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Exact mileage calculations for your aveo? Here's mine.
I always had an idea of how much gas it was using but never really bothered to actually crunch the numbers and find out the exact MPG or L/100km.
So last time I filled up, I reset the odometer and did 504km then filled up again. It turns out that I used almost exactly 40L of gas to travel those 504km. So if I am not mistaken, this translates to 7.9L/100KM or 29MPG.
Usually I start the car and it's only moments before I start going, I don't wait very long. I'm not sure if this is bad for the mileage. On this tank of gas, I was definitely driving too fast, accelerating too fast etc but not the whole time. There was a significant portion of that driving which was between 90-110kph and quite a lot of city driving.
When filling up before having done the calculations, I felt the mileage was not very good. Turns out it's better than I expected given that I didn't granny it the whole time.
How about you? Real numbers of liters/gallons used versus km/miles traveled only please.
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my last two fill-ups we're as followed:
535km 38.25L 33.1mpg 7.15L/100km
537km 40.15L 31.6mpg 7.48L/100km
One the first one, I had about 120km of country driving (ave. 45mph) the rest is about 50/50 city/highway.
On the second one, it was just 50/50 city/highway.
Oh and on the first I had the stock muffler, on the second, my straight pipe. I'm keeping track of my mileage from now on to see if I'm pretty constant.
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:lol:
i wish i had a light foot. I get about 25-29 mpg average, 29 is typically 90% highway, 25 is when i do more cruising about town..
i typically find myself putting in 10 gallons at fill up (+ or - 1/4 gallon most of the time) and get 250-300 on the tripometer.
i have over 23000 miles on my 09. so i don't exactly pick out individual examples.
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Awesome, thanks for the input. Sounds like you're both doing great mileage actually considering the respective driving style.
I forgot to ask for other detail like year/trim/mods. Mine is a totally stock (for now) 04 hatch @ around 92k km.
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Straight pipe and intake resonator taken out. that's all. I don't baby mine at all. Around town I'm constantly accelerating hard, highway is usually 75+mph...I do coast at idle a lot around town though. I'm sure that helps a lot.
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Standard, non-altered 2010 Aveo 5. 2/3 highway miles with usually a 10min delay on the back haul, 1/3 light suburban traffic with limited traffic lights.
34.5 mpg = 14.7 km per l = 6.8l per 100km.
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Ours is used for commuting that is all city driving. We cannot get any better than a consistent 22 MPG.
The reason is the A/T programming. This 4-speed tranny can't enter torque converter lockup until 45 MPH - and in true city driving we can never reach that speed.
However, I found it does get 37 MPG on the highway, at 65 MPH with the A/C on. Unfortunately, we hardly ever do any highway driving. :(
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Well, time for my .02 cents. I don't have the number in front of me right now, as the only calculation that I do (and it doesn't get recorded, but always gets done) is dividing the miles driven this trip by the gallons put in it during fill up (always to the top).
My MPG has dropped significantly in the last few months, but I have a very good explanation for this. :D
When I first got my Aveo (right before I sold my CX-7) I transferred all the car seats/baby stuff into the Aveo. So for a while it was our main mode of transportation. With me, my wife, two kids (with pretty large size car seats), all the baby gear, and a double-stroller in the back, I was getting a consistent 24-26 MPG with 3/4 city - 1/4 highway driving. After we got my wife her HHR, the Aveo became completely my baby. It got a CAI, full straight through 2.25" cat-back exhaust, body kit, lowering springs and KYB shocks... With the driving being mostly done in city, meaning a LOT of accelerating off the light to hear my exhaust and feel the extra accelerating power from the intake/exhaust mods, more aggressive cornering/braking, letting it run for a while to warm up before I start driving (the beauty of a remote start to get it all warm on a nasty rainy Seattle day) my MPG reduced to anywhere between 19-23 MPG. I was first very disappointed with it and blamed it on the mods, but then I realized that it's not the mods that are the problem, it's the sudden change in my driving style (with no wife and kids in the car it get a lot more aggressive) :D If anything, mods would give me extra horse power, so my car wouldn't have to work as hard and get better gas mileage. So when I realized that I started taking it easier (somewhat) and we will see if that will affect my MPG at all. I think if I stayed in the same driving style/habits as I did before I have modded it (shifting between at 2500 RPMs - 3000 RPMs at most and letting it cruise in neutral more) I think my gas mileage would've went up quite a bit with the reduced weight and engine breathing better. Didn't get much chance to test it out in all highway driving because after my contract ended I don't get to do the 150 mile round-trip daily commute anymore, but I'm sure that is still to come... 8)
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
Ours is used for commuting that is all city driving. We cannot get any better than a consistent 22 MPG.
The reason is the A/T programming. This 4-speed tranny can't enter torque converter lockup until 45 MPH - and in true city driving we can never reach that speed.
However, I found it does get 37 MPG on the highway, at 65 MPH with the A/C on. Unfortunately, we hardly ever do any highway driving. :(
keep in mind too the epa "city" mpg determination is not 100% to realistic city driving, also it probably doen't include the same amount of sitting time as living near a big city like new york/long island if that is the city you are talking about.
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keep in mind too the epa "city" mpg determination is not 100% to realistic city driving, also it probably doen't include the same amount of sitting time as living near a big city like new york/long island if that is the city you are talking about
There is definately nothing realistic in the MPG numbers that came on the window stickers.
Like Serega I do the simple math and i never take a record of it but usually end up between 24 and 28 mpg with 8 to 10 gals at fill up and between 260 and 280 miles at fill up time. I am never going to be exact.
@serega I feel ya for makin the long commute. Had a guy in my shop that came in from granite falls daily and he was burnt out by the first year of doing that. it sucks.
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keep in mind too the epa "city" mpg determination is not 100% to realistic city driving, also it probably doen't include the same amount of sitting time as living near a big city like new york/long island if that is the city you are talking about.
On my other cars ('89 Mitsu and a '99 Celica) the city estimates were really accurate for the years in which they were produced. In other words, we actually do get what the estimate was in that model year. But not with this car. The city estimate is 25, but we get only 22.
I suspect that in recent years the EPA ratings have become inflated. In 2009 there was a push by the government to produce and market smaller, more efficient cars. Hence, they came up with the 'cash for clunkers' incentive not only to get older, larger vehicles off the road, but also to boost the bad economy by luring people into buying new vehicles. Considering those policy goals, the government would have an interest in inflating the figures, since official fuel economy data that is attractive entices people to buy new. If you think the idea of their inflating the numbers is far-fetched, ask yourself who now owns the majority controlling interest of General Motors? Yep, Uncle Sam. And Chevy certainly wouldn't object either, as long as it sells more cars.
As for 'sitting' in traffic, believe it or not, idling burns relatively little fuel and plays a very minor role in reducing fuel economy. In fact my wife's daily commute is on local roads and involves virtually no idling in traffic except for at red lights (which undeniably are a part of real city driving).
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I have an '06 SVM 5 door.
I recently switched to the last local brand of gas that does NOT contain any Ethanol.
My milage jumped up to 2-3 mpg immediatley. I want from seeing 29-30 mpg overall too 32.5 to 33 mpg.
Mines a 5 speed, has about 74k miles. 34psi in tires. I use cruise control when possible.
I try not to speed anywhere, but I do like to take off brisk. shift points vary usually from 3k to 4.5k
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Monzaveo, try shifting at 2000 rpms once and see how you do.. try it for a tank. You will see better results for sure. you get into that cruising speed quick enough that the resistance is less and easy on mpg. That is what I do and have been avg 36 in town driving only... I do lots of other things to get this like coasting to stop signs and choosing routes that have none at all, it will help you out.
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My car used to get twenty-five MPG on Chevron gas but the car did not do well on the gas so I switched To BP and my gas mileage jumped to thirty-two MPG. I never let my car run out of gas in fear of the Fuel pump going out and it will take a week or two to get the new part from Korea because Wrongzone and Noreilly's says the part is nonservicable.
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fuel pump is readily available online. including ebay.
i replaced mine under warranty at like 2 months into ownership.
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We don't have BP here in Washington state, at least nowhere close to the north west part of the state. I've been sticking to Shell premium for a while now and it seems to work fine for me. What would be the equivalent of BP over here?
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If you have Shell gas, I'd stick to them...they also dont use ethanol (at least not yet) and are a good brand of gas. I'd be using them but there's no Shells near me.
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Is it bad to put ethanol? cus usually everywhere i go it says contains some percent of ethanol
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i have gotten 23.4 MPG the last 3 months or so averaged togther, not too bad considering the thing is always being redlined and driven hard
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Is it bad to put ethanol? cus usually everywhere i go it says contains some percent of ethanol
As long as it's equal or less than 10% ethanol.
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the ethanol doesn't burn the same as gas, so it does rob you of some hp and mpg or k/ml or whatever you metric boys have.
for an extreme example look up a comparison of e85 versus gas. Thats kind of what the 10% is.. but will give you information on the difference.
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the ethanol doesn't burn the same as gas, so it does rob you of some hp and mpg or k/ml or whatever you metric boys have.
for an extreme example look up a comparison of e85 versus gas. Thats kind of what the 10% is.. but will give you information on the difference.
The newer "Flex-fuel" cars (including some Chevys) are supposed to be able to run on ethanol. Not the Aveo, though.
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i think my wife's van can run it, but the loses that you get running it seems to outweigh the price,
plus i have issues with using food as fuel when not everyone has enough to eat.
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more or less raising food cost around the world (corn)
i wish the goverment would just stick with what they have and improve on it, why spend billions on new tech when other countries will not ever make a attempt at such things
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Increasing ethanol production is all about reducing dependence on foreign oil sources. Its really not a bad idea. However, the current way of making it with corn is pretty inefficient. But, cellulosic ethanol production is just starting to get going. It is a much more efficient production process and will drop ethanol prices. Using this method you can use almost any biomass to make ethanol... Just think, in towns they could collect your grass clippings and leaves in the fall to make gas for your car. IMO thats just awesome.
Ethanol itself as a fuel is actually pretty nice as it has some diesel like properties which allow high compression ratios to be used. If engines were designed for ethanol it could be a great fuel. However, we only have these flex fuel engines which make design compromises to run on both gas and ethanol.
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more or less raising food cost around the world (corn)
The decision to use corn is mainly fed (no pun intended) by the farming lobby - making ethanol out of corn is extremely inefficient. Brazil is having far more success using sugar cane as a source for their ethanol. There are other sources for biofuel in moderate climates (rapeseed comes to mind). With higher efficiency the price goes down, and less farming land is taken away from food production.
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It is available but I don't trust EBAY you don't know where they been I only buy New never used or Remanufactured. Rock Auto is a site I use the most.
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Originally Posted by reddemonx92
Is it bad to put ethanol? cus usually everywhere i go it says contains some percent of ethanol
Yes it is. Read your Owners manual. it says never put gas that contains 10% Ethanol.
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Originally Posted by Monzaveo
If you have Shell gas, I'd stick to them...they also dont use ethanol (at least not yet) and are a good brand of gas. I'd be using them but there's no Shells near me.
Yes they do but probably around my area Every Shell gas station I go to has EVERY FUEL HERE CONTAINS ATLEAST 10% ETHANOL.
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Originally Posted by Daox
Increasing ethanol production is all about reducing dependence on foreign oil sources. Its really not a bad idea. However, the current way of making it with corn is pretty inefficient. But, cellulosic ethanol production is just starting to get going. It is a much more efficient production process and will drop ethanol prices. Using this method you can use almost any biomass to make ethanol... Just think, in towns they could collect your grass clippings and leaves in the fall to make gas for your car. IMO thats just awesome.
Ethanol itself as a fuel is actually pretty nice as it has some diesel like properties which allow high compression ratios to be used. If engines were designed for ethanol it could be a great fuel. However, we only have these flex fuel engines which make design compromises to run on both gas and ethanol.
In good economic times, "dependency" is scoffed at by the powers that be as being irrelevant. We (meaning North Americans) buy foreign oil in the market, because it is cheaper than having to produce our own - and besides, there is no point in depleting our own resources when it is readily available commodity on an open global market. It is actually prudent to keep our oil in reserve for the future. We are not truly dependent on foreign oil - unless foreign nations suddenly refuse to sell it to us.
However, in bad economic times, things change. Everything costs more. People and nations become anxiety ridden and are no longer inclined to trade openly. Once lack of trust arises, things like boycotts, embargoes and wars ensue.
Much of our fresh produce in the US today is now imported, and no longer locally grown. Frankly, our not being able to produce our own produce (due to most arable farmland having been turned into residential building lots) concerns me more than where we buy oil.
If you control the supply of food and the supply of fuel, you control everything.
P.S. We might be better off turning our distilled ethanol into booze and trading it for oil. No one can drink oil or gasoline but people worldwide can and do drink alcohol - which means it's more universally marketable as a commodity. :mrgreen:
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Sergia,
In the NW, the cheapest Shell station I have found is located in Tacoma off of I-5 on Portland.
Near the Emerald Queen Casino
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I have been trying to stay away from the bigger name gas stations because of price but that doesn't mean I don't use them on occasion like road trips. I have been using costco gas for about 3 years and they seem to have good quality gas and no issues yet. On the olympic peninsula we usually pay about 20 cents higher for gas than those in the Seattle area because the only way to get off the Peninsula is to pay a 4 dollar toll or take a ferry and the refineries take back what the lose at the pump.
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:mrgreen: Oh yeah :occasion5:
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Hunter, so you went from one rainy state to the other? :D But back to the topic, clarkfam, is there any other reasons why you stay away from big name gas stations besides the price?
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is there any other reasons why you stay away from big name gas stations besides the price?
no other reasons except using the membership that I paid for. I have always liked chevron gas and that's usual what I go for when I am out of town.
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Hunter, so you went from one rainy state to the other? :D But back to the topic, clarkfam, is there any other reasons why you stay away from big name gas stations besides the price?
never been to up that way before :( wanted to go on a trip up there and see qwest field
i use the hess that is right next to me, my favorite station
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Well my last tank gave me 477km out of 36L which is about 7.5l/100km or ~31mpg. A mixture of city driving and "fast" highway driving. Fairly decent I think.
I would really like to see it pass 35mpg though.
I have even seen this car advertised as "50mpg hwy" but I just don't know about that lol.
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Well my last tank gave me 477km out of 36L which is about 7.5l/100km or ~31mpg. A mixture of city driving and "fast" highway driving. Fairly decent I think.
I would really like to see it pass 35mpg though.
I have even seen this car advertised as "50mpg hwy" but I just don't know about that lol.
That would have been a Canadian commercial. My Wave is rated 48mpg hwy and the best I ever got out of it (that I bothered to measure) was 42mpg. Mind you a Canadian gallon is 4.54L and a US gallon 3.78L. Big difference.