Why the Dart won't get 40mpg : Autoblog

[SketchedOut]

LOL and a whole mess of pissed off people behnid you for going under the speed limit
reminds me of the Denis Leary - I'm and asshole song ahaha
"I drive ultra slow in the ultra fast lane while people behing me a screaming and going insane"
AHAHA

[TheSheibs]

I was on the highway with cruise control set at 65. I hit 44MPG on a flat part of the highway. Today with varying RPMs and speed, and 180 miles, I averaged 26MPG. But I was hitting some higher RPMs today than I normally do. Most of that average comes from stop and go driving on local roads.

[Shulster]

I picked up my New Dart yesterday, and this morning on my way to work I ws getting 40 MPG

[DeyemeRacing]

Just "getting" (as in, briefly getting up to) 40mpg isn't going to mean much. My Durango got up to 15mpg on a flat stretch, even when towing my boat. The real way to figure MPG is to record the miles at every fill-up and the amount of gas you dump in the tank.

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ODOMETER -- FUEL
1000 miles - 8.3 gallons.
1300 miles = 9.2 gallons.
1300 minus 1000 = 300. Divide by 9.2, and you get 32.6 mpg.

To make it even more accurate, you can add up three or four fill-ups, and subract the range. I track MPG in a spreadsheet for all my project cars using a 3 and 10 fill-up range. It's a good way of tracking the effects of various mods.

[SXT2522]

I got 7.3ltr/100KM and thats 90% highway if I covert the numbers to imperial thats 1.93G/62.1371miles

[whaleluvr]

Maybe on a highway, at 15 MPH, you might get 40 MPG..............I get anywhere from 26 city to 34 Hwy........Not as good as I thought it would be, but way better than my 16 MPG Jeep Liberty..................SO I AM STILL SMILING!! : )...................Still "lovin" my Dart!!! Wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING!!!

[nycalisrt]

I'm on a trip from NY to VA and I got 38 mpg and that's going through towns and up and down hills (down US 15 through PA). Then I went from VA to PA (Philly area) and got 39 mpg...all highway (65-72 mph). I'm very satisfied! If you're puttering around town you won't get anywhere near the 39 mpg. Once you go on a longer trip you'll start to see those results. Oh, btw I'm using 93 octane because I can't get 91 where I live.

[Shulster]

I am averaging about 39 MPG, I drive about 90 miles to and from work with about 10 of those miles city driving.

[nycalisrt]

Gosh thats a long haul everyday. Good thing the Dart gets good mileage!

[BlackedoutDart]

the only time my dart 1.4t has gotten close to and stayed at 40mpg is on long road trips i get 31-32 in the city 27 doing rush hour