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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
Well here's my update. After putting on those inch wider alloys, that are 1lb heavier, my mpg is still about the same. The highest mpg I've gotten was 38 mpg going 60 mph at 2500 rpms. If you drive fast or live in an area where your forced to like me, your not going to be getting low 40s anymore. I'm constantly at 3k rpms to keep up. I got tired of aggressive buttholes in F150s tailgaiting me and flashing their lights. I imagine a lot of Mirage owners in Atlanta are averaging mid 30s combined fuel economy, like I am. Gas is $2.50 a gallon now by me too. No more twenty dollar fill ups, but hey, this might drive Mirage sales up in the next couple of years.
I drove approximately 240 miles today. Mostly 60-75 mph highway driving, except for going through a few small towns. I filled up before I reached home tonight, & I averaged 44 mpg on that tank. Today was much nicer temperatures (above freezing). When it's been well below freezing, I have been averaging about 42 mpg on trips like these. That's with 165/65r14 Nokian snow tires up front & newer 165/65r14 Nexen all-season tires on the rear. Winter blend gas most likely still be used around here, & the wind wasn't that bad today.
I let the gas pump click off twice every time I fill up, & I divide the miles driven by the gallons on the gas pump.
My 5-speed manual was between 3,000-4,000 rpm most of this trip. I never see below low 40 mpg on trips like these, & summer time mileage would be noticeable better.
It's hard to compare apples to apples. I don't do a ton of stop & go city type driving. Our county has one city with a population of 5,000, & a few smaller communities of under 400. We have four intersections with stoplights in the the entire county. I have to drive 50 minutes to an hour to find the nearest round about intersections for my student drivers, & those are in neighboring counties.
I am not doing a lot of stop & go driving, but we do have hills. Tire/rim sizes, types of tire, tire psi, driving style, traffic situations, weather conditions, etc. are all factors, too!
Dirk Diggler (02-26-2021)
I averaged 27mpg (hand calculated) for my last tank in the black car. Lots of -30 c weather and lots of idling killed my economy. So far on this current tank I've gone almost 200km(124mile) and the dte shows 650km(400 miles) to go.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)