Good comparison

[Mr.ac]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Interesting, thanks for posting.

I just wonder how he got 38 MPG from the FR-S ...... ??


humfrz

Your kidding right? I have books that weight more than that tube frame human.

[brandonblt2]

Originally Posted by why?

so what you are saying is the automatic is more useful in the real world for daily driving.

Until you want to enter a highway using a on-ramp and I wouldn't qualify slower as more useful for a DD

[oldpueblo]

High MPG is easy on the auto on the freeway. At 65 mph (assuming you're going the speed limit and the highway is level) the engine is at about 2100-2200 RPM, and if you flip to real-time MPG display it'll be in the 40s/50s easy. Hit 70 and above and it definitely drops down to the 30s.

Originally Posted by brandonblt2

Until you want to enter a highway using a on-ramp and I wouldn't qualify slower as more useful for a DD

Remember, it's not slower. It's geared differently and you can still pick your gears. If you just let it shift itself, then yeah it will be less peppy. The sport mode does do more aggressive shifting though if that's your bag.

[ntron1]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Interesting, thanks for posting.

I just wonder how he got 38 MPG from the FR-S ...... ??


humfrz

Meh....Not too difficult...

[Tcoat]

My mileage had been rock steady on 35mpg for a year now. I have little doubt that if I slowed down from my usual 75 or 80 mph on the highway I could squeeze a consistent 40 out of it.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ntron1

Meh....Not too difficult...

Is the transmission in your car a MT or AT .. ??

hmmmm.......maybe so, however, with my MT car, I have a hard time getting above 33 MPG, driving on a course like the fellow in the article describes ....


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

My mileage had been rock steady on 35mpg for a year now. I have little doubt that if I slowed down from my usual 75 or 80 mph on the highway I could squeeze a consistent 40 out of it.

Yes, but .... but ...... your gallons are bigger ........


humfrz

[ntron1]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Is the transmission in your car a MT or AT .. ??

hmmmm.......maybe so, however, with my MT car, I have a hard time getting above 33 MPG, driving on a course like the fellow in the article describes ....


humfrz

Manual. My last 10 fill ups averaged 37.7 mpg and 430 miles between fill ups.

I can also tell you that the ECU learns your driving style particularly the throttle position. When I reset my ECU, my throttle response increased and my mileage went down until the ECU relearned.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ntron1

Manual. My last 10 fill ups averaged 37.7 mpg and 430 miles between fill ups.

I can also tell you that the ECU learns your driving style particularly the throttle position. When I reset my ECU, my throttle response increased and my mileage went down until the ECU relearned.

Oh, OK, that's good.......

However, since you're from "Amish Land" ...... you most likely spend a lot of miles behind horse drawn carriages ..... going about 7 MPH ...... and your car's ECU has learned that ......


humfrz

[RandomDeception]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Is the transmission in your car a MT or AT .. ??

hmmmm.......maybe so, however, with my MT car, I have a hard time getting above 33 MPG, driving on a course like the fellow in the article describes ....


humfrz

I think I should be ashamed of my 11.2L/100km fuel economy (21 MPG) at this point with an automatic transmission.

Then again, I only do city driving below the speed limit and use 91 octane.

[why?]

Originally Posted by brandonblt2

Until you want to enter a highway using a on-ramp and I wouldn't qualify slower as more useful for a DD

Not slower, in fact faster and more useful. Remember the auto has a full manual mode that will let you shift yourself and will never auto shift for you. The manual gearbox is frankly too close ratio. No idea why 5th or 6th need to be geared like that. ( note that the link has the at/mt labels swapped.) I mean it is like they set the MT gearbox up for fastest mile or some other such idiotic thing. There is a reason so many boosted people swap the final drive ratio. They'd swap the entire gearbox if it wasn't so insanely expensive.

Note that the first 3 gears, you know the ones that would be used most off highway, are extremely close in both transmissions.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by RandomDeception

I think I should be ashamed of my 11.2L/100km fuel economy (21 MPG) at this point with an automatic transmission.

Then again, I only do city driving below the speed limit and use 91 octane.

hmmmm..........that's pretty low .......

You can increase your MPG by using the old @Tcoat trick ....... and use Imperial gallons ........


humfrz - let's see ..... did I take my meds today or not .....

[joe strummer]

Originally Posted by why?

so what you are saying is the automatic is more useful in the real world for daily driving.

Along those lines, a small van is even more useful, or at least a car with a real back seat. I doubt too many of us bought an FR-S for its practicality.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

hmmmm..........that's pretty low .......

You can increase your MPG by using the old @Tcoat trick ....... and use Imperial gallons ........


humfrz - let's see ..... did I take my meds today or not .....

Ahhhh but I don't use imperial gallons but litres (proper spelling by the way)converted to U.S. gallons.