2013 Ford Focus ST - 30 Months Later

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror)
03/09/2016 at 20:19 • Filed to: TERRIBLE MPG

2013 Ford Focus ST (ST3) 38,000 KM (25,000 Miles approx

DISCUSSION (36)

Margin Of Error > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:21

Kinja won’t let me write an article, so AMA

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:23

How is mileage?

Margin Of Error > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/09/2016 at 20:26

Terrible, my commute is mostly 80% stop and go and go traffic and 20% highway. 18MPG or 13.2L|100km

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:26

Would you do it again?

Slant6 > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:26

What color

Margin Of Error > Slant6
03/09/2016 at 20:27

Burgundy

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:27

That’s what I’m getting and my commute is all highway.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:28

Good lord that is terrible. I get 16 in my M3 with a gas guzzling V-8. I looked at leasing an ST this winter and the mileage didn’t seem too bad. Clearly that window sticker lies or you have a lead foot.

Slant6 > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:30

Sharon?

Margin Of Error > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/09/2016 at 20:30

Come at me bro, I've be telling that to Jalopnik for 30 months and the FoST Jihad keeps telling me I should be doing 45MPG. I am not. Not matter if I put octane 87 or 94, I'm always doing the same lousy MPG

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:30

If you want to improve on that, make a habit of driving behind large trucks (without following too closely).

I guarantee you’ll see at least a 20% mileage improvement... at least for the highway portion.

For the city portion, it will be less most likely.

Margin Of Error > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/09/2016 at 20:31

Ecoboost is really eco or boost

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:31

I always get the same lousy mileage because dual cam v6 with 90's fuel injection.

Margin Of Error > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
03/09/2016 at 20:32

for the deal I got, yes. I paid mid-range Impreza money for that ST3 plus 0% financing. At full MSRP ? Fuck Nopes

Margin Of Error > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/09/2016 at 20:35

Looks like it’s not getting any better, if you drive a turbo car like a normal car, you'll get lousy MPG. Who buys a Focus ST for HyperMiling ?

Gone > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:39

Not surprised. My mom’s 2.0L Ecoboost Escape doesn’t come close to the mpg rating. 22/30 my ass - more like 18/24, maybe 25. Hauls ass for a compact SUV though. Boost goes in, dollars go out. You can’t explain that.

Margin Of Error > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
03/09/2016 at 20:40

I rarely go above 20MPH on my commute, I only drive it to the train station and park it.

TheHondaBro > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 20:41

Is there anything you would have bought instead of the Focus ST?

Margin Of Error > TheHondaBro
03/09/2016 at 20:43

Back in 2013, no, but I’m looking forward for the new Civic S1 sedan. GTI is another one I would like, but it

Margin Of Error > Gone
03/09/2016 at 20:45
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A girl I work with replaced her V6 Mazda Tribute (old ass Duratec) with an Ecoboost-ed Escape. She's getting worse MPG, go figure.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/09/2016 at 21:16
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I get mid-20s in mine. Last I checked, I was averaging 26.5 in spite of my commute being awful for gas mileage. It really shines on a long highway drive, yielding better than rated. My peak was 20% better than the highway rating, in fact. In the winter it drops to ~22mpg and in the summer it’ll do 27-28mpg.

But you can easily drop that into the teens if you are doing a lot of stop-and-go (it’s terrible with that), driving on a cold engine in the cold on winter blend (it hates that), not following the shift points, driving spirited all the time (getting into the boost sucks a lot more fuel), etc.

I’m not a grandma driver (a few spirited starts or so per commute), so it could definitely be better, but no complaints here.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 21:19
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I’m not even sure the Focus SFE (1L, turbo) will do that good. It should still be getting a lot better than you mention, unless you’re perpetually in stop-and-go traffic taking off fast and braking hard. Can you keep your eco leaves all green? Have you ever got the trophies?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 21:20
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Truth. So you eco when you want fuel economy and you boost when you want to go fast...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 21:22
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Does it even warm up? I found that this just killed fuel economy in mine. My car gets like 95% cold starts, but when I go for a longer drive where it actually warms up, fuel economy increases.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/09/2016 at 21:26
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Interesting. We’ll see what happens with the M3 once it is off winter mix. However, I don’t know how big a difference that will make since I only run 93 in it.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
03/09/2016 at 21:44
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Ahem, my Focus ST. Sorry!

Margin Of Error > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/09/2016 at 21:53
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My commute is 20 minutes back and forth, and I’m always in a hurry. Point is, my 2.no VW Golf was threated the same way but was returning twice the MPG. My other car, a F30 328xdrive with the 8AT is also much better with the same commute, around 23 MPG

Kailand09 > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 21:58
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I get mid-upper 20's in mixed driving, easily 32 highway.

Also- protip the bumpers for your hood can be adjusted to decrease the hood gap.

Margin Of Error > Kailand09
03/09/2016 at 22:05
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Good for you, never did better than 28 MPG on the highway at 75 mph

Margin Of Error > Kailand09
03/09/2016 at 22:06
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DasWauto > Margin Of Error
03/09/2016 at 23:42
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I don’t think your ST is much to blame here, also to say people epect you to get 45mpg is silly (30 mpg highway is realistic). Maybe you should just accept that modern turbo engines are capable of excellent mileage but that the combination of your stop/go commute and driving style don’t allow you to achieve those numbers.

Margin Of Error > DasWauto
03/09/2016 at 23:46
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I ain't mad, I like my car, even with its shitty MPG

Kailand09 > Margin Of Error
03/10/2016 at 05:54
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Just for shits see if dropping to 70 helps. I noticed above 70 it drops off.

That’s Shame though, mpg was part of my draw to the car.

Also hope the hood trick works. Seems like every FoST has it set to crazy gap, this helped some for me.

Margin Of Error > DasWauto
03/10/2016 at 09:40
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Honestly I was expecting around 11.5L/100km, 13+ is a bit disappointing.

For the same commute, I do 9.8 with the F30 328xdrive

DasWauto > Margin Of Error
03/10/2016 at 09:52
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The ST is set up to encourage you to behave badly. I doubt I’d do better even though it’s certainly possible to do so. The F30 on the other hand will be set up more for economy and the witchcraft 8AT definitely helps with that. I’m sure if you really try you can achieve that 11.5l/100, but that’s no fun and with gas being cheap I’d just throw 87 in it and not bother hypermiling.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Margin Of Error
01/26/2017 at 18:17
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Two questions, what province are you in and what mods (if any) have you done?