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asavage · 07-04-2006, 10:28 AM

anyone with a 1.8 manual sxt have some real world numbers for mpg?

Neb · 07-10-2006, 06:05 PM

I heard that people with 1.8 manuals are getting 35+ miles per gallon!

txdragnfly · 07-10-2006, 07:22 PM

Dang it! I'm so jealous! Well, in Houston traffic, a manual would really suck so I guess I'll chalk up the lower mpg in my automatic to the convenience factor.

asavage · 07-11-2006, 10:22 PM

i live in a very rural small town and most of my driving is back road. so i almost prefer a stick. its also fairly hilly around here, and i like to coast so it make a manual more fun.

Richard · 07-11-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by asavage

i live in a very rural small town and most of my driving is back road. so i almost prefer a stick. its also fairly hilly around here, and i like to coast so it make a manual more fun.

If I were you I would buy a R/T since it has AWD, with a stick. I would rather have an AWD vehicle for coastal, mountain, or hilly driving. I go to the coast a lot and it would be a lot easier to navigate the streets if I had an AWD vehicle. I also noticed that a lot of the locals have AWD cars. High population of Subaru's!

asavage · 07-11-2006, 11:35 PM

yeah, awd's sell big around here too. even with the crappy small town roads and even worse massachusetts winters i think i'll be alright with just fwd. i drove two snowy winters in a '95 jeep cherokee (stick, 4 cylinder, rear wheel drive) and i did ok.. plus i'm looking for the best mpg i can get.

Neb · 07-29-2006, 04:34 PM

Here in San Francisco it helps a lot. I rather have my AWD then have my car struggling to go up the hills.

bjeffries · 08-05-2006, 08:28 AM

OK question... my gauge for the MPG is NOT working right. There is NO way! It jumps from 31mpg to 17 mpg within like a mile...CONSTANTLY! Is anyone else having this issue?

txdragnfly · 08-05-2006, 06:02 PM

I'm getting approx. 23 to 27 MPG. I was hopeing for more consistent MPG near 30, but I just don't know.

BJeffries... do you mean RPM's? My caliber doesn't have a MPG gauge ??

bjeffries · 08-05-2006, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by txdragnfly

I'm getting approx. 23 to 27 MPG. I was hopeing for more consistent MPG near 30, but I just don't know.

BJeffries... do you mean RPM's? My caliber doesn't have a MPG gauge ??

I have the Driver Convienance Group on mine. It came with Automatically-Dimming Rearview Mirror,Temperature and Compass Gauge,Tire Pressure Monitoring Display,Universal Garage Door Opener. I think it had something to do with that because it is in the same little window as the outside temperature and compass. I just hit the little plunger and it scrolls through all those things and the MPG and Miles until empty...not that they work correctly all the time

07-04-2006, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
asavage Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: western mass Posts: 16	real world mpg? anyone with a 1.8 manual sxt have some real world numbers for mpg?

07-10-2006, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
txdragnfly Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 341	Dang it! I'm so jealous! Well, in Houston traffic, a manual would really suck so I guess I'll chalk up the lower mpg in my automatic to the convenience factor. __________________ Txdragnfly's "Steel-ingUrhrt" Blue Steel Caliber, SE, Houston, TX

08-05-2006, 08:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
bjeffries Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 182	OK question... my gauge for the MPG is NOT working right. There is NO way! It jumps from 31mpg to 17 mpg within like a mile...CONSTANTLY! Is anyone else having this issue? __________________ Marine Blue Caliber, SXT Indianapolis, IN

08-05-2006, 06:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
txdragnfly Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 341	I'm getting approx. 23 to 27 MPG. I was hopeing for more consistent MPG near 30, but I just don't know. BJeffries... do you mean RPM's? My caliber doesn't have a MPG gauge ?? __________________ Txdragnfly's "Steel-ingUrhrt" Blue Steel Caliber, SE, Houston, TX

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07-10-2006, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Neb Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 161	I heard that people with 1.8 manuals are getting 35+ miles per gallon!

07-11-2006, 10:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
asavage Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: western mass Posts: 16	i live in a very rural small town and most of my driving is back road. so i almost prefer a stick. its also fairly hilly around here, and i like to coast so it make a manual more fun.

07-11-2006, 11:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
asavage Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: western mass Posts: 16	yeah, awd's sell big around here too. even with the crappy small town roads and even worse massachusetts winters i think i'll be alright with just fwd. i drove two snowy winters in a '95 jeep cherokee (stick, 4 cylinder, rear wheel drive) and i did ok.. plus i'm looking for the best mpg i can get.

07-29-2006, 04:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Neb Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 161	Here in San Francisco it helps a lot. I rather have my AWD then have my car struggling to go up the hills.

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