Accurate mileage/ versus miles per gallons

[Thouk]

Hello Y'all,
I recently bought a '10 Aveo 5 with automatic transmission. I filled it all the way up to the cap the other day and drove it till yesterday to fill it back up to the cap again. I put 10.44 gallons and I drove according to the odometer 415 miles. This was highway mileage mostly but some city miles also. On the highway I was going about 65mph. I used the ac a little in those miles. So according to my math I got over 39 miles per gallon combined. My question to y'all is if the odometer is accurate on the rest of your Aveos? Thanks, Tony

[Acutteridge]

Sounds about right to me.
My '07 Aveo, with a 5 speed manual gets between 35 - 39 mpg, regularly.

I don't usually use my AC, though.

But, I have a 22 mile commute, mostly highway driving.
I'm a granny-shifter on city streets (makes people flip out, but I'm not power-shifting a y 4 cylinder), so I usually never drop below 32 mpg, even when I am driving mostly city streets.

Sounds like yours is pretty accurate.

[glen1]

That sounds real good. I have an 04, 5 speed sedan, and it gets around 32 MPG, which it has been doing since I purchased it seven years ago. Not as good as the 45+ I was getting in my old 2000 Metro, but better than a lot of vehicles on the road.

[Thymeclock]

I have an '09 with automatic. On the highway, in constant cruising it will get over 40 MPG. In the city, it's terrible, at about 22 MPG. Unfortunately, I live in a city. It's the primitive (but very reliable) Japanese Aisan automatic 4-speed transmission that is the cause. There is nothing wrong with your odometer. It's the nature of the beast.

[gclark8]

I log my fill-ups here: AVEOWA's Profile | Fuelly it is a good place to compare fuel consumption with other AVEOs.

22mpg(US) is not unrealistic for 2nd-3rd gear city driving in an auto.

[kcROB]

Acutteridge, I do alot of econoplanning with my 2011 (5) spd,(coasting in neutral or in gear w/injectors off (when safe),but I'm not familiar with the term "granny- shifting" If the practice translates to improved MPG, I'm interested.