'Gas Mileage RS stick vs GS stick

rayrrod · Post by **rayrrod** » August 16th, 2006, 1:15 am

specs on mx-3 page says:
RS stick 49/35
GS stick 37/26
can it be that much difference?
highway 12 miles /gal difference
city 11 miles/ gal difference

I have a 95 RS and I never have gotten 49 mpg
so what gives?

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » August 16th, 2006, 1:55 am

I don't think that's miles per gallon. Probly kms per gallon.

rayrrod · Post by **rayrrod** » August 17th, 2006, 12:32 am

Transport Canada Fuel Economy Ratings

City Highway
Manual transmission: RS 8.1 L/100 km (35 mpg) 5.8 L/100 km (49 mpg)
Manual transmission: GS 10.7 L/100 km (26 mpg) 7.7 L/100 km (37 mpg)
Automatic transmission: RS 9.4 L/100 km (30 mpg) 6.4 L/100 km (44 mpg)
Automatic transmission: GS 12.3 L/100 km (23 mpg) 8.0 L/100 km (35 mpg)

So its MPG, to me it means miles per gallon not km per liter or gal.

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » August 17th, 2006, 3:43 am

The math seems to be off.
8.1L is ~2.1g
100km is ~62mi
mpg would then be 62/2.1, which is about 29mpg, not 35

Similarly
5.8L is ~1.5g
mpg would then be 62/1.5, which is 41, not 49

30/40 is a little high, but is fairly reasonable given the general overstatement that car manufactures make.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » August 17th, 2006, 3:51 pm

US gallon < Cdn Imperial gallon = higher mpg rating in Canada than in the US.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » August 17th, 2006, 8:49 pm

My family trip i went on I was going around 65 / 70mph the hole way I was pushing 38mpg!

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » August 17th, 2006, 8:57 pm

jschrauwen wrote:US gallon < Cdn Imperial gallon = higher mpg rating in Canada than in the US.

why is there even such a thing as a CDN gallon we dont even use it...

our standard is liters is it not?

lowflyinmx3 · Post by **lowflyinmx3** » August 21st, 2006, 7:32 pm

i average about 38.5 mpg on a tank. i live right off the highway and work right off the highway so it's all highway driving for me. the highest i ever got was 39.3 mpg

Post by **Custommx3** » August 22nd, 2006, 10:26 am

I get about 26.5 MPG(US) on my ZE w/manual, and thats not babying it.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » August 22nd, 2006, 11:14 pm

I get about 230 miles per tank on GS 5spd

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » August 23rd, 2006, 12:10 pm

I've been getting 280 miles per tank (but still got about a 1/8th of tank left).

that's 280 miles per (about) 9 gallons (US liquid).

about 450 km per (about) 34 litres (canada I guess).

so that's about 31.1 mpg or 13.23 km/litre

and that's after about four months on recording gas receipts. Most of it is sort of city driving at about 70km/hour or 43miles/hour.

pretty happy with this after about a year of only getting 20mpg (lots of problems to work out of the used BP engine from Utah)

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'Gas Mileage RS stick vs GS stick

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