Originally Posted by
Mike Crossfire
Interesting discussion about Crossfires and gas mileage. I get typically 29 on highway trips @ 70 mph and about 24 to 25 around town. What's even more interesting to me, however, are the comments on this thread that seem to be resentful of the very discussion of mpg, as if it violates an unwritten rule for "sporty" car owners.
However, for me, just like spending too much for a car takes some of the fun out of its ownership, so does unnecessarily getting too low of gas mileage. To me, driving fun and as-good-as-possible gas mileage go together like root beer and vanilla ice cream. Two positives that together equal a third.
I think those posters who pooh pooh the mileage question are a little shortsighted. Knowing the average MPG for your car can be useful as a diagnostic - there are many things other than being a lead foot that can affect your gas mileage such as a faulty camshaft sensor, bad plugs, bad gas, map going bad, o2 sensors, clogged air filters, etc... Say most manual NA xf get around the high 20s mpg, and you get in the low 20s or teens, then maybe that's a sign of a camshaft sensor going bad. At least the mpg might give you a hint to look for a potential problem before it becomes a major problem.
My car is a hanger queen, manual, NA, 91 octane gas, and only gets between 20-25 mpg on the short drives I go on during the weekends. (I think some of the low mileage is due to evaporation of the gas while its sitting waiting for the next drive.)