Hi, I know I'm jumping in a little late on this thread . . . my basic attitude about MPG in my mustang is I like to "have my cake and eat it too" -- I can get fairly good mileage in normal driving, and have plenty of fun when I want to. That is the "best of both worlds" to me, especially since I can afford only one car so this is my daily driver.

In "normal" around town driving (not real stop and go city) I get low twenties without really trying; on my half-freeway, half-state-highway commute I get about 26-27 routinely. This is with some hard acceleration when the opportunity presents itself but not going racing around all the time; I do pay attention to efficient driving but no crazy hypermiling stuff. My wife has commented "how do you get decent mileage when you accelerate like that?" more than once; I tell her the key is never to touch the brakes . . . which makes her not want to drive with me.

This is surprising, this may change my driving techniques . . . I am in the habit of popping the trans in neutral and coasting whenever I can, like on a long downhill . . . in some cases the engine braking in gear would be too much and slow the car down, but in some cases (like coming to a stop light) the engine braking would be a good thing. I am surprised because I thought some fuel was needed to help with cooling and lubrication at all times?

 

It's all relative....check out what pay scales were in the 60's.

 

Hypermiling= alot of horn honking and and bunch of road raging drivers waiting to beat to snot out of ya. Not for me thanks

On another note if people want to keep track of mileage or better yet how much they spend you can use www.fuelly.com. I've been using it on my 2010 Mazda Speed 3 more to compare how much I've spent for year to year

 

Best part of my day is the commute to work in my 5.0
Straight route to work is 15 min on a 4 lane road with 10 stoplights.
The route I take is 40 minutes on a 2 lane twisty back road with one light and one stop sign.
Don't care about milage - never really look at it.

Wish I had my 5.0 during my 2 tours in Germany.

 

Love that commercial! Had a V6 last time I was here, much more fun with the Boss!

 

when i was ordering my 2012 GT i read that it consumes same gas as my 2008 V6, which was about $120 a month in gas..so far my GT has been the same. I usually get $30 of gas every 6-9 days DD. My mpg calculation is based on per month basis.

 

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GREAT commercial, love it, thanks for posting!

 

I get about 15 mpg city driving on my 2011 as my daily. I can drive my wife's little mazda 3 if I want to save on gas but I'll be bored out my mind. I can get alittle better if I coast alittle. But it's so much fun to drive as it is suppose to be driven. I have the boral Atak and LOVE the rumble!!!

 

I'm getting exactly what ford said I would get combined 17/18 mpg in the 500

 

Fuel economy is a nice hobby in the US with the cheap gasoline.
In Europe we pay almost twice the US price:
Regular EURO 95 (RON 95 = AKI 90-91): 1.72 euro/L = $8.43/GAL
Super PLUS 98 (RON 98 = AKI 93-94): 1.83 euro/L = $9.03/GAL

Nevertheless I decided to buy a Mustang GT Premium in the US to take back to The Netherlands.
This car would normally cost about 75.000 euro = $98,000 in The Netherlands, due to all Dutch taxes (import tax 4k$, value added tax 8k$ & CO2 tax 45k$).
As an expat I can bring back this car without paying any taxes, so that’s why I can afford this dream car.

I’m not going to degenerate my Mustang to a Prius (then I better would have bought this ugly Toyota as it’s cheaper than a Mustang GT).
As I have a daily commute in The Netherlands of 30 km / 19 miles one way on mainly highway I looked especially at the RPM in 6th at highway driving speed which is in my case 120-150 km/hr = 75-95 mi/hr.
That’s why I’ve sticked to the standard 3.31 ratio, which gives a RPM of 2000 – 2500 at that speed; a 3.71 ratio would have given me a RPM of 2250 – 2850 with a lower MPG.
I will apply a BAMA tune (STG tuner) for AKI 90-91 and best fuel economy which will get me an extra 2-3 MPG overall and install a Cold Air Intake and Roush exhaust (just for the real V8 sound).
So I will try to save gas on the highway, but have all the fun with my Mustang off highway.
I didn’t buy a V8 for hypermiling!
Note: It's just 3 miles from my Dutch home to Germany with no speed limits!!

On sunny days I will use my 96 ci Harley which I tuned & mapped for high performance, not for best fuel economy.
Now that I have my Mustang I need to upgrade my Harley with a 103 ci big bore kit and faster cams, no way that a car would beat my bike from 0-60 mph.

3 days till my 2013 Mustang GT Premium Black manual with Brembo & Sensor/Security pkg arrives.

See attached Speed at RPM / Gear diagram

 

It's a weekend driver, so i could care less, 3:73s don't help.

 

Mine is not a DD so when I drive it, it's very spirited to say the least. So for me, gas mileage is no concern.

 

Its my summer vacation, week-end, migraine avoidance play toy. So I am not really concerned about the mileage. I'll burn a tank a week-end and feel good about it!!

 

With all these responses on this thread... It looks like most folks have their stangs as weekend/sunny only cars. I wonder out of
10 stang owners, how man DD it vs fair weather/garage queen it??? Who wants to guess? My guess is 7 out of 10 garage queen it.

 

Should turn the thread into a poll.

 

Up here in the great white north....I would say both. It is a daily driver 6-7 months a year...and garaged 5 months a year.

Though for mileage we have always approached highway because it is so dang'ed flat. Daily commute in the twin cities 'burbs or 8-10 miles my Jag gets 22-23...when it is rated 17-24, same with the wifes 4.6 t'bird, she gets 20-21 and it is rated 17-23. So, we are expecting a little above 20 on the daily, though she really does not care...her winter vehicle is a 5.4l expedition.

 

Here in Michigan when i had my '02 it was garaged the first couple years and I drove my '95 Escort GT until it turned into an old POS. From that point I bought winter tires and drive it all year. It wasn't that bad except bottoming out occasionally. Kinda fun actually

 

I DD mine outside of the winter. Have no garage where I am so why not drive it! Plus it is the only car I have at my current location so it's either that or my beater.

 

Ha ha....I have an issue with my Jag...under the body mid-ship there is an airdam to cool the transfercase....which is an important thing in snow...well...if there is more than 6inches of snow it turns into a snow scoop. The t'bird was not build for cold weather...so anything below -20 it thinks a sensor went bad...since that discovery the truck is the winter vehicle for her.

 

And, logically, those of us that DD the Mustang care more about mileage than the garage queen owners do. I wouldn't have bought mine if I only got 15 MPG overall, so it was definitely a factor for me when I bought my GT. If it didn't get as good of mileage as it does, I'd probably be driving a V6, or a Mini Cooper S, Mazdaspeed3, used BMW 3-series, VW GTI, etc.