Oppo Demographics, part two! MPG/Efficiency

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen) 11/21/2013 at 14:54 • Filed to: Oppo Demographics

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I got a 131 responses to the oppo age survey and got some fun numbers out of it! Now I would like to do another one, since I got quite a bit of positive feedback.

I was thinking fuel efficiency. First let's think about this, should we do EPA combined mileage number, or should we go with our hand calculated and/or dash calculated numbers?

Bonus: Whoever can guess what the numbers to this sticker belong to will win some internets

Below some more age stats:

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ddavidn > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 14:58

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It would be super fun to do both. What we should get, and what we do. See if our manual transmissions really save us gas! The EPA estimates at 17/25. I get about 18.5/26 right now, though I am leaving out the stop+go traffic I come home in every day. Also, some leaks on the outside of the injectors...

Nibbles > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 14:59

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Well the sticker is rather reminiscent of a 5.9 equipped Dodge Ram 1500 4x4

I'd say go for actual fuel economy as reported by the Opponauts.

CAR_IS_MI > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:00

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My guess on the sticker: Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

My primary vehicle EPA City: 17

Highway: 21

Combined: 19

Actual (as per the ecu): 21.4

55Buick, Oversteer Scientist > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:02

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I have 4 cars for you!
1955 Buick Super: 9.5 mpg
2001 Chevy Suburban: 14mpg
1997 Audi A4: 30mpg
2002 Rav4 EV: infinity

POD > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:04

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Sticker guess F-250

My hand calculated:
20 city (US gallon)

31 highway (US gallon)

Party-vi > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:06

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I've seen a worst average of 19mpg (driving in DC) and a best of 28mpg (my commute from Bmore to DC). I'm usually hitting 28mpg every week but I also have a Dinan software upgrade.

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:06

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Ford F-150 4X4 11 city, 14 highway. That sticker probably goes to a truck.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:06

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I get about 22 mpg when I do a mix of driving with my commute being mostly highway now I think I get closer to 25-28.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:09

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13.8 according to the dash display, or about 9.2 on E85.

And I'd guess that sticker is a Raptor.

Edit : KINJA!

oldirtybootz > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:19

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Dart Aero 6mt

EPA: 28/41/32

Dashboard: 25.1 (heavy foot and not much highway driving, but I can get much better out of it if I wanted to)

As for the sticker, it has to be an HD truck.

And for the record, since I clearly missed the post, I'm a 22 year old male.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:19

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I'll guess that the sticker is from a Raptor. As for my mileage:

And my actual tracked mileages using GasCubby are:

F-150 (mileage over 11798 miles)
Average: 15.90
Minimum: 10.47
Maximum: 20.91

STi (mileage over 4510 miles)
Average: 19.09
Minimum: 16.98
Maximum: 21.96

Miles driven reflect when I got the mileage app and included some blank spots. Actual miles driven are around 55k for the STi and 20k for the F-150.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > POD 11/21/2013 at 15:21

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F-250 doesn't need to report mileage. Anything over 8,000 pounds GVWR is exempt. (Somewhere around 8,000 lbs GVWR, if I remember correctly.)

POD > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/21/2013 at 15:22

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Oh yes. That's a good point. I forgot about that. That's just what my parents F-250 gets, so I took a guess.

Svend > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:23

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2013 Skoda Superb estate/wagon 1.4TSi 42mpg UK combined/ 35mpg US.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > POD 11/21/2013 at 15:24

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I remembered this because a couple weeks ago I walked through the Ford lot and was confused for a second when the window stickers on the F-250's didn't have numbers on them. Then I got close enough to see the fine print disclaimer.

EL_ULY > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:24

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I guess we are using the vehicle we used more often. Given that, while to and from Houston, San Antonio, and COTA last weekend, my 1999 C5 Avant Quattro managed

17.3 city

27.5 hwy

book says:

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:28

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My car was never rated by your EPA, because it was not offered in the US of A. It is a '06 Merc CLK 280 manual. Factory release specs put it at 13l/100km(18 MPG) for urban and 7l/100km highway(33 MPG). With my car computer and brain calculation, I am getting those 18 MPG urban, but my best highway is around 9/100(26 MPG). Only once with a constant speed of 80km/h, I managed 8/100 (29 MPG), highway.

STREPITUS > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:36

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My stable

Sadly I don't have a Boss 302 like the picture suggests.

NaturallyAspirated > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:36

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My '98 Subaru Outback gets 18MPG city, 24MPG highway according to my Fuelly stats.

Tyler's SVT Focus Hates Him > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:38

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Window sticker says 21/25, but I've hand-calculated anywhere from 23.43-27.18 straight city driving, and haven't driven on the highway enough to affect that number.

And yes I save the numbers after every fill-up onto my phone. And yes I am OCD as shit.

efme > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:38

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combined largely has to do with how you calculate percentage of city vs hwy.

around 50% for me is 16mpg

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Nibbles 11/21/2013 at 15:41

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It was a Ford Raptor ...and OMG! I was just asking which way we should go, but instead got inundated with numbers! So many numbers! I have half a mind to ignore all of them, because we didn't really decide how to do this yet, haha.

I'm thinking self-reported MPG's from your most frequently driven car.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > POD 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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I've made a new thread, this one was not meant for mpg gathering.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > STREPITUS 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > ddavidn 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > EL_ULY 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > oldirtybootz 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tyler's SVT Focus Hates Him 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > desertdog5051 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > CAR_IS_MI 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 55Buick, Oversteer Scientist 11/21/2013 at 15:52

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 11/21/2013 at 15:53

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It is indeed a raptor!
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > efme 11/21/2013 at 15:53

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Svend 11/21/2013 at 15:53

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/hey-guise-oppo…

Tyler's SVT Focus Hates Him > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:54

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Accidentally replied. My bad :P

His Stigness > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 15:58

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My actual mileage is more like 13-15 around town and 20 on the freeway.

Also

And my actual mileage is 30 in the city and a minimum of 45 on the freeway.

Chase > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 16:11

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2002 Ranger, in its heaviest form, with the biggest engine they came with (4wd extended cab, 4.0l v6)

My real mileage depends heavily on the season. In the summer, I average 18ish, in the winter more like 13ish. Mostly due to being home in the summer (more highway) and being at school in the city in the winter (way more city travel).
My best ever was 18.9, my worst was 11.2

They call me the Beav > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 16:13

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My stable

This one is very heavily modified (93 tune, cold-air intake, longtube headers, no cats, A/C delete, underdrive pulleys) so I'm not sure how accurate this is:

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 16:25

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I think it has the worst highway rating of any vehicle

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 11/21/2013 at 16:29

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Yeah, the EPA has it ranked as such, I believe.

NoahthePorscheGuy > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 16:39

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Window Sticker says 27/38, but i've been getting 22... In my defense its been 100% city driving on snow tires.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 17:17

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Sticker guess, Merc G63?

Bandit > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/21/2013 at 18:53

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According to my fuel consumption notebook that I made a while back, my Trans Am gets 10 mpg average.

Svend > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/22/2013 at 02:26

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I never saw that post, so I apologise. The combined figure for the Skoda Superb estate is 35mpg.