Anyone using it? Notice much difference?
For anyone not familiar with it, Hyundai added "Eco Mode" to their cars a model or two ago. It is supposed to add as much as 7% to your fuel mileage. It lowers the shift points, closes the fuel when coasting and desensitizes the accelerator a bit.
I drove the first 3000 miles in Eco mode and the performance is very acceptable, as is the fuel economy. I decided to try not using it to see the difference. There is very little.
Most of my driving is light city and highway. Tank to tank, I get about the same 27 to 28 mpg with the 2.0Turbo engine. My V-6 on the last Sonata was usually about 2 mpg less.
So far, this tank is in the 28 to 29 mpg range in standard mode.
The type of driving must make a difference, but so far, I'm not seeing the advantage and it may even be a disadvantage.