MPG Test

[awfarley]

Week 1: Averaging 33.16 MPG for work commute only.

Not bad for 320+ horses. And to think I was gonna get an Accord

[007s 'Vert]

Originally Posted by awfarley

Week 1: Averaging 33.16 MPG for work commute only.

Not bad for 320+ horses. And to think I was gonna get an Accord

Be careful of what you say about MPGs, apparently there are some that think you and I may be exagerating lol

[awfarley]

Yeah man...haters gon' hate.
Then there's the flip-side of why would I lie, ya know.
I'll be the first to tell you in absolute real world testing my numbers are skewed, but It's easier for me to cruise the interstate at 70MPH and have an almost perfect base number to test my CAI on, than to use a running average of me acting like a fool on the backroads around my house. My numbers average around 26-27 AVG even then. I tried to eliminate the human factor on this test by all means. That way I'll know the difference the CAI is making.


People seem to get the idea that if you run some test like this, you are an MPG nut and don't have fun with the car and that is an ignorant viewpoint IMO.


I'm simply doing this to answer my own question and help others decide if the Vararam is right for them. I have high expectations of it, and hope to see a 1-3 MPG jump to verify claims. If so people that are debating on getting it can see the real-world numbers.



But in the end, guess who's putting less gas in the tank. Yep.

[hightower]

Good numbers there!

[lcrngrs]

Originally Posted by Lil'BlueCoupe

Be careful of what you say about MPGs, apparently there are some that think you and I may be exagerating lol

Not exaggerating, just making numbers work to prove your point. Like I said, I can coast, and take a pic of my car getting 99 mpg. Bottom line is how many miles you go on a tankful of gas. If you get 600 miles per tank that's great, since that's a true test, not resetting once you achieve maximum speed.

[awfarley]

Originally Posted by lcrngrs

Not exaggerating, just making numbers work to prove your point. Like I said, I can coast, and take a pic of my car getting 99 mpg. Bottom line is how many miles you go on a tankful of gas. If you get 600 miles per tank that's great, since that's a true test, not resetting once you achieve maximum speed.

No the bottom line is exactly stated in the OP....
I'm not doing this to prove how far I can go at all....
Please

If I was trying to see how far I can go on a tank of gas I would have put that in the thread, this has nothing to do with overall mileage and in no way was that ever implied by myself.

[lcrngrs]

Originally Posted by awfarley

No the bottom line is exactly stated in the OP....
I'm not doing this to prove how far I can go at all....
Please

If I was trying to see how far I can go on a tank of gas I would have put that in the thread, this has nothing to do with overall mileage and in no way was that ever implied by myself.

Since my comment is in reference to exaggeration and not to your research the bottom line is how many miles we go on a tankful of gas. If adding a CAI for example adds to or subtracts to that number than your efforts are appreciated. I was getting 13.9 mpg's before adding a CAI. I now average 14.1. Not much, but better.

[awfarley]

Thanks man, I just keep getting that same general comment about it. Hopefully it will help, and either way everyone who intends to buy one will have some solid info to base the claims on. That's all I intend to accomplish with this.

[007s 'Vert]

Originally Posted by lcrngrs

Not exaggerating, just making numbers work to prove your point. Like I said, I can coast, and take a pic of my car getting 99 mpg. Bottom line is how many miles you go on a tankful of gas. If you get 600 miles per tank that's great, since that's a true test, not resetting once you achieve maximum speed.

Hey you have all rights to believe me or not believe me about my gas mileage numbers, when all is said and done it is me putting the gas in my car and with these gas mileage numbers I am extremely happy, ya if I ran the whole tank I CAN get over 600 miles per tank full, but I for one never run the tank below the bottom quarter......not good for the fuel pump.
What I really don't understand is how you think we are exaggerating our MPG numbers, I really have nothing to prove, I am truthfully just doing these tests to help others in here and at least give them a little hope that Hey these things CAN get over 30 MPGs, I know a lot of folks in here that have V6s bought them for the fuel savings, I know I did.
I dont get over 600 miles per tank because when I am not driving for my job I am usually driving it hard, that of which brings the MPGs down, I at least know in my heart that if I wanted then I CAN get around 33 MPGs if I drive it easy. Why would I lie about my MPGs? Just because you might not be getting over 30 MPGs doesn't mean others aren't and that they are lieing about it. You might need to reevaluate your driving habits if you are not getting this type of mileage.

[meissen]

Originally Posted by Lil'BlueCoupe

Be careful of what you say about MPGs, apparently there are some that think you and I may be exagerating lol

I wouldn't say that most 30+ claimers are exaggerating, but the OP is definitely lieing if he tells people he gets 30mpgs on average... You can't claim you're achieving 30mpgs when you get to cruising speed and then reset the Average MPGs on the DIC. An exact analogy would be if I reset my DIC while going down hill and it says 99mpg. I can't claim 99mpg then - that's cheap. I'm sorry but sustaining 70mph in 6th gear and claiming that as your average MPGs is NOT accurate what so ever. The moment you come to a complete stop and take off you're going to lose MPGs. If it was as easy as getting to speed on the freeway and then resetting the meter wouldn't you think all the OEMs would do that?

That said - I understand the point of what the OP is doing to get a baseline before putting the CAI in. But if you then turn around and tell everyone you get 30mpgs on average, that's VERY misleading. Might as well slap an SS badge on it while you're at it.

[awfarley]

[QUOTE=meissen;4735426]I wouldn't say that most 30+ claimers are exaggerating, but the OP is definitely lieing if he tells people he gets 30mpgs on average... You can't claim you're achieving 30mpgs when you get to cruising speed and then reset the Average MPGs on the DIC. An exact analogy would be if I reset my DIC while going down hill and it says 99mpg. I can't claim 99mpg then - that's cheap. I'm sorry but sustaining 70mph in 6th gear and claiming that as your average MPGs is NOT accurate what so ever. The moment you come to a complete stop and take off you're going to lose MPGs. If it was as easy as getting to speed on the freeway and then resetting the meter wouldn't you think all the OEMs would do that?

That said - I understand the point of what the OP is doing to get a baseline before putting the CAI in. But if you then turn around and tell everyone you get 30mpgs on average, that's VERY misleading. Might as well slap an SS badge on it while you're at it.[/QUOTE]

But I didn't?

I've never claimed those figures... this same arguement is getting quite old, and I've only done this for 1 week.

With that being said, please don't make this thread about total baseline MPG. IT IS NOT ABOUT THAT.

I simply wanted to archive my findings on the matter, not start some debate about how I should run/claim my numbers. Again it is VERY straight-forward on how I achieved these numbers, and it is also VERY clear on why I am doing this.

Please refrain from posting if you are going to make broad assumptions about this test.

Thanks

[TooCool5]

Originally Posted by meissen

I wouldn't say that most 30+ claimers are exaggerating, but the OP is definitely lieing if he tells people he gets 30mpgs on average... You can't claim you're achieving 30mpgs when you get to cruising speed and then reset the Average MPGs on the DIC. An exact analogy would be if I reset my DIC while going down hill and it says 99mpg. I can't claim 99mpg then - that's cheap. I'm sorry but sustaining 70mph in 6th gear and claiming that as your average MPGs is NOT accurate what so ever. The moment you come to a complete stop and take off you're going to lose MPGs. If it was as easy as getting to speed on the freeway and then resetting the meter wouldn't you think all the OEMs would do that?

That said - I understand the point of what the OP is doing to get a baseline before putting the CAI in. But if you then turn around and tell everyone you get 30mpgs on average, that's VERY misleading. Might as well slap an SS badge on it while you're at it.

Not misleading, are you aware of the way the EPA qualifies (30)HWY MPG?

[meissen]

I understand that one of the factors the EPA uses is sustained speeds on a warm engine, but it also includes stop and go as part of the testing.

[lcrngrs]

Originally Posted by meissen

I wouldn't say that most 30+ claimers are exaggerating, but the OP is definitely lieing if he tells people he gets 30mpgs on average... You can't claim you're achieving 30mpgs when you get to cruising speed and then reset the Average MPGs on the DIC. An exact analogy would be if I reset my DIC while going down hill and it says 99mpg. I can't claim 99mpg then - that's cheap. I'm sorry but sustaining 70mph in 6th gear and claiming that as your average MPGs is NOT accurate what so ever. The moment you come to a complete stop and take off you're going to lose MPGs. If it was as easy as getting to speed on the freeway and then resetting the meter wouldn't you think all the OEMs would do that?

That said - I understand the point of what the OP is doing to get a baseline before putting the CAI in. But if you then turn around and tell everyone you get 30mpgs on average, that's VERY misleading. Might as well slap an SS badge on it while you're at it.

That's exactly what I have been saying all along. I base my mileage on what I get per tankful not individual trips. We can skew numbers anyway till sunday but the bottom line is what it costs to fill up and how far we were able to travel.