Is there anything I could do to get better mpg help pls
It's my first car
It's my first car
I need more mpg
Daniel187
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Whats your avg mpg? Get a diesel
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Thats about all you can get from that V8
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It would be helpful to know what you are getting and what you hope to get.
Check Fuelly to see what other people's real world experiences are.
In my experience a early gently driven V8 can hope to get 15-17mpg combined cty/hwy.
Problem is that the V8 doesn't lend itself to being driven lightly. It sucks you in to have fun and drive hard.
When I discontinued mine as a daily driver I had 14.1 long term. That was driven probably slightly harder than normal.
These days my father drives it most often and he regularly gets between 8-9mpg. Heavy foot and 95% in town.
You can check your linkage control arms and vacuum pods, if you have a problem there it can ding the MPG pretty quickly.
Another option to explore would be tuning the ECU. Most do it for performance gains, but some actually do use the economy mode of the tune to eek out better mileage numbers.
Check Fuelly to see what other people's real world experiences are.
In my experience a early gently driven V8 can hope to get 15-17mpg combined cty/hwy.
Problem is that the V8 doesn't lend itself to being driven lightly. It sucks you in to have fun and drive hard.
When I discontinued mine as a daily driver I had 14.1 long term. That was driven probably slightly harder than normal.
These days my father drives it most often and he regularly gets between 8-9mpg. Heavy foot and 95% in town.
You can check your linkage control arms and vacuum pods, if you have a problem there it can ding the MPG pretty quickly.
Another option to explore would be tuning the ECU. Most do it for performance gains, but some actually do use the economy mode of the tune to eek out better mileage numbers.
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13MPG sounds about right.
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You've bought a 2.5 ton, four wheel drive brick powered by over 4 litres of V8 which will guzzle gas down its throat at one pint every 2 miles . . . if you're lucky.
Sorry, but if you wanted fuel economy you bought the wrong car.
Sorry, but if you wanted fuel economy you bought the wrong car.
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This should be like this: 'mpg and V8 Touareg lol!'
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But what if they want to stay straight
OMG!But what if they want to stay straight
Tesla Model S 85 kWh Performance?But what if they want to stay straight
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I think what he's trying to say is that many Prius tend to pull to the left. . .OMG!
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