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[Fighting Irish]

Fighting irish do you have an auto or a stick trans? What year is your Aveo?

2007 manual trans sedan.

[MatchboxKiller]

Hunter, don't forget that the will bring down you MPG too. I know when mine kicks in I only get like 14, but NORMALLY, I think I actually get around 30.

[thehunterooo]

Not being in a hurry is kind of nice. Most americans have no clue what i'm saying because they create this false "I have to be somewhere in 3 minutes " type of life style.... I look at it as consuming less and saving on my wallet... Plus i'm pretty relaxed when I arrive at my destination and most of the time early. It's the people that are the other way that don't allow time to drive that have road rage issues. Don't understand driving fast in a economy size car....Like driving 80 in a prius because you think it will get good enough mpg what's the point ? I guess it takes all kinds and thats what makes the world go around... I'll keep doing my thing.

people are confused when i fly past thier cars that are worth 5 times more than mine :P

good point matchbox, my vtec kicks in at like 9000rpm so yeah

[littleaveo]

The last 2x's I filled up it was at 37mpg. My daily travel is 150 miles and 70% of that is at 65-70mph on Interstate @ 70MPH the little red beast is running at 3400rpm. Actually I thought that was extremely high until I read some of the other comments on this thread 2009 aveo5 manual transmission.

[hammsaveo]

thats pretty good... I just got 38.6 on last avg. working for 40 though. with my 06 with man. I try to keep the rpm's down under 3000 on freeway. Usually at 2500 which is 55 mph in my Aveo.

[y2dgone]

I averaged 35-38 when I had my Aveo, my record trying for tops MPG was in the 50 mpg range, but no way I could keep those driving habits up, it's documented somewhere around one of these aveo sites

[hammsaveo]

I wanted to hear that cause i'm on amission to get in the 40's and then upper 40's if I can.I am going to try to get the Aveo to give up some great mileage!

I averaged 35-38 when I had my Aveo, my record trying for tops MPG was in the 50 mpg range, but no way I could keep those driving habits up, it's documented somewhere around one of these aveo sites

[y2dgone]

I wanted to hear that cause i'm on amission to get in the 40's and then upper 40's if I can.I am going to try to get the Aveo to give up some great mileage!

I averaged 35-38 when I had my Aveo, my record trying for tops MPG was in the 50 mpg range, but no way I could keep those driving habits up, it's documented somewhere around one of these aveo sites

You can do it, some of the biggest things to get you there are driving habits and tires (of course stripping out the interoir of your car helps some too )

[hammsaveo]

You can do it, some of the biggest things to get you there are driving habits and tires (of course stripping out the interoir of your car helps some too )[/quote]
I would do just that if I was single but then again if I was single I would be driving a gen 1 insight. I have newer tires on now 80k mile warranty. I didn't even know about the LRR tires at the time. Mine are aired to 44 psi max sidewall. What was the biggest thing for you getting the big numbers? Coasting in n with engine off is one I try to do as much as possible. I am working on trying to get a scan guage to help me see when i'm wasting fuel. Anymore advice on it? What do you drive now?

[serega12]

LRR tires, wouldn't you loose some performance with those? i.e. snow/wet handling? From what I understand the better performing the tire, the less life/FE you get out of it...