Greatest gas milage I got from my 2004 Solara 4 banger(auto)

by **Somedude** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:50 pm

These are the numbers I got from one trip today:

I wrote down the numbers from the little display on the dash:

30.1 mph

37.1 mpg

by **Somedude** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:05 pm

it was city and highway combined. I can't believe I got that high in gas milage driving the solara. That is almost better than the gas milage of the new civic (not the si)

by **dvdchris45** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:37 pm

I cant check my MPG and MPH anymore...lost my display controls.. :-(

by **Somedude** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:15 am

how you do that?

by **DatSRBoi** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:22 am

Wow.. I wish my solara had that...But no.. Gen 1 is too gay to have cool gagets...

by **stockae92** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:14 pm

boy, i wished my car can do that kind of mpg with the gas prices nowadays lol

i am usually getting around 25 mpg with the 3.3L V6

by **gone** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:21 am

i jus got my car and my average is 21 something is there something wrong hereee

by **theprodigy79** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:24 am

Sounds about right if you have a heavy foot :-P

by **P Funky** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:53 am

That's some good mileage right there... I'm usually happy with 27-30

by **gone** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:57 am

i usually do, but since im breakin in the car since it had 22 miles i havent gone over 3 rpms.. i dont get it i thought the average was 25 or something.

by **theprodigy79** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:05 am

Hmm... yeah, you should be getting more than 21mpg during break-in... Hahaha hell, you should really be getting more than that period with the 4 banger... I average around 21-22mpg with my V6 and I'm the type who doesn't like being passed ;-)

If you're often in stop and go traffic, or like to make quick starts (even keeping it below 3k rpm) those would come into play as well...

by **gone** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:10 am

theprodigy79 wrote:If you're often in stop and go traffic, or like to make quick starts (even keeping it below 3k rpm) those would come into play as well...

yea that sounds about right.. but to get what everyone else is gettin i have to go slow as hell to accelerate and ride slow all over? i dont get it.the v6 altima gets what im getting also, which i guess is bad also lol

by **theprodigy79** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:23 am

Eh, that's not necessarily true... When you're on the open road a lot it doesn't really matter how you treat it... I get around 25mpg with the V6 when I throw some highways into my travel... during my trip down to the Outer Banks, NC I averaged just under 34mpg (33.7mpg) with some heavy footing and many spirts of well over 90mph (trust me, I was BY NO MEANS focusing on being fuel efficient)... That's around a 5 hour trip from Northern VA with a couple stops... All of it was on open highway with little traffic (I fueled just before I left).

by **04SolaraGirlie** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:40 am

WTF?

I have a 4 banger 5spd and my average is only 22.1!!!!!! But then again, I don't do any freeway driving, and I'm a crazy lead foot :lol:

but still, 17 mpg difference?! Can't believe it!! I guess this dispells the myth that you get better mpg if you have a manual tranny huh?

by **zoomzoomthis05** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:03 pm

^^^ all depends on your driving.. whether it is all city miles or highway miles.... mine gets great mileage.. about 28-30mpg... when I go on long trips.. its more like 35-36mph... and yes I sometimes have a heavy foot... so the mpg does on occasion vary..

Greatest gas milage I got from my 2004 Solara 4 banger(auto)

Greatest gas milage I got from my 2004 Solara 4 banger(auto)

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