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Dang, i should've chimed in sooner! I haven't been active on the forum lately because I was tucked away at my office during tax season.
The WRX is capable of decent mpg numbers. Yes, I've only cracked 30mpg a few times since I've had my car since 2013, but that is simply because my commute hides its true potential.
My last job was located on the top of a big hill. Commuting downhill to home and using EOC, I've achieved 36-38 trip mpg. However, the uphill commute to work, I could only achieve 31-32mpg. Throw in weekend driving, my averages were typically 27-29mpg.
Then I got a new job that was 50 miles away. I decided to garage the STI and take the train to work. Therefore, most of my driving was city driving, thus my average tanked to around 24-25mpg.
However, decided to take on the 50mile commute to my new job = more highway miles. I can achieve 32-33 trip mpg on my typical commute. I recently updated my fuel log and my last 3 tanks were 30.99, 31.24, and 30.57 mpg. Not bad considering that the last ¼ of my commute is stop and go Los Angeles traffic.
I recently negotiated with my bosses to let me come to work later in the mornings, that way I can avoid the early morning rush hour traffic. This should definitely boost up my mpg averages.
Now that tax season is over, I’ll probably split my time driving/taking the train to save wear and tear on my car.
30-31 mpg in the world of Ecomodding is not such a great feat, however, it's still 53% better than EPA. I always remind myself that:
Yes you CAN have a 300hp, turbo, AWD monster AND get similar mpg (32.1mpg per Fuelly.com) as a typical Honda Civic driver.
I like having my cake and eating it too.
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