I drive about 5-6 miles per day with a few stops and a max speed of about 30 mph this is probably about 40% of my average which today read 22.5 over about 1000 miles of driving. I switched to manual after resetting my odometer and drove a few miles today and still low 20s. I had a 2008 cobalt before and averaged much better mpg. I have tried driving so conservatively that I wanna pull my hair out. is anyone else in this predicament???
is your mileage in the low 20s or worse
- Thread starter knexster
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I believe this to be a dealer just saying what you want to hear. plenty of people are driving off the lot with much better gas mileage. im at 1300 miles.
Sugardaddy2885
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I drive 5 miles to work every day and I was averaging under 25mpg when I first purchased the car. 1500 miles later I'm averaging 30mpg. Not sure if I just changed my driving style or it actually did get better.
Hate to burst your bubble, but 23 average MPG is perfectly fine for city driving. You have to remember your car is brand new and it is winter. City MPG will never really be impressive and neither will winter MPG. But your car still has a LOT of breaking in to do. Don't rush it.
Hmm you guys have the same problem!
for the price a pay for the ( aveo ) are here a couple of other cars the are energie label A that means you don't have to buy every month tax
this aveo is in class C that means with the weight i pay € 46 euro's a month for only drive and the insurense comes with € 35 euro thats 82 euro what i pay every month and then i have drive not one singel inch
thats something what is verry expensive when you see other cars!
and when i drive in the city with my 1.4 non turbo its almost the same as the honda prelude 2.0
thats pissid me off
for the price a pay for the ( aveo ) are here a couple of other cars the are energie label A that means you don't have to buy every month tax
this aveo is in class C that means with the weight i pay € 46 euro's a month for only drive and the insurense comes with € 35 euro thats 82 euro what i pay every month and then i have drive not one singel inch
thats something what is verry expensive when you see other cars!
and when i drive in the city with my 1.4 non turbo its almost the same as the honda prelude 2.0
thats pissid me off
wingman
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Those of you who are posting horrible #'s, what motor do you have? I have the 1.4 and can stay 33ish (city, hitting lots of red lights). No red lights I have seen as high as 47 with a 45 mph speed limit in 6th. However my wife drives more than I do (all city) and she gets as low as 25. I can drive the same routes as she does and pull the same 33ish. I tend to stab 2nd and go right to 5th or 6th, mostly 6th.
keto06
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As I mentioned in the other thread, the 1.8 is NOT a very good engine. Its based around mid 90s technology and when coupled with a heavy foot and the auto (yes, even though its a 6 spd), it makes for terrible city/mixed MPGs. With the gearing it has, it shouldnt, but such is life...
theenico
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1.8 auto is totally different than the 1.4t. How many people actually looked at the window sticker of the car they bought?
Every time I see a new one of these threads, I say to myself, "Wow, another 1.8 owner who listened to the salesman instead of doing their own research."
Caveat Emptor
Every time I see a new one of these threads, I say to myself, "Wow, another 1.8 owner who listened to the salesman instead of doing their own research."
Caveat Emptor
you are quite sadly mistaken with your assumption. i expect to get the mpg rated for my vehicle. when I am getting significantly less than what my vehicle is rated for and also less than what other 1.8 owners get it has nothing to do with what any salesman has said to me.
2FR35H
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25 mpg base 1.8 auto 2Ls i'm nearing 6k miles in 4 months
2FR35H
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Sticker say 35mpg high way and 26mpg city its better economy overall than my last cars but MPG all comes down to many things including how you drive.
i punch the gas a lot so 25 is above average here for me.knex my advise for you is if you have an android phone, get a cheap omb2 bluetooth reader and torque, there are a few mpg meters on there that will help but if your going short distances of around 5 miles like you said then you are not going to get that great of numbers, but there3 is little things you can do to help it, hell going from auto to manual mode and shifting always makes the mpg go up when i do it and pay attention to what im doing lol
