20k miles and average some 27 mpg on most trips (on motorway / freeway) around town get about 22

 

I'm still getting 26.5 MPG overall in-town and on the road.... Very happy with it !!

 

I drive on average about 400+ miles a week from commuting to and from school, and various activities, and get about 300 miles, when there is about a 1/6 left in the tank. (i reset the trip odo, when I fill up). I drive 65-72 on the highway, while my mornings are bumper to bumper, where I rarely get out of third. I am pretty impressed by the fuel economy and figure it to be around 25 or so combined, again this is creeping in the morning, 65 at night in 6th. Coming from a v8 Dakota that would rarely get 250 miles out of 18 gallon fill up, this is huge advantage.

 

I haven't set down and figured my MPG, but this is almost indentical to what I have seen also. I also get about 300-320 miles with about 1/6 of a tank left. My 95 Blazer gets about 16-18 mpg on a fill-up.

So, even with using premium gas, the XF is still more economical to drive, plus much cooler and fun to drive. Is that an understatement or what?

 

Sounds right about what i'm getting as well, between 300+ miles on a full tank. And you're right, i have a '93 Jimmy and driving the Xfire is a lot more economical. However, living in N.E. an SUV is a must for the winters, so my xf is garaged and i'm missing it!

 

Drive the car as it was designed and you should get around 10mpg!!!

 

Maybe that's my problem, I'm still getting 19 MPG, everyone else is getting better mileage than me, though one's at 20.

 

Why is there a concern that heated seats gives poor gas milage ?
Proper tire pressure and smoothness will elevate your fuel milage as I have gotten as much as 33 MPG with 3000 mi on a 2004 stick/auto. The car is slippery enough that wind doesn't effect the milage much.

Fuel nossel rate of kickback at different Stations will confuse your computations as well.

 

The ads in the papers around here are stating approx 15mpg city, 28-ish highway (thats converting litres per 100km to mpg). I honestly don't know what I'm getting, with the way gas prices change around here, whenever they get below 80c / litre I just fill up so I haven't had less than a half tank for comparison. But I estimate I'm getting about what the ads say: 15 city, but definitely not 28 hwy. Maybe 20 hwy. I'm in the 6 speed too, but maybe my problem here is the operative word: SPEED!

BTW for you brits, the ads are 14.7l/100km city, 8.5l/100km hwy.

 

I'm getting about 23 mpg in all city driving and around 28-29 on the interstate. Not bad as I usually average about 80 mph on the interstate.

 

Hey Hunter416,

The automatic has higher gas mileage. City 21. Highway 28. This is on the sticker.

The manual is lower. City 17. Highway 25. On sticker.

=)

I have an automatic, total mileage so far is around 550 miles. At this point, I am getting around 24.5 miles per gallon.

 

Strange you would think it would be the oppposite, must be the 1% Non Mercedes engeneering behind that flaw

 

the fuel,

you are quite right. I was surprised when I found that out. Are there any other cars out there that is like the crossfire? Almost all cars I have seen has higher gas mileage with the manual. I guess the computer must do a great job with the automatic.

 

As far as i know, no. I'm not complaining, i have the auto-stick myself, so i'll reak the benifits of that flaw.

 

To hunt 416

As a professional race driver for too many years, this car is the first car I've owned that is a automatic other than my truck that hauls my race car.

I was about to get the six speed until I saw the difference in gas milage that the auto/stick gave. I then tested the six speed and now know why the standard transmission gave poorer milage. I've raced cars with wider gear ratios than what is afforded in the Crossfire. Shifting was basicly a waste of time and gas consuming as well.

One of my Corporate Sponsors is Amsoil which helps with the gas milage and for your information the Factory uses Wix oil filters. The torque on the oil filter cap is 18 ft/lbs or 216 in/lbs. Lug nuts are 81 ft/lbs.

I hope this helps,

Rick Mandelson
Ellicott City, Maryland
04 auto/stick with the 2" side posts and top in back of the windshield painted black to match the rest of the car...........WHY SILVER ?

 

What kind of race car do(did) you drive?

 

My name is Rick Mandelson. If you wish you can type my name in your search engine and see what come up.

The most recent pictures are in the Corporate Amsoil listing. ( you might want to double click the upper left hand picture taken in August this year.

E-mail.... rollingthunder78@juno.com

 

I get around 20 with my city /highway mix. Recently I have made a couple of round trips between Phoenix and Tucson, AZ (about 100 miles) and gotten only about 25 MPG when the rating is 29 I believe. I have been cruising between 85-95, so I've chalked it up to that. All of that said I have no complaints, the XFire is the first car I have had that eats up speeds north of 90 and begs for more. I go 95 in my 300m and it's lettin' you know the whole time.

By the way, Valentine One radar detectors are the only way to go.

 

I checked my highway mileage for the first time today. Drove roundtrip from Austin to Dallas and got 26.1 mpg. I can live with that.