37 MPG, that's whats up!

New plugs, new accessory belt and dampener, fresh oil change. Highway (up to 80mph, average 70) and backroads, 155k miles. New personal best, just sharin :-)

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Originally Posted by BigTDogg (MA) New plugs, new accessory belt and dampener, fresh oil change. Highway (up to 80mph, average 70) and backroads, 155k miles. New personal best, just sharin :-)

how long is your drive? i avg 35 mpg with a fairy new belt, new plugs and oil change every 2-2.5k. not that thats bad or anything but i drive a 70 mile round trip all highway and my car cant really stretch its legs on the PA tpke like I-95. i've averaged 46mpg round trip from philly to baltimore and back. 179k

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my personal best was coming back home from import alliance in nashville in 2008. i averaged 49mpg for that tank. but i also went baller status and filled up on 98 unleaded they had at the track.

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best i get is ~15 mpg . I must suck at city driving or theres something wrong with the car.

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My daily commute is only 30 miles each way. This was a road trip from Boston to CT and back. Anything 40+ is insane. I've averaged 32-33 for a while now, longer trips = better mileage obviously with the highway cruising. My CEL is on too, but I think it's just the P0420 code again for using my Magnaflow cat. Or it's the faulty emissions computer. Don't care, car runs great.



Sadly probably going to sell next spring in favor of a 2004 WRX my friend will be selling. Need a lil more oomph for DDing.



And Roach, something is DEFINITELY wrong with your car. Very, very wrong.

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oo, wrx! nicee!



figured i get at least 20something mpg. keeping track of my current tank of gas so I'll see what happens.

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best i got was 32 mpg and now since summer started its down to 26 mpg...dont know why.

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Originally Posted by BigTDogg (MA) My daily commute is only 30 miles each way. This was a road trip from Boston to CT and back. Anything 40+ is insane. I've averaged 32-33 for a while now, longer trips = better mileage obviously with the highway cruising. My CEL is on too, but I think it's just the P0420 code again for using my Magnaflow cat. Or it's the faulty emissions computer. Don't care, car runs great. Sadly probably going to sell next spring in favor of a 2004 WRX my friend will be selling. Need a lil more oomph for DDing. And Roach, something is DEFINITELY wrong with your car. Very, very wrong.

i dont think 40+ is insane in these cars. i got 46mpg in not ideal conditions. had it been cooler and a bit later in that day i'd could have gotten closer to if not had 50mpg easily.

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Originally Posted by BigTDogg (MA) My daily commute is only 30 miles each way. This was a road trip from Boston to CT and back. Anything 40+ is insane. I've averaged 32-33 for a while now, longer trips = better mileage obviously with the highway cruising. My CEL is on too, but I think it's just the P0420 code again for using my Magnaflow cat. Or it's the faulty emissions computer. Don't care, car runs great. Sadly probably going to sell next spring in favor of a 2004 WRX my friend will be selling. Need a lil more oomph for DDing. And Roach, something is DEFINITELY wrong with your car. Very, very wrong.

hope that all works out for you. WRX is a big upgrade in my books.

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Originally Posted by Bdub215 i dont think 40+ is insane in these cars. i got 46mpg in not ideal conditions. had it been cooler and a bit later in that day i'd could have gotten closer to if not had 50mpg easily.

I'm curious what you were doing to achieve that? Were you "hypermiling"?



Regular driving, I can't fathom how that would be possible in a Corolla. Unless you drove like Grandma everywhere, in which case, for me, it's not worth it.

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Originally Posted by PhatRoyale hope that all works out for you. WRX is a big upgrade in my books.

We'll see, that's the plan anyway. Having a hard time finding steady work right now though, so it's all up in the air. Bouncing around from engineering contract to contract, damn you economy!!!



I'd keep it mostly stock, for reliability and street worthiness. I'll definitely upgrade brakes, and probably an intake exhaust combo. Then I'll stop, because any more mod money dumped in to that would be better utilized on my really fast car :-)

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Originally Posted by RoachRolla oo, wrx! nicee! figured i get at least 20something mpg. keeping track of my current tank of gas so I'll see what happens.

There is def something wrong with your car. I get around 20mpg in my Impreza.

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Originally Posted by BigTDogg (MA) I'm curious what you were doing to achieve that? Were you "hypermiling"? Regular driving, I can't fathom how that would be possible in a Corolla. Unless you drove like Grandma everywhere, in which case, for me, it's not worth it.

well tires were slighly up from where they should be (35psi) but other then that no. windows down music bumpin and i dont drive like a grandma i drive above the speed limit Cruise control on usually all the time unless in the city.

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Two years ago tune up when purchased, original parts on car, oil change every 3k miles and average 38 mpg no higher then 70 mph with 80 mile per day round trip.

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15 mpg? personal best driving like a old man 42 mpg average.