GGEVOXFTMFW Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hey guys, I left monday morning in the eco which still only had about 200 miles so far. So I figured what better way to break her in than a road trip. Trip was 368 miles each way. So my parents and I in the car with the AC on the whole trip with temps in the 80-100s whole time. I left the house and the average was right around 42-43mpgs and best mpg was 45.5. Doing right around 65-70 on the way there the average starting creeping up to 46 then 47 then 48 and then 49. As we stopped for lunch it showed 49.7 for the new best score. So after leaving for lunch it fell a little bit with traffic and more hills. When I finally got to some more level ground it started creeping up again slowly to the same 48-49 range. To when it finally hit the 50.0 mark for a while before again hitting more unlevel ground/roads. The downfall of the gauge is that it maxes out at 50.0 so my high might have been more than that. 87 octane in ohio was only 3.17 as well about 30 cents cheaper than here. So I left on a half a tank and filled up in indiana and cost me $26 for 8 gallons while at a 1/4 tank. And drove the remaining way and filled up when we left yesterday morning before heading back. Still had around a 1/4 tank or less and cost me another $26 and 8 gallons. Reset the trip on the way back doing more 75-80 than on the way there due to traffic and wacky sunday drivers the 366 mile trip with an average mph of 60 was 42.4. Again with AC on max and some heavy rain with temps in the 100s and a strong crosswind. Cars stone stock outside of raised tire pressure and fixing the manufacture error in the spark plug gap. VERY happy with the car so far. Has a 1,000 miles right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Very Nice, Impressive MPGs especially for a non-Hybrid or Diesel Cant wait to see what happens with the Cruze Diesel when it comes, I bet we will see some people hitting 60mpg no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renurbs Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Would like to see what actuall pen and paper mileage was.... The car it's self can be very misleading. Especially since I believe on the cruze the avg mpg that you are looking at there is for the last 50 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Yeah... but can it crush cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGEVOXFTMFW Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Would like to see what actuall pen and paper mileage was.... The car it's self can be very misleading. Especially since I believe on the cruze the avg mpg that you are looking at there is for the last 50 miles I know that...I always do it by hand every trip, and its always at least 42-43 and spot on. The average on the last 50 is always pretty close to the trip average too. That last 50 best score is only on the eco model. Of course its going hard to have it stay near 50 mpgs the entire trip or tank with traffic, hills, weather, and air conditioning etc. Its really more of a game to play while driving to see how high you can get. I also use the instant and try to keep it above 50mpgs as much as I can. Hilly roads kill the instant and always drops to 28-35. Its hard to calculate the best score average if you have to keep on driving and maybe hit traffic and it goes down. Also for saftey reasons haha. Edited July 4, 2012 by GGEVOXFTMFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Awesome numbers, so nice to see an AMERICAN car with those great MPGs that isn't a Prius My Chevy Malibu (2009) gets pretty good MPG as well, I went to San Francisco and back recently and I got 35 MPG. I can easily get 30 MPG on the highway going 70-73 MPH. My only complaint is that it's small, being 6'4'', I have the seat all the way back and actually sit behind the B pillar and have to slide forward, then sideways to get in/out of the car, a major PITA. If Chevy made a larger sedan with these great MPG, I'd be in heaven. An no, the Impala won't do, I had a 2008 SS Impala and it stunk with MPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renurbs Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Also are you a fuelly member? If no check it out, my dad and I both use it religiously. My name is renurbs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGEVOXFTMFW Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Also are you a fuelly member? If no check it out, my dad and I both use it religiously. My name is renurbs... Ya I am, but Ive only had the car two weeks so on the trip was the first timing filling it up since I bought it and I didnt keep track of how much gas I put in each time to the T. I will going forward though. Im beecha91 on fuelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGEVOXFTMFW Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Awesome numbers, so nice to see an AMERICAN car with those great MPGs that isn't a Prius My Chevy Malibu (2009) gets pretty good MPG as well, I went to San Francisco and back recently and I got 35 MPG. I can easily get 30 MPG on the highway going 70-73 MPH. My only complaint is that it's small, being 6'4'', I have the seat all the way back and actually sit behind the B pillar and have to slide forward, then sideways to get in/out of the car, a major PITA. If Chevy made a larger sedan with these great MPG, I'd be in heaven. An no, the Impala won't do, I had a 2008 SS Impala and it stunk with MPG. I actually had a couple Priuses on the highway purposely riding my *** when they saw what car I was driving then floor it around me to show their "battery power" when im already doing 70-75 lol. Im like that's not economy minded driving haha. I couldnt believe all the brand new gas guzzlers out there now too that gas dropped. Brand new escalades, denalis, tahoes, and suburbans. In the current market I cant see dropping huge money on something that gets 10-12 mpgs. I love that fact that my car gets diesel/hybrid like mileage without the hyrbid and diesel costs. I still couldnt believe that even with a full car, ac on blast, temps over a 100 degrees, and doing 70-80mph whole way home I still got over 40mpgs. Im 5'11"-6' ft and fit comfortable. I have a touchy back after a bad car accident two years ago and havent driving stick since then either. I had no issues at all driving 800 miles round trip in less than two days. I wonder if the 2013 malibu redesign has more room for you. They have that eco model now too. I'm not a big fan of hybrids though. Chevy Culture | 2013 Malibu Ready to Move the World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matts88yj Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'm interested in the long term holdup of your results since in a few years I think a Cruze will be my DD car. For me I know I wanted something that got over 35mpgs highway, had a back seat large enough to haul the dogs around in and is fairly comfortable. The Cruze seemed to fit that bill with ease and in another 5 years they may have some more engine offerings or tweak them to become even more efficient. Nice results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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