05 Outback Gas Milage

I'm pondering the purchase of a new 05 OBW. The rated mileage is 22 / 28 non turbo and 19 / 24 for the Turbo I was just wondering what mileage owners are actually seeing with the non turbo / turbo version.

Thanks for any input.

Mike

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Passman
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Edward Hayes

On the non-turbo 6 cyl. 3.0...Picked up a 2005 3.0 R LL Bean recently. Yesterday I drove it about 100 miles exclusively on 2 lane roads, lots of stops, moderate to steep hills, etc. Certainly not city driving, but not expressway either. At the end of the day, the trip computer displayed average mpg at 22.8. I'm not sure how accurate the calculation is, but the previous ones I've had tended to be pretty good measures of actual mpg.

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Pete

Doesn't the turbo require a higher octane gas (89) that the smaller engine (87)??

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Keith

Yes, you are correct...the 2.5 turbo AND the non-turbo 3.0 liter 6 cyl. both should use premium gasoline. The 2.5 non-turo does not. Here is a quote from the owner's manual:

"2.5 Turbo and 3.0 liter models...are designed to operate using premium unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 91 AKI or higher. If premium unleaded gas is not available, regular unleaded gas with an octane rating of 87 AKI or higher may be temporarily used. For optimum engine performance...it is required (for 2.5 turbos) and recommended for 3.0 liter models that you use premium grade gas."

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Pete

How is that number calculated? Does the 05 have a fuel totalizer or measures throughput at the pump?

florian

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Florian Feuser /FFF/

I tend to get between 22 and 24 mpg on my 2000 OBW with 5sp. I think the automatics tend to get slightly better mileage because the overdrive gear is not particularly tall enough on the 5sp OBW's (cruising at 60mph @ 3000rpm)! I'm sure the autos cruise at 2500rpm or less at the same cruise speed.

Yousuf Khan

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Yousuf Khan

I had a 2.5 non-turbo 05 OBW for a weekend recently--mostly, but not exclusively, highway driving, but I also have a lead foot. Averaged

27-30 throughout the trip and was very pleasantly surprised. YMMV (literally).
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Lenny

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