B r i a n

I thought I would check MPG this weekend
I headed to a wedding in Portsmouth, VA - drove from Alexandria, VA (back and forth)
A good portion of the drive is highway so I used cruise control quite a bit
But the good news was - no tickets
Luckily I did not hit traffic - left on Saturday morning and Sunday morning.
I was surprised I averaged 27.5 MPG - is that common for highway driving (around 75mph - top up for most of it), I expected a bit less.
I have a little over 75K miles on her and she ran great - just wished the roads were a little more entertaining.
Also - I do not recommend driving in tunnels with the top down - way too loud

knfeparty

I usually only get around 20 the way I drive so that is pretty good!

CWhaley

Before my car was a track only ride... I would get 26 to 27 highway with the cruise control set at 72!

kr3678

Labor day weekend I drove from central Georgia to Amelia Island, FL. I used cruise control as much as possible and kept the speed right around 75 mph.

I was rewarded with 28 mpg.

Dharn55

I have gotten 25-26+ cruising at 75+ in cruise control. More commonly get 22-24 though, and 14-18 around time.

CWhaley

Around town I was more like 8 mpg.... :-) Car spent more time sideways then going forward.... My son loved it.

fpena944

My trip to Tampa got me almost 26 MPG.

Around town I get about 17 MPG.

But once driving to the Tail of the Dragon I got 30 MPG because I was doing only about 60-65 MPH. It's unbelievable that a car with these abilities can pull those sorts of numbers.

larry47us

Now that's a fairy tale if I ever heard one. 60 - 65 on the Tail of the Dragon? Not likely. Certainly not the same Tail of the Dragon that I drove!!! When I drove it, I was driving at about 30 - 35 mph, and was turning the wheel as fast as I could lock to lock. It was exciting, but either you were dreaming about driving the Dragon, or you're totally insane.

larry

RF5BPilot

Cruising hwy, relatively steady speeds, I get 28-30mpg. Overall, tend to get 21-22mpg per tank.


But then again, my car isn't a real Porsche. I can't be a "real guy" if I'm getting that good a mileage.

So, I must be an alien driving a TR3.

Never mind.

Wellardmac

I drove PA to NC in September and also clocked 27.5mpg. Not unusual for highway milage.

fpena944

See what happens when you don't read posts more closely?

I said when I was driving TO the Tail of the Dragon. Not on it!

My drive to there from Charlotte is a little over three hours. But once on the road yeah, the driving style changes and of course the speeds are much lower but a lot more exciting!

psuboy

When I drove my car back from Kentucky I averaged about 70 to 75 mph and got a little over 25 MPG. I was trying to see how high I could get the MPG so it was not normal driving. I did not use the cruse much. That was with the toe way off. I had an alignment done last week among other work so I am thinking I could get it a bit better. Only have my car three weeks now it is very hard for me to drive this car in a manner that delivers good gas mileage.

DaveSpeed

I go out of my way to avoid highway driving, I would rather drive on back roads than just high speed highway driving. I average 18-20 non highway, which I think is great for any car. Best MPG was 24 with almost 200 miles of highway driving.

DaveSpeed

psuboy

Give your self some time, you will slow down to more sane speed. I was the same way when I got mine.

Tim Wasmer

320 miles in the mountains last weekend and 27.7 MPG. Just cruising on the highway I can easily do 32mpg.

I love my car