manual vs. automatic

[KrazyDawg]

Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

Interesting, because my 2010 sedan does 38+ normally, 75 highway 25% city. I have got one tank at 40 and one at 41.4 mpg. Have my tires at 40 and I do 70-75 on the way to and from work. Heck, last weekend I went to a concert in St Louis and was running late. Did avg 80mph with the AC on and still did 38.8 for the trip there, around town driving while there and back to Columbia, Mo before I filled up. The rest of the trip home was around 75 and all week to and from work and that was my 41.4 tank. One thing I do notice is this car like Quick Trip gas much better than Philips 66. I mean a noticeable difference in mileage. 2-3 mpg! I had to gas up at Phillips in town this weekend and the gauge is 2 bars down at 120 miles which is not cool and I had one tank at 35mpg which was also Phillips. My Civic was just the opposite, it did better on Phillips than QT. Weird stuff......

I find it strange too since my previous car was a 95 Civic rated at 26 MPG. I achieved 33 MPG on average but was able to hit the 35 range on occasion and a few were in the 40s. On the other hand, my tires were one size up from the stock size, so my real MPG was probably lower.

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by KrazyDawg

On the other hand, my tires were one size up from the stock size, so my real MPG was probably lower.

That would make your actual, corrected mileage a bit higher.