[jcp123]

Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy

Ours is 2WD, but I can't imagine that alone being worth that many MPGs.

He also gets better MPG in Mazdas than Hondas, despite Hondas being more fuel efficient.

Who knows. Lots of variables there. That thing was such a junker from day one (I mean this quite literally), that it was deleted from the driveway with 19,000 miles on the clock. Was it running correctly? Did it ever even fully break in? The AWD setup eliminated the room for a spare, so it ran run-flats, but they were toast by 7500 miles - low tread and delaminating. She ran regular tires and bought a wheel and tire to carry in the back. Who knows how that affected it? And to be honest, my best trip was IIRC around 23mpg, but that was traveling from the South Bay Area, up and down the coastal range, and down the PCH to Big Sur, so not the best of terrain. Maybe I'm being a bit unfair to it, but then it gave nobody in the household reason to think very highly of it.

All I know is that my Chrysler can beat the pants off of it