I can EASILY get 36 mpg with the cruise set at 70 mph on relitively flat strech of highway.

 

thats nice, at 60 maybe youll get 39??

 

No, because at 70 mph it right at about 2000 rpm(in 5th gear) which is the lowest rpm speed the engine makes its torque at.

 

2000 B5 manual with supercharge. Full tank got 403 miles. All highway milage in North CA summer.
Still don't know how the car made it......:crazy:

Pat

 

Last two nights driving into work (25 mile highway drive)

I have averaged 37 and 36 MPG by setting my cruise at 65 mph.. I also did not have the a/c on or windows down on either of these trips.

'00 V6 GLS 5-speed

oh and our V6's rev higher than 2k at 70mph in 5th, I'm not sure right off, but I know it's closer to 3000 rpm maybe 2700-2800? Someone else might be able to confirm.

 

My average mpg is in the 22-24 mpg range. V6 manual.

 

I did 2, 120 mile trips yesterday, did about 75-80MPH both ways. 1st trip i had the air con switched off & got 41 MPG, 2nd trip had air con switched on & got 37 MPG. I'm running stock 1.8 non-turbo (estate) wagon :thumbup:

 

Last two nights driving into work (25 mile highway drive)

I have averaged 37 and 36 MPG by setting my cruise at 65 mph.. I also did not have the a/c on or windows down on either of these trips.

'00 V6 GLS 5-speed

oh and our V6's rev higher than 2k at 70mph in 5th, I'm not sure right off, but I know it's closer to 3000 rpm maybe 2700-2800? Someone else might be able to confirm.

My V6 is right around 2700 at 70 mph. And when i go 80 the tach is at 3000 exactly. When i hit the governed speed of 120 it's at 4200. When i get my chip soon i'll have to see what the true top speed is.

I get pretty bad gas mileage where i live. A lot of city driving. Usually it's around 20 in the city and 25 on the highway. The other thing is i drive with a bit of a heavy foot. :thumbup:

 

My V6 is right around 2700 at 70 mph. And when i go 80 the tach is at 3000 exactly.

My rpm/speeds match up to yours about perfectly. 2001.5 V6.

 

High 30s, low 40s averaging 65mph (80 when I could get away with it cross country with AC on. You gassers should know by now that your best mileage is barely better than our worst mileage oke: . Diesels rule :thumbup:

 

This post was TOTALLY worthy of a brand new thread to compliment the other 3 "V6 gas mileage" threads on the front page.

I regularly get 34mpg+ on my 10-mile morning commute (65mph, -200ft elevation change )

 

430+ miles with a quarter tank left in a V6, from Denver to Teluride, mmm I love the long downhills with the 5 Spd.

 

I am seeing 30MPG @ 75MPH on my V6 with Neuspeed chip. Best I have done was 410 miles on a tankful before chip.

 

only got 240 miles out of a tank, stock turbo 5.5 :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

 

I have a great oportunity to test this... I'm leaving for a 1400 mile drive in about 2 hours. I drive a V6 which is stock except for Bi-Xenons which we know add 2.5 MPG.

The first day is driving through the desert, and the second day is through the mountains. I'll report back in three days with the mileage!

Gotta love the drive from SoCal to Vancouver Canada

 

No, because at 70 mph it right at about 2000 rpm(in 5th gear) which is the lowest rpm speed the engine makes its torque at.

at 75mph you are at 2000 rpm in fifth .... impossible! more like 3000+. If so than I have a problem with my car!

 

I said around 70 not 75.

 

I said around 70 not 75.

my bad .. you did write 70 ... in any case 2000 rpm is still very low at 70 it should be around 2800 2900 rpm .

 

My auto 5 speeed is around 2300 or so at 55--I imagine around 70 its probably near 3K.

 

~56mph avg, got 33.2mpg total.
Everyone was passing me though.
(same trip avg 28-29mpg if going faster)

Post your best. I have pics, gotta post. Ill do it later
I know the turbo guys have got around 35mpg. Maybe you can do better.

considering a civic will get closer to 50 miles per gallon on the hwy :thumbdown

My 1.8t tip gets 28 mpg average driving arounf 70-75mph.

 

I checked mine tonight..255 miles, 11.44 gallons = 22 mpg. That sucks. That's close to truck/Tahoe gas mileage. And that was babying it with the cruise on, about 70% highway miles at 60 mph. I keptthinking while getting passed by everything on th road how much gas i was saving. Yeah..right.

So I checked about trading it right after I filled it up. They want to give me 20K even on trade for a 2005 3900 mile 'new' (never titled) Civic EX (demo), and want $17,515 for the Civic. I might have jumped on it, but I only bought this lovely piece of German engineering a week ago. Thats a $1600 loss in 9 days. I guess $1600 would buy alot of gas.

I bought the wrong car. I don't need or want a race car; I don't need or want "farfhegnugen" or however it is spelled. I just want something that will cost less than $200/month in gas to drive back and forth to work. I need an automobile that is an appliance. Right now I'm a little ticked at myself for not investigating better the car I was buying, and also the dealer for lying to me about the gas mileage it would get (he said it should get 32). Its painfully obvious this car will never see 32 mpg, at least not under it's own power.

Anybody want to buy an '04 Blue-Gray Passat GLX with everything, 15.8K miles, for $21,600?? It rides and drives nice, just gets truck like mileage.woohoo!

 

V6 tip the best I've seen is like 32.0mpg. That's for a 31 mile trip. Some of you aren't posting your total distance. Also, make sure you measure the mpg in both directions and average the results.

It seems to like the 60mph range @ 65F degrees. I think.

 

considering a civic will get closer to 50 miles per gallon on the hwy :thumbdown

My 1.8t tip gets 28 mpg average driving arounf 70-75mph.

50 mpg?
no way. I thought 36. That would be sweet for civic drivers.

 

The best I have ever recorded is 29 MPG on a trip from VA to GA I averaged about 75, I don't recall the miles.

 

the above sounds about right.