Max Capacity Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Yesterday I filled the wagon in Ludlow VT, then drove home, 153miles. The first 23 miles are state roads with a speed limit of 50mph except for the town of Chester VT. From the exit in CT to the house is about 5 miles. On the highway the cruise was set at 75-78mph most of the way. I kept checking the dash readout, Yes I know it's optimistic by about one mpg. It read 27.0 mpg when we got home. I didn't think the car would get that mileage with the hp it makes going that fast. Pretty happy with that. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaspGT Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Why in the F is mine only getting 19???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCASEYS Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 ^you drive like an ASSHAT I get 19ish on Stage 3 setup I donated to LegacyGT.com which allows me to have this nifty signature. If anything SCASEYS posts ever becomes a sticky i'm gonna light this whole place on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robitrice Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 im getting like 20-22 during the winter but its short trips and no highway at all.....i would easily get 25+ on the highway with my stage 3 setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-2 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 At 85mph through the mountains I'll get 23mpg on stage 1 ACN and about 24mpg on the Eco tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06silvarubiLGT Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Read-out says Im at 22.9, basic cobb stg1, loosing compression as we speak:bbq: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrw Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 18-19mpg 90% city/back road. StageDouche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Oh yea, it's all has to do with the highway miles. If I only drove the car on back roads I'm sure it would be down in the lower 20's. It's hard to keep my foot out of it... 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrw Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Oh yea, it's all has to do with the highway miles. If I only drove the car on back roads I'm sure it would be down in the lower 20's. It's hard to keep my foot out of it... Yea my foot is always in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Style Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Driving on Oahu is a lot of stop and go traffic along with going over the mountain everyday for me (Kaneohe - Honolulu and back) Son's 05 Forester XT (4eat) with a tune and VF-39 gets 22mpg consistently...more if I do mostly highway (240hp/243tq) on Dyno My 05 Legacy GT (6sp) with a tune and FP HTA Green gets about 20mpg (420hp/422tq) on Dyno Wife's 2011 CRV gets about 22mpg... I attribute the mileage to Jarrad of PDXTuning...he really knows how to tune our Subaru's. I don't get on the Legacy much as it really goes too fast...but the Forester gets driven in a spirited way often. Pretty happy with both cars...especially since 92oct here is currently $4.12/gal. How many cars do you know that put down the power our Suby's do and still get in the 20mpg+ combined...not many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolmers06LGT Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Drove about 70 miles before the stations switched to the winter blend- got 27.5mpg STG1. I'm STG2 now and I average about 20mpg all city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-2 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Driving on Oahu is a lot of stop and go traffic along with going over the mountain everyday for me (Kaneohe - Honolulu and back) Son's 05 Forester XT (4eat) with a tune and VF-39 gets 22mpg consistently...more if I do mostly highway (240hp/243tq) on Dyno My 05 Legacy GT (6sp) with a tune and FP HTA Green gets about 20mpg (420hp/422tq) on Dyno Wife's 2011 CRV gets about 22mpg... I attribute the mileage to Jarrad of PDXTuning...he really knows how to tune our Subaru's. I don't get on the Legacy much as it really goes too fast...but the Forester gets driven in a spirited way often. Pretty happy with both cars...especially since 92oct here is currently $4.12/gal. How many cars do you know that put down the power our Suby's do and still get in the 20mpg+ combined...not many. Can't figure why they dropped the turbo for the 3.6. Both get the same MPG. 3.6 6 cannot be tuned. Oh well. You're right, not many 400hp factory cars getting better MPG. I think it's possible though, Ford is developing alot of small motor turbo cars. Should be a matter of time I wonder if the Kia Optima can be tweaked for more power. It puts out decent power and gets 34mpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baci Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I average about 19.5 with half highway half stop and go. When I was driving more highway I was able to get 20 avg. Not much higher than that ever, even when I "try" not to mash on the pedal. IE drove it in intelligent mode and pretty conservative with the throttle. Do the LGT 5MT just get better gas mileage than the spec's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaspGT Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 ^you drive like an ASSHAT I get 19ish on Stage 3 setup How the F do you know what i drive like, stalker! I have a stage 2 tune and i get 19. I only drive 3 miles to work and 3 back... SLOWLY. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCASEYS Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 ^ you just posted about smoking an Evo? I donated to LegacyGT.com which allows me to have this nifty signature. If anything SCASEYS posts ever becomes a sticky i'm gonna light this whole place on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreyna Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Does the mpg vary from the 5EAT and the 5MT? How? How does the "winter" blend affect the mpg's? Sory I'm just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system60 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 was getting 19-20 Stg2, since upgrading the turbo and re-tune w/ 850s I average anywhere between 20-22 and that's driving the car harder more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAP Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I'm not sure how you guys do it. My commute is about 20 miles each way. About 4 of those i get on the feeway to avoid a bunch stop and go at intersections. The street portion is hit and miss on the red lights. I can only get about 17 mpg per the dash but I am in a hurry in the morning. I've also taken it on a 200 miles roundtrip drive on the freeway and managed 30mpg. My car is completely stock with 5EAT. The feeway mileage is good, but the street mileage is as if Im driving an SUV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moddiction Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I've averaged 23.4 mpg so far in my 5mt legacy gt. About 1500 miles mixed city with a lot of highway but going 75-80 mph most of the time. Not too bad. WWW.MODDICTION.COM Moddiction Stainless steel and Titanium shift knobs. Drivetrain, suspension, brakes, exhaust, cooling, fuel, gauges+MUCH more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWFILMS Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I get like 2mpg avg, because all i do is city driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-2 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Does the mpg vary from the 5EAT and the 5MT? How? How does the "winter" blend affect the mpg's? Sory I'm just curious. I believe the gearing is very similar between the two. Winter blend normally takes a 2-3mpg hit for me on any vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 I'm not sure how you guys do it. My commute is about 20 miles each way. About 4 of those i get on the feeway to avoid a bunch stop and go at intersections. The street portion is hit and miss on the red lights. I can only get about 17 mpg per the dash but I am in a hurry in the morning. I've also taken it on a 200 miles roundtrip drive on the freeway and managed 30mpg. My car is completely stock with 5EAT. The feeway mileage is good, but the street mileage is as if Im driving an SUV. My DD with the wagon is about 70 miles to work and back. About 63 of that is highway. I normally set the cruise about 68-70mph sometime slower because of traffic. In the summer time the wagon will get 24.6 on the dash most day's. Driving up to VT thursday night I filled up in Springfiled MA just off the highway and came up 72-75mph the dash read 25.8 when I got into toww. Thats about 95 miles highway and 23 miles on state roads, about 55mph. I have told my tuner the mpg I great and he's not sure why because that's not what he's tuned to car for. He's tuned it to be safe under boost. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltrdan Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Before I moved to Cali, I was getting 28-32 highway and 25ish city Now.... I'm lucky to get 18-20, gotta enjoy the fast pace of LA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rens914 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 dash readout isn't that exact. fill it up, drive and fill it up again only then you are sure about the milage Mine does 2.6 mpg LPG when driving 75 mph on the highway (it's a legacy touring automatic 2,5) LPG is 40% the price of petrol rens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users paintpollz Posted February 10, 2013 Mega Users Share Posted February 10, 2013 I'm averaging 18.9 with my ski rack and snow tires. I do need a tune though. "Remember Danny - Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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