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Old 12-17-2017, 11:49 PM   #15
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I average close to 20 in the San Francisco area, lots of stop and go, and couldn't be happier. I get about 5-6 on the track, but cruising around 75 is typically 22-25 mpg. People laugh when I tell them how well it does, we have a X5m for the family car and we are lucky to get to 15mpg under similar conditions. On the track I get about 5.5, but at 8k miles I am averaging 19.5 mpg overall.
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Old 12-18-2017, 12:31 PM   #16
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mine's still new and I have a 40 mile each way slow commute. Averaging 17 mpg so far.
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Old 12-18-2017, 04:42 PM   #17
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I average close to 20 in the San Francisco area, lots of stop and go, and couldn't be happier. I get about 5-6 on the track, but cruising around 75 is typically 22-25 mpg. People laugh when I tell them how well it does, we have a X5m for the family car and we are lucky to get to 15mpg under similar conditions. On the track I get about 5.5, but at 8k miles I am averaging 19.5 mpg overall.
That's pretty good with all the hills and traffic.
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Old 12-19-2017, 03:50 PM   #18
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OP, your mpg is fine, mines the same exact way. Ive got 16MPG on average since I got the car 3500 miles ago.
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Old 12-19-2017, 11:25 PM   #19
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Best so far is 25.7mpg on highway, and typical mixed semi-easy driving is 17ish mpg. I have beat the crap out this car since it had 8 miles on the odometer, with around 3000 miles on it now.
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Old 12-20-2017, 08:45 AM   #20
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I've been using Chevron 91 Octane. I'll try a different gas station and reset my Trip B to track. Reading up on some of the Track MPG and they were at 6 or 5, made me feel better but based on what you get, I'm concerned.
Dumb question. Do they not have 93 octane where you're at?
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Old 12-20-2017, 09:29 AM   #21
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I presume the 1LE has cruise control? My manual 2SS does. It makes all the difference. With one passenger, self-ported TB, Roto-Fab oiled filter, and Vitesse TC set to SP5, my best run is 29.5 mpg on the way back from Atlanta at around 70mph cruise. My mostly-highway 30+ mile commute used to get an average of around 25mpg with some spirit thrown in. My new, 5 - 10 mile commute on mixed roads gets 16 - 20 mpg, dependent on traffic.

Using cruise control I've managed to get 450 miles out of a single tank of 93 and still made it to the gas station with a little left. That was running from Columbia, SC to New Smyrna, Florida, and then some... so pretty flat roads, but averaging 80mph or so, and 26 mpg.

Anyway, my point is that cruise-control, assuming the 1LE has it, is your friend. There are only two downsides to it - 1. it automatically puts traction control on (safety feature I guess, but annoying all the same) and 2. it doesn't go below 24mph.
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Old 12-20-2017, 10:38 AM   #22
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Dumb question. Do they not have 93 octane where you're at?
Lots of places do not and 91 is the highest in those.
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Old 12-20-2017, 11:25 AM   #23
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Dumb question. Do they not have 93 octane where you're at?
Cali has a max of 91 iirc.
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Old 12-20-2017, 11:29 AM   #24
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I presume the 1LE has cruise control? My manual 2SS does. It makes all the difference. With one passenger, self-ported TB, Roto-Fab oiled filter, and Vitesse TC set to SP5, my best run is 29.5 mpg on the way back from Atlanta at around 70mph cruise. My mostly-highway 30+ mile commute used to get an average of around 25mpg with some spirit thrown in. My new, 5 - 10 mile commute on mixed roads gets 16 - 20 mpg, dependent on traffic.

Using cruise control I've managed to get 450 miles out of a single tank of 93 and still made it to the gas station with a little left. That was running from Columbia, SC to New Smyrna, Florida, and then some... so pretty flat roads, but averaging 80mph or so, and 26 mpg.

Anyway, my point is that cruise-control, assuming the 1LE has it, is your friend. There are only two downsides to it - 1. it automatically puts traction control on (safety feature I guess, but annoying all the same) and 2. it doesn't go below 24mph.
If you live in a hilly region, cruise control will kill your fuel mileage. It cannot anticipate a hill so it won't build speed before the hill, and it won't shed any speed climbing the hill.
Two hyper-mile techniques that improve mpg drastically.
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Old 12-20-2017, 08:13 PM   #25
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If you live in a hilly region, cruise control will kill your fuel mileage. It cannot anticipate a hill so it won't build speed before the hill, and it won't shed any speed climbing the hill.
Two hyper-mile techniques that improve mpg drastically.
In my experience, length of the trip matters far more than if it's hilly, as long as you are going both ways.
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Old 12-21-2017, 12:05 AM   #26
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Dumb question. Do they not have 93 octane where you're at?
At most stations in CA it is 87, 89, and 91. Haven’t seen 93 anywhere but maybe it’s just me because this is the first car I’ve owned worth using premium gas...
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Old 12-21-2017, 11:57 AM   #27
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Ah, thanks guys. Didn't know that.
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Old 12-21-2017, 10:15 PM   #28
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Winter bland fuels are the main reason for the low MPG along with short drive times. The SS 1LE will get into the mid 20's MPG on pure highway at 70mph, done it in mine several times.

And that is hand calculated, not the DIC readings. Heck my DIC said my last tank of E85 was 16.5 and I hand calculated it at almost 19mpg for the tank.
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