# Your Car/Mileage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060 "2005-08-22T02:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/41 "2005-08-22T22:56:52Z")
1994 Ford Escort station wagon (a babe magnet if there ever was one :D) 130,000 miles and still getting 25-28mpg in the city. I drive about 60-70 miles per week. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/42 "2005-08-22T23:25:53Z")
1997 Hyundai Accent 31 mpg and I drive too fast so it would probably do even better at the actual speed limit. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/43 "2005-08-22T23:28:12Z")
93 Toyota pickup, 25 mpg. My daily driver, my commute is about 35 miles a day. 97 Ford Taurus, 24 mpg, wifes car, a tank of gas lasts her a month. 66 Pontiac GTO, 10 mpg on a very good day and she burns premium unleaded. I haven’t driven it as much this summer as I anticipated. I was planning to driving down for Hot August Nights in Reno but I couldn’t see a $300 gas bill to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/44 "2005-08-23T03:45:42Z")
2005 Mini Cooper S - 25 mpg city, 32 mpg highway. This would be better if it wasn’t the supercharged model. 1990 GMC Safari conversion van - Dunno - it only gets used for hauling dogs and building supplies. I filled the tank at the beginning of the summer; it is still half full. I would guess 15-18 mpg. My bike - Infinite mpg 🙂 I am considering commuting to school this fall; round trip is 26 miles. My SO has commuted to his job (round trip 16 miles) for years. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/45 "2005-08-23T03:50:40Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > I am considering commuting to school this fall; round trip is 26 miles. My SO has commuted to his job (round trip 16 miles) for years. Please insert the work “bike” in front of commuting/commuted above. Of course we already commute daily; but have turned to our bikes for more and more of our transportation needs lately. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/46 "2005-08-23T04:02:50Z")
> [@BrattiAtti](#): > > '84 Le Sabre > > I would guess that it gets 10 mpg. We get 25mpg out of our '93 Le Sabre. That’s a pretty vast improvement in 10 years. BTW, it’s for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/47 "2005-08-23T04:08:31Z")
I’ve been spending about $5 to $6 per day on gasoline since I started keeping track last summer. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/48 "2005-08-23T04:23:29Z")
2000 Dodge Stratus - 4 cyl - not sure but I think its 2.4 l - around 30 mpg. I set cruise control at 65 mph. 1987 Jeep Commanche - 4.0 l, 6 cyl. - 5-speed manual - 25 mpg - again I drive 65. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/49 "2005-08-23T10:37:07Z")
> [@dbuzman](#): > > 2004 Dodge neon. 30 mpg average. I drive 22 miles one way to work so it’s basically always highway milage. Really? I have a 2003 and I get between 36 and 38 miles per gallon, although I have a stick shift, which supposedly helps a little. I also drive a lot of miles until optimal conditions for good gas mileage: long drives with little or no stopping at 50ish. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/50 "2005-08-23T10:47:31Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Is this actually still true? If I did the calculations correctly, I used to pay around $3-4 gallon for gasoline in Germany, in the 1998-2000 timeframe. It costs me roughly 100 DM or about $40 to fill the tank on a BMW 3 series (I had a variety of rental cars during the period, but BMW 323 was the most common). Are European gas prices rising at the rate they are here? i’m visiting my brother in Germany, and gas is about 1.25 to 1.30 euros per litre … ::pauses to crunch some numbers:: that’s over $6 per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/51 "2005-08-23T11:14:13Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > i’m visiting my brother in Germany, and gas is about 1.25 to 1.30 euros per litre … > > ::pauses to crunch some numbers:: > > that’s over $6 per gallon. There was a Bloomberg News story in the local paper yesterday that cited average prices in the G7: Canada $3.27, Germany $6.17, UK $6.09, $5.98 in Italy, $5.84 in France and $4.45 in Japan. They said prices were up between 8.6 and 14.7 percent over last year, while U.S. prices were up about 35 percent. To the OP: I ride the bus to work (and monthly pass prices haven’t gone up - yet; I don’t use my car much, but am starting to give second thoughts to trips and am trying to bundle them together even more than usual. I have a 2001 Nissan Sentra, but have no idea what my mileage is. GT ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/52 "2005-08-23T19:07:30Z")
I ran some statistics based on page 1 of this thread. The average MPG was 26.7. The median MPG was 25. The standard deviation was 9.7 MPG. The highest MPG award goes to **Grelby’s** 2003 Toyota Prius with 48 MPG. The lowest MPG award goes to **StuffLikeThatThere’s** 1-ton Chevy work truck and its 7 MPG. Note that our average MPG of 26.7 is slightly above the US fleet average of 25.2 [1], I would guess because we own less large trucks than most of the population. [1] See page 3 of this 34-page PDF from NHTSA [http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Vehicle%20Safety/Articles/Associated%20Files/SummaryFuelEconomyPerformance-2005.pdf](http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Vehicle%20Safety/Articles/Associated%20Files/SummaryFuelEconomyPerformance-2005.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/53 "2005-08-23T20:09:54Z")
My last car was a '98VW Golf, even after being “chipped” and with an aftermarket exhaust, it got about 33MPG. All that at 190K miles, when I finally got a new one. My current car/truck, an '05 Subaru Baja, gets 25-26MPG. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/54 "2005-08-23T23:35:13Z")
We own a Honda Civic hybrid, a 2004, I believe. When I drive it, I get about 45 mpg, but when Mr. brown drives it, he gets about 50 mpg. He commutes a long distance, and seems to have perfected the skill of wringing the most mileage out of it. Of course, I have a leadfoot. I wonder what people think when they see the hybrid passing them at 87 mph on the freeway! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/55 "2005-08-23T23:49:08Z")
'97 Aerostar- my commute is around 26 miles one way, and I get around 22 MPG most of the time. My sweetie drives a 2003 VW Jetta TDI - he gets 48-50 MPG and his commute is 58 miles one way. He’s also got a Royal Star, but I don’t know what it gets, and he rarely rides it. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/56 "2005-08-24T00:24:15Z")
I drive a 2003 Honda Accord that gets about 20 mpg in city driving and 30-34 on the highway. I got around 33 mpg driving from Florida to St. Louis averaging about 80 mph most of the way. Interestingly, I got about 30 mpg driving around Fort Myers this summer. Even though it was a lot of stop-and-go traffic, I think there was enough 60 mph driving to make up the difference. My commute in St. Louis is about 3.5 miles. ---
**Author:** ![darylhallfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@darylhallfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darylhallfan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/57 "2005-08-24T01:36:51Z")
I have three Ford Crown Victorias. If you do the research, you will discover that the Crown Vic has consistently been one of the safest, most reliable, longest lasting cars for the money for many years. If you can handle being made fun of by your friends and family for driving an “econo-barge”, you’ll have one incredibly practical car. But one thing that really bothers me is that my 1992 CV gets 19/27 mpg according to the EPA (in my experience, 15/20), and my 2003 CV is rated at 17/25! The gas mileage actually got worse with time, and based on my driving experience, the '03 gets about 13/18 mpg. Ford finally figured out CV owners dirty little secret, and gave the engine a 25hp boost. See, most of us don’t buy the car because its cheap, safe, roomy, and reliable, but rather for Geriatric Street Racing. Cowabunga and hold on to your teeth! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060/58 "2005-08-24T03:25:49Z")
'96 Chevy S-10, four cylinder, 5-speed manual: Gets from 29.0 to 30.5, depending on how much I run the A/C. '96 Honda Odyssey minivan, gets 25 on the nose, every time. (We do virtually no city driving.) '93 Ford-New Holland tractor, 10 speed manual transmission, diesel engine. Who knows? 😉 Horses: One day’s ride per acre of pasture. If gas gets much higher, Ol’ Dan may start getting more use. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-car-mileage/318060.md?page=2)