How does your car do on gas?

[cynatnite]

Since Monday, I've left the house a total of four times. It's a new record for me considering errands and chauffering. The car needed 6.7 gallons of gas which cost $19.

It's a '94 Buick Regal and gets around 23-24 mpg.

We've considered buying a new car, but decided against it. Factoring in gas prices, car payments, extra insurance, plus a soon-to-be 16 yr. old, it's prudent for us to stick with this very reliable older car.

BTW, it's got 169,000 miles on it and still runs like a charm :)

[benburch]

1. 2002 Prius. ~40 mpg around town, ~50 mpg on the highway.

And I am so glad I bought it.

[Divernan]

19. 2001 Saab w/154,000 miles; average 34 mpg

nt

[GRLMGC]

2. I think the tank is about 9 gallons or so

I'll get about 270 miles on a tank when I'm commuting regularly. It doesn't cost that much to fill it up but I fill up about twice a week when I work. That's not good times

[RB TexLa]

3. Isuzu Trooper 4X4 around 9mpg city/ 15 hwy

[rusty_parts2001]

31. Ouch!

[lutefisk]

36. I admire your courage in posting that

Some might call your Trooper an . . . SUV

As long as you went first, I'll just say that once I got 16 on the highway in the Land Cruiser. Otherwise it's a bit less. But what it does, it does well.

That rate of consumption is more than balanced out by a very nice 4 cylinder Infinity/Nissan that gets around 30 mpg. Guess which one I drive more often these days?

[AlCzervik]

4. i average about 29 combined, i have a 04 4cyl honda accord, the Civic

is starting to look better everyday. Thank God i did not buy the 6 cyl.

[LeftyMom]

5. About 30 hwy, 24ish in town.

Not bad for an eight year old station wagon in need of a tune up.

[peacebird]

6. 2005 Prius - approx 52mpg.

[BrklynLiberal]

18. I am so jealous. Wish I could afford one of those.

[peacebird]

20. we were very lucky - sold our suburbs house and moved to the country....

It's a lot less expensive here, so we used some of our house sales $$ to buy the Prius.

:hi:

[craychek]

49. dude with current gas prices...

you would save a BUTT LOAD of money. doing the math and assuming you will have the car for 10 years... you would save something like 9k in gas(this is for me, it varies depending on how much you drive), and this not taking into account the fact that gas prices will rise.

At anyrate I payed 21k for mine after I traded in my old car and got a 5 year loan, but my old car got 20mpg tops and now I'm getting 48-51mpg per tank. So all things considered I'll be paying alot less, especcially if gas prices continue to increase :-P

[mod mom]

47. Just got my '06 Prius last week + at 50.4 mpg. Any tips to get mileag up?

[JuniperLea]

7. I sold the SUV in '02

And bought a little Mazda. Great mileage! Most of my driving is freeway traffic and I get about 30mpg even in stop and go.

I used to fill up the SUV twice, sometimes three times a week... and it had a much bigger tank. I fill up once a week now.

The SUV served it's purpose... hauling kids, band equipment, camping gear... kids are grown with cars of their own.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Roller skates, 10 miles an hour, one can of

beans, plenty of gas.

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. !

:spray:

[DS1]

9. 32-33

[clmbohdem]

10. Was 13 mpg last week, this week 28-33 mpg, SUV that seats 7

My Expedition (13mpg) died last week so I picked up a Highlander SUV Hybrid Tuesday. I have 4 kids so need the seats.

[Justice Is Comin]

11. Older Lincoln TownCar

I have to shut it off when I'm at the pump or it gains on me.

[BooScout]

12. Fiat Punto - 40 to 45 mpg

It's not sold in the States though.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

13. 2002 Chevy Blazer LS 4x4. 15-16 MPG Mainly Highway.

[bigwillq]

14. 2006 Altima

35-33 something like that.
Don't really know for sure but I know that it does pretty well.

[DFW]

15. about 24.4 MPG

Highway when driving at about 100 KPH (60 MPH)

About 2/3 of that in the city or at top Autobahn speed, which I never do.

It's a 2003 BWM 525 stick shift, with virtually no extras.

The 75€ (or more) bill to fill up (closing in on $100) is getting a little pricey.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Don't ask. 1996 Chevy Lumina Minivan with over 100,000 miles

I cannot afford a new car.
I drive a little as possible.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Chrysler Intrepid - 25-29 MPG

I really should get something that's better than that.

[htuttle]

21. 105 MPG

But it's not a car...

[Nickster]

24. You know, you keep showing me that pic and start me thinking seriously

about it. LoL, we'll see what happens.

[htuttle]

26. That's the idea!

Everyday when I'm on my way home from work, I look at the streams of commuters in various cars, SUVs, etc...Almost all have only a single passenger. Half of them are driving less than 10 miles each way. If just half of THEM just switched to scooters on nice enough days, we'd save a LOT of gas, emit a lot less CO2, and there'd be more parking for everyone.

We do also have a car -- gets really crappy mileage, actually. It's a Caprice state police intercepter with a `vette engine (it only cost $50 because it's an old taxicab with about 305,000 miles on it). We drive it only about once every week or less, because we only use it for major food shopping, hauling stuff, etc... We filled the gas tank last October, and it's on about 1/4 tank now. Same tank of gas.

I don't think many people could switch to a scooter full time, all the time, though maybe with sidecar and/or a very small family...

...Or an excellent sense of balance...





But most of the time, most of the people on the road are all by themselves. At those times, they should really think about scooters.

[Nickster]

30. Yeah, just kinda scares me considering the roads I'd have to traverse.

It looks like it'd keep up speed wise. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on one somewhere to try out. Either that, or I'm going to get an old diesel vehicle and convert her to bio-diesel.

[kineneb]

33. I want one! In pink or purple!

With matching helmet.
I tried to convince my Mom that it would be a great idea, but she doesn't want me to get one. Never mind that she wanted a Harley. Sigh.

[0007]

22. 2006 Saturn 34 mpg on road 31 in town.

[napi21]

23. 26 all around and we done drive much.

I have a big boy...1999 Grand Marquis, but he's paid for, only has 44,000 miles and is like NEW. I'm not letting it go for a very long time!

[maveric]

25. 25 HWY, 17 City. V8.

2006 Mustang GT. I use my cruise control as often as I can.

[we can do it]

27. 2005 Mazda 3S Hatchback - About 33 mpg - Tons of Room and Zoom

i love my car...

:loveya:

[bullwinkle428]

45. That's the 2.3 liter, 160-hp? Wow, most 3 owners aren't all that happy

about their gas mileage, based on what I've read online. I test drove one a few months ago; was very impressed with the performance, but haven't been all that enthusiastic since reading about the fuel efficincy. I may have to reconsider.

[we can do it]

54. Mine Is A 5-speed - 2.3 160 HP

I average over 30 with a lot of city driving.....when I do more highway its 33 or so....handles great, too.

[Kali]

28. about 12 and 13

drive a truck and a full size van. Had a little tracer that got in the 20's but the roads (rock and dirt) killed it - one of those "cons" to country living - one year tires, no matter what you spend and heavy gas guzzler vehicles (and even they all squeek and drop parts). Bleh - let's go back to hay burners and once a month trips to town!

[wellstone dem]

29. 2004 Toyota Matrix 29-32 MPG

I really like this car, but miss the mileage of my corolla.

[dysfunctional press]

32. VW new beetle- 22mpg

almost entirely city driving- it's a turbo and i drive fast (think- the wolf from p.fiction).

[conflictgirl]

34. We have two cars, one much better on gas than the other

2002 Saturn - we bought it ourselves in part because of the gas prices. We bought it shortly after September 11, (correctly) assuming that gas prices were gonna get much worse. Even now with gas being about $3 a gallon, I can still fill it for about $26. It gets 27 mpg city/37 highway. Of course, I don't want to think about the fact that I could fill it for $10 when I bought it, because that makes me feel a little nauseated...

Other car is a '98 Monte Carlo, a hand-me-down gift from my parents. It gets worse gas mileage and it's costing about $35 to fill it now, but nowhere near as bad on gas as a SUV. I think it gets about 23 city/30 highway. That's mostly because it's a 6-cyl engine. But it also needs repairs a lot less often than the Saturn. Both have around 95K miles on them.

[kineneb]

35. 2000 Hyundai Elantra Wagon, 30-34 mpg

121,000 miles. Holds 4 and piles of stuff for a small car.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

37. '96 Acura Integra. It gets about 27 around town and 31 or so Hwy. :)

[ThomWV]

38. '99 Ford F-250 SuperDuty 7.4 Liter Diesel - 18 City ... 22 Highway

Also have an Audi A4 1.8 Turbo that gets right around 28 City and 34 Highway and an old Mercedes 260E (6-cylinder gas) that gets about 15~18 and no better no matter what I do with it.

[progressivebydesign]

39. 30 mpg, generally. It's a VW Golf, that's newer.

I LOVE my car!! It's a joy to drive and I don't have to fill up much! My hubby has to drive a mini-van for both of his jobs, no way around that... better gas mileage than a truck or SUV or traditional van, but still.. (BTW some jerk hit my car the other day, and bent the back end up requiring probably 1k in repairs.. didn't leave a note or wait until I came back to my car to tell me.. now I'm left holding the bag. WHy are people so mean?? Why does that person want ME to pay for THEIR mistake? If they don't have insurance they shouldn't be driving at all. And if they have insurance then they should be a decent human being and take care of it. doesn't that just suck?)

[DemoTex]

40. The 1999 Saab wagon gets about 32 mpg.

The 1999 Sube wagon (Outback) gets about 25 mpg. Both are 4-cylinder. I once owned a 1969 Land-Rover Series IIA (Bugeye) which averaged 8 mpg (2.2L 4-cylinder, but geared real low).

[lutefisk]

43. Sounds like an FJ60 Land Cruiser I owned

135 hp 6 cylinder engine that didn't "average" 10 mpg, it consumed 10 mpg no matter what- could be in first gear or cruising on the highway at 55 mph: 10 mpg. But there is something special about the old Land Rovers and Land Cruisers.

[DemoTex]

52. I don't think I ever got better than 10 mpg in the Land-Rover.

I put a Fairly overdrive and larger wheels on the Landy, which gave me a top speed of about 55 mph. However, it still sucked the petrol. And it had a very small gas tank (12 gals, if I remember correctly).

BTW: Have you seen the new Toyota FJ Cruiser? I saw one on the road last week.

[mb7588a]

41. My car?

it does fine on gas!

KIDDING!

all walking and public trans. for me. I get extremely good "gas" mileage.

[OxQQme]

42. '99 Suzuki Swift

10 gallon tank. Fill up in Portland Ore and drive to No. Cali over a couple of mountain passes at 70-75.
43 mpg last tank. Winter blend of gas was 39 mpg same trip. I love this car.

[bullwinkle428]

44. 2002 Honda Accord - 27 mpg city, 32 mpg highway

[Swamp Rat]

46. 30 MPG

When my car was working well, before Katrina, I had gotten up tp 36 MPG if I drive it slow on rural roads or at night when there's no traffic.

I mostly ride a bicycle anyway.

[holboz]

50. '03 Toyota Matrix XRS - get about 26 mpg in city. Your Buick is impressive

considering its age and the Regal isn't a small car!

My lease is up in September and I'm researching hybrids vs diesel engines. I'm leaning towards a diesel because the hybrids seem to have a premium price on them. The VW Jetta TDI will probably be my next car.

[tabasco]

51. 2000 Echo gets 50 hwy / 40 around town.

I drive carefully to conserve and don't go much over 65.

[RebelOne]

53. I am not sure what the gas mileage is on my car.

I have a '99 Ford Taurus station wagon. I travel to work round-trip 30 miles per day and then incidental shopping trips. I fill up once a week, so I'm not complaining.

[Left Is Write]

55. 2003 Toyota Sienna. Gets about 18 in the city...

Easily 20-22 highway.

It's "supposed" to get 16/20, but it usually does better than that.

[insane_cratic_gal]

56. Cherokee sport 17, but the good news is

I'm lucky enough that I don't drive her more then 5 miles a day. My job is just up the street if I didn't work grave yard shift I'd be walking to work.

I don't' know if it was foolish choice or not just yet. But we just bought this vehicle 2 months ago.
I had a Van (ford windstar) that was incredibly unreliable! That we spent 5k on not more then 3 years ago that is already belly up on us, even with the small amount of miles I put on it in 3.5 years (just 12k with trips to NH twice a year)

My husband and I wanted to purchase something that would last, but like everyone we are strapped for cash these days. We wanted a Subaru, or a Toyota honda but were having a hard time finding one in our min price range of 5k with less then 100k miles.

So given the circumstances we opted to buy this Jeep for 4k since I only drive it in the city (or small town) because frankly had low miles for the year and price, plus the cherokees seem to hold up well. We didn't really want a SUV but honestly there were limited smaller cars out there (for obvious reasons) and a TON of big gas gurgling SUV's so we opted for the smaller evil.

I hate to be apologizing but my Jeep's love of gas but until finances change I can't afford a Subaru (as much as I really wanted one) or a Toy, or a honda

[freestyle]

57. Jetta wagon, diesel. 40 city, 50 highway.

I bought it in 2003. Now, I would look seriously at the Prius. I only bought a new car because my Taurus had about had it. Ford was dragging its feet on the hybrid Escape, so the Jetta was it. Once it is paid for, I don't see getting another car for a very long time. There is nothing like a paid for car that runs well. There is also the environmental impact of building a new car to consider. Drive it until the wheels fall off or something, then go for the most efficient car that meets your needs.

[mmonk]

58. Very well thank you.

[CatholicEdHead]

59. 2001 Honda CRV

Around 25mpg overall with city and highway driving.