What's the highest average MPG you guys have gotten on a decently long trip? Let's say 50 miles at least.

Lately I've been driving on a stretch of highway that has some 55 zones in it...and I've been consistently getting almost 40mpg. I got 39.8 on one trip. My trips are about 70 miles and I use 93 octane gas on stock programming. I'm not a conservative driver, when I need to accelerate on the highway or onto the highway, I floor whichever gear is appropriate.

My usual average for a 50 mile round trip on highway on a different, entirely 65 zone stretch was about 33mpg.

39mpg vs 33mpg works out to .077 cents per mile versus .091 cents per mile. That works out to about a $5.60 difference every four hundred miles. Enough to make you go another 50 miles!

That's one reason I like our little 4 cylinders. Very practical engines.

 

Around somewhere between 31-33.

On long trips with my friend who has a bmw 540 i tend to keep it in 5th gear to play around with him.
then i get like 28-30

 

Confused me for a second, forgot you had a 6 speed...doh. Funny thing is...the 5 speed's fifth is taller than the 6 speed's sixth.

 

do i really have to post my 200 mpg picture again?

 

lol, let's see the little ∅ next to it =P

 

Best I have gotten was only about 25 mpg going between Dallas and Austin. Got the V6 and had the aircon going tho!

 

no little box or red x thank you very much!

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I can do that too.. just get cruising at like 60mph and push the clutch in. It'll register at 200mpg.

 

Haha duh, that's why I said show me the "∅" next to it. The average value has that symbol next to it indicating it can be reset, as opposed to the constantly calculated value.

 

ive never gotten any more than 380-385 miles to a tank, divide that by 16 and thats only 24mpg. i think 180 quattros get alot worse gas milage than the 225