05blackV6

I'm sorry if this is a re-post but I was wondering what the average MPG you guys are getting on your V6s. The only thing I have in my car is a K&N air filter, which is supposed to help gas mileage. You are supposed to get 19+, but I've been getting 17.4. Is this normal?

Thanks

karman

Hmmm... that's my GT's lowest recorded mileage. I usually floor it off the line, but I tend to drive close to the speed limit.

Martimus

I'm averaging right around 24 city/highway in mine.

05blackV6

That's what I figured. What do you think could be wrong? The only 2 reasons I can think of is that maybe it doesn't have high enough mileage, it's got 1300, or maybe because I really haven't gone on the high way with it. What do you think?

Tres Wright

What is the nature of your driving? I always get 23 to 25 in mine (auto tranny) with about 75% freeway driving. If you do a lot of stop and go driving you're going to get lousy mileage even with the V6.

S.SubZero

These cars have pretty lousy city MPG, which is sadly 90% of my driving. I routinely get about 17mpg on a tank with my short drives to work and the gym and other local places I go. According to the trip computer I only average about 25mph (miles per hour) over the course of a tank of gas. My fuel efficiency has dipped as low as 15.5mpg when I have driven less than 4 miles a day over several days.

One time I filled up and took a cruise involving freeways and fairly open roads where I was able to do 50+ all the time. Over 162 miles my average speed was 55mph, and my fuel efficiency was almost 26mpg.

So to get highway MPG, you *really* have to do highway driving.

05blackV6

S. Subzero You are in the same boat as I am then. 90% of my driving is city, and my average speed is 26. I'm glad it's not just me then. I thought there was something wrong.

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TexaStang

Weird how the GT's get as good/sometimes better gas mileage than the 6ers.

Tres Wright

Yeah, it's surprising. From what I've read the manual GT gets nearly identical mileage to the auto V6.

TexaStang

Depending on how I drive, my in town MPG can be dismal, but I average 17 in town. Highway, I'm doing 26-29. Now, I am using a premium gas tune so that probably puts me a bit behind, but, with a tune I found my MPG went up quite a bit.

lethaljay

Slightly off topic, but has anyone else noticed that the 2007 V6 Mustang's MPG in the city decreased? The GT city MPG is 17 and the V6 is 18 (05-06 was 19). I guess this will allow dealers to push customers to gett the V8 with the information of pretty much identical gas mileage.

EleanorsMine

My autos mileage sucks- Because I take off to fast. Maybe 240 miles per tank.
The manuals got a LOT better mpg. Averaging 280 miles per tank.

PonyLover

Right now I am getting 24.8 MPG in my 06 V6 Manual.
That is mixture, but mainly city driving.
I have just over 10k miles on my car.
I filled up today and it said I had just over 400 miles to empty

NosferatuVI

I get about 270 to 280 highway and about 240 city driving.

V6 Manual, but then again I am always running it through the gears and driving in 4th a lot.

Thomas S

I have a V6 auto and get about 17MPG in the city and about 240 miles per tank.

Tiberius1701

I can squeak 275-300 before filling up-about 50/50 city highway driving estimate about 20-21 mpg. Have not done any long road trips-so cannot gauge straight highway driving. Very little WOT operation.

Fazm

ive done over 470 miles on a tank before, that was on a raod trip.

under normal drivin i usually fill up about 330, i average 24-26mpg now with my 3.73s, before i averaged about 27

Zodiac

Ive squeaked out 30.x MPG before on a road trip, and that was before all my mods etc. With a tune Id expect slightly better mileage, same with a higher octane.

Most of my driving right now is 100% city. Heck, it all is. Gas mileage sucks in city. Because of the price of gas right now my tank hasnt been full in like a year. I never fill up more than halfway.. the top half can be rusted and Id never notice :P

flapjack

I forgot to chime in here... just for reference, we got about 22 MPG average driving down to Mississippi from CO a few weeks ago. That is with the A/C running and driving at 80-100 most of the time. Also, max boost was at around 14 psi.

poldrv

28 mpg on the highway is average. Changing the fuel filter after 20,000 miles helps.