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Why do I call this an "abnormal trip"?
Because it was.
Picking up my son from college to come and visit back home.
1133 miles round trip. 3 adults up, 4 adults back.
Trunk partially full of luggage on way up and trunk completely full of luggage as well as a Thule cargo rack on top filled with two cargo boxes and 2 other boxes for approximately 150 lbs. of roof storage on the way back. Yes, I loaded this little car up! (Forgot to take pictures but we looked like the Joads).
MPG on trip from So Cal to SF average 30.5 mpg. Primarily Hwy 101 the entire way.
MPG on trip form SF to So Cal 30.5 mpg. Primarily I-5.
Average speed on hwy 65 mpg.
I was working every angle trying to get the best MPG that I could along the way.
At some points I was a little nervous as my estimated range was dropping faster than I had ever seen it.
MPG coming up the grapevine, was a whopping 15 mpg! With the engine screaming like a fighter plane preparing for war as I was just driving at 60 mpg.
I drove this car vs. any of our others because I thought I would at least get in the mid 40's for mpg as I normally average 50+.
Last year, the same exact trip with my VW GTI averaging um, a much, much, much higher speed on hwy 5 was 35 mpg. Yes, true, 100% honest.
While I know I did push this to the extremes and pretty much had a sail on top of the car coming home, I was hoping for a little bit more than this.
This points to how aerodynamic this vehicle is as-is. Any modification, even just the empty cargo rack drastically impacts mpg.
I will try this again in 2 weeks when I take him back and will have none of the extra luggage in the trunk nor the top. I will follow up then. I am hoping for much better.
:surprise:
Because it was.
Picking up my son from college to come and visit back home.
1133 miles round trip. 3 adults up, 4 adults back.
Trunk partially full of luggage on way up and trunk completely full of luggage as well as a Thule cargo rack on top filled with two cargo boxes and 2 other boxes for approximately 150 lbs. of roof storage on the way back. Yes, I loaded this little car up! (Forgot to take pictures but we looked like the Joads).
MPG on trip from So Cal to SF average 30.5 mpg. Primarily Hwy 101 the entire way.
MPG on trip form SF to So Cal 30.5 mpg. Primarily I-5.
Average speed on hwy 65 mpg.
I was working every angle trying to get the best MPG that I could along the way.
At some points I was a little nervous as my estimated range was dropping faster than I had ever seen it.
MPG coming up the grapevine, was a whopping 15 mpg! With the engine screaming like a fighter plane preparing for war as I was just driving at 60 mpg.
I drove this car vs. any of our others because I thought I would at least get in the mid 40's for mpg as I normally average 50+.
Last year, the same exact trip with my VW GTI averaging um, a much, much, much higher speed on hwy 5 was 35 mpg. Yes, true, 100% honest.
While I know I did push this to the extremes and pretty much had a sail on top of the car coming home, I was hoping for a little bit more than this.
This points to how aerodynamic this vehicle is as-is. Any modification, even just the empty cargo rack drastically impacts mpg.
I will try this again in 2 weeks when I take him back and will have none of the extra luggage in the trunk nor the top. I will follow up then. I am hoping for much better.
:surprise: