ). My trip to work everyday is about 5 miles and I'm still right around the 20 mark. I would say my driving is pretty mixed. I suppose if you never got on the hwy your mpg could be that low...but seems like something is off to me. Unless you are at a super high altitude...that could have an effect. This may sound stupid...but you could also check your e-brake to see if things are not completely released. Feel your wheels after a drive an if they are warm or hot you have a break issue. Also...people with the 2wd versions of your E please specify when you state your mpg...it confuses things when people with 4wd are comparing mpg with 2wd vehicles. I would have to say I was hoping for 1 mpg average better for around town and 2 mpg better on the hwy...but I know if I adjusted my driving habits I could easily be right where I want. Setting the cruise at 75 mph is bad for mileage in any car/truck. My 2008 Chevy pick up got about 14.3 mpg mixed driving and about 18 on long trips. If I pushed the speedo to 75 on the long trips I was seeing about 16.5. In my mind, having driven everything from pick-ups to sport compacts, if I can get 20 or better mpg day to day I'm pretty pleased with that. Coming from a modded Subaru wrx, I was averaging about 21 day to day in that and about 24 on long trips. So my mpg costs have stayed about the same as the pocket rocket...but now I don't have to run 93 and I don't plan on changing the oil until I have around 5000 miles on the E. I was doing full syn every 3000 on the WRX. The combo of extending oil changes and being able to run lower octane makes the E more economical to drive.

[rojogan]

Originally Posted by Culinary Wolf

This is my third fill up. Keeping the rpms under or at 3k. All in town, very little stop and go or parked running. Mileage is 12 miles away from 1,000.

What am I missing here to achive the 19-24 mpg advertised ?

My '08 TRP-E used to get over 25MPG when I drove mostly on the highway at 60MPH. Now that all of my driving is in town, i'm getting around 16-17MPG-really sucks, but, I also like to listen to the Injen exhaust and CAI, so I'm pretty heavy footed on the gas pedal!