Gas Mileage

My '01 OBW 5 speed manual never saw more than 24, but it had a four bike Yakima rack on top in 40,000 miles. I'm sure the rack cost a mile per gallon, or so.

If I hammered it, it got 22, if I babied it on highway rides, 24. Rarely did it ever have more than 2 people on board. Most driving was just me, 70% suburban, 30% open highway. Typical tanks got 23-23.5 MPG, on Connecticut's freaky gas blends.

I used Mobil 1 5w-30 changed every 5k, replaced air filters every 10k, and replaced the plugs @ 25k.

FWIW, I've now got a 2005, 6 speed manual, 4 liter V6, 4x4 Toyota Tacoma (all 4500 pounds of it!) with about 100 more horsies than the Subie, and it averages 19-20, with the same driver, on the same roads, in the same situations. At 3900 miles, the Toyota hasn't even seen synthetic lubes yet.

Just got rid of a Jeep Wrangler which I put slightly bigger tires on it. It looked cool but I was getting 14.7 mpg and before was getting

1. I'm glad I sold it. Lewis

The change in tire size would have made your odometer, thus your mileage calculations, inaccurate, unless you adjusted for it.

"Anyone else notice that the shops moved two miles closer to home since I put them big tyres on? They must move more ground at the same speed!"

-mark

My '99 is the same. I got 425 miles on one tank of gas this weekend.

-John O

Urban approximately 18-19 Highway approximately 25

I notice some pinging or detonation rather frequently and wonder if going up a fuel grade might improve mileage. I normally burn Mobil or Speedway 87 octane.

Best tank for me so far was 7.4litres/100

Ron

Best tank for distance was 743.6 kilometres (or 462 miles)

Ron

Sorry, 05 OBW 2.5l, auto

I log all fuel ups and mileage, my 04 Forester XS, 5spd gets,

My best tank got 7.7litres/100kms (36.74mpg).

The average number includes 15,000km of combined driving including trips to Mount Washington (Vancouver Island) in the snow and some limited trailer towing.

I'd love to get 45mpg + but for an AWD vehicle with the Foresters practicality, not bad.

BTW, Our 90 Legacy, 5spd gets about 27mpg combined, although that car gets more city miles than the forester.

'00 OBS - 2.2 24/29mpg '02 OBS - 2.5 23/27mpg

-Danny

23 city 26 highway with Thule 1600 cargo box on. About 1 mpg better on highway with it off. Oil changed regularly at 3000/4000 miles. Burns less than 1/2 qt between changes.....the same as when it was new.

Best tank-- 21mpg

Worst tank-- 13.4mpg (on the highway- I95 heading to Florida witth bikes on the roof 95mph)

Average is about 18

Note that H is talking imperial gallons. In US gal he means 26.5 and 31.5 mpg respectively

My 95 Legacy, 5MT, 2.2 4cyl engine gets 7.5l/100kms (32 mpUSg) in commuting (95% Hwy). It's too bad that Subaru don't make a smaller engined car anymore. My next commuter will likely be a Corolla - I'll just suffer on snow days like (almost) everyone else.