With rising fuel prices and no end to it in site Im considering a stripped down corolla for everyday driving.
Can some of you guys share your real world gas consumption with the 1.8 engine? I know what the epa ratings say but i want to know the truth from everyday users. Thanks.
I have a 2006 corolla CE manuel tranny and I drive to school mostly highway (45miles round trip) and I get around 32-33mpg going 70-75mph. On a trip to San Antonio I averaged 37.33mpg. I curently have 15,000 miles on it sofar.
If i drive conservatively, on a full tank i can get 330+miles. Divide that by 13.20 gallons, which is the fuel tank capacity, i'm roughly getting about 25+miles per gallon. This coming from an 89' AE92 GTS w/ a JDM (30k miles+) small port 4age w/ a big port intake manifold.
96 7AFE 4-spd, 30-32 cruising at 75 MPH (tested over ~1400+ miles a week). This is carrying a ~250 lb passenger and perhaps 50-75 lbs of tools. I'll find out mileage at 65 tonight over a couple tanks.
Edit: Mileage at between 55-65 down CA 395 (DON'T ask me about deer), about 35.
I just got my '94 Corolla DX with 1.8L engine about 2 weeks ago, and I've put 3 tanks of gas in it so far. One was in constnat city driving in Dallas / Ft. Worth (ie heavy traffic), and two were on completely open highway driving averaging 70 - 75mph. On the two highway trips I averaged 33mpg, and on the city driving i got about 28.5mpg. I have brand new tires that are aired up to the proper amount, which can make a difference, and I also ensured that my speedometer was calibrated by using my trip odometer in comparison with the mile markers on the highway.
Me neither, counting mileage with filling it up and counting the miles you make is rubbish, only way to get any numbers is a laboratory test. Too many variables that cause mileage to go down with everyday driving.
If i drive conservatively, on a full tank i can get 330+miles. Divide that by 13.20 gallons, which is the fuel tank capacity, i'm roughly getting about 25+miles per gallon. This coming from an 89' AE92 GTS w/ a JDM (30k miles+) small port 4age w/ a big port intake manifold.
Thats not how you figure out your mpg, since you never actually use up the entire tank.
When you fill up you just zero out the mileage, then next time you fill up divide how many miles you went in between fill ups and divide that by the gallons it took to fill it up.
It's an estimation (i.e. roughly). And i always reset the tripometer after every fill-up. I said 330+ b/c i prolly could've gone a few miles more but didnt wanna risk running outta gas.
Ha ha! Finally, I get to make an actual contribution to this forum!
For a 1999 Corolla CE Automatic (started at ~100k): 35 to 40 highway.
For the last three years, I had to drive a round trip from Maryville TN to Memphis TN every third week (~390 miles). I would fill up at the same station as I left Memphis, zero out my trip, and then fill at another designated station when I arrived in Maryville. I would do the same in on the return trip. I would then divide my distance by the gallons that went into my tank. So basically, I did a 390 mile experiment about 100 times.
1) I rarely stopped for food. After a while, I got very used to that trip. Knew what I needed before I left.
2) I rarely stopped for the restroom. I'm a pee camel.
3) In the summer, yes, I used the AC when needed. I didn't have the windows down.
4) I set the cruise at the legal limit.
5) I generally drove between 9pm and 4am when there was little traffic
After my initial results and throwing out outliers (like when I had 4 bicycles strapped to the trunk, or when I got stuck in Nashville traffic) The low end was ~35. Mostly 35 to 40. Several mpg less when running AC.
The best mileage I ever got was on a trip from Memphis to Maryville one October: 44 mpg. (a 10% increase over usual!)
Perfect temperature, so I needed nothing but the fresh air vent from time to time. I had changed my oil a week prior (This was before I found out FRAM was crap: FRAM Tough Guard filter, Valvoline Full Synthetic Motor Oil, FRAM air filter). The tires were Regatta 2's, and were about a month old. Aligned and balanced (supposedly). I always checked my fluid levels and tire pressure before leaving town.
Some interesting things I found out (Well, interesting to me - I doubt many of these things will surprise you guys):
- Tire pressure makes a huge difference (duh)
- Load makes a huge difference (duh)
- AC makes a noticable difference (duh)
- I always got better mileage going from Memphis to Maryville
- A large crumpled hood will kill your mileage
- Synthetic versus blend didn't seem to make a difference
- Anything gas additive in a shiny bottle does squat for your mileage
- The 9pm to 4am zone is the sweet spot for high mileage
- Changing the oil right before the trip consistantly decreased my mpg when compared to the previous trip in that direction. Putting about 100 miles on the new oil seemed to be about what it took to break it in.
- New air filters helped
- I did not notice a decrease in mpg as my engine aged. Or maybe my level of care and attention increased and that offset it.
And as for not being able to control the variables: very true! And for a perfect test of what it does in ideal conditions – this test doesn’t satisfy it. However, I would argue that since real world situation mpg is what is really important, this kind of test is actually MORE applicable than something in a lab would be. Most of the little things like oil brand, gas additives, and whatnot never seemed to make much of a difference anyway. The big ones were body damage, wind direction, load and of course traffic. Throw those out and it consistently got between 35 and 40.
On my 1992 1.6; auto; 68,xxx i would average ~25-27 city and doing 55 on the highway (hard to do during the day) i have gotten as high as 44-45 (at 2am doing 55mph no a/c, cool night) so how ever rare it is, it was amazing to get thaat much. but i reasonably got like 35mpg going 70 for a 300 +/- mi. trips (one way all highway)
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I curently have 15,000 miles on it sofar.
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