I had a feeling that I wasn't getting the best gas mileage. I filled up and reset my odometer. I am at half a tank and it reads 167 miles. Would anybody be able to tell me why my gas mileage is so bad. Or is this normal for a Corolla? I used to have an Altima and I got better mileage on that but the Corolla apparently has a better MPG. I just change the engine filter too. I have a 2010. Thanks
So what's the actual MPG? Go through several fuel tanks of fuel and for each tank divide the miles traveled by the gallons used and then you'll have an actual MPG number.
Roughly guessing, at half a tank that's about 6 gallons used and 167 miles divided by 6 gallons is 27.83 mpg.
The combined city/highway EPA fuel economy rating for your 2010 Corolla is 25 -31 mpg, depending on how your car is equipped -
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Powe...r2=2011&make=Toyota&model=Corolla&srchtyp=ymm
With the guessing numbers used above to roughly calculate the fuel economy, your Corolla is right in the middle of that EPA fuel economy rating. I'd say that's pretty darned good! :thumbsup:
Also, we are now being force-fed winter blend gasoline, which causes fuel economy to be reduced about 10% and that's a big hit. There are many, many factors that affect fuel economy from car to car, including the style of driving, stop and go traffic, weather conditions, etc. It is not uncommon when winter comes along for motorists to start up their vehicles and let them idle for 5-10 minutes to warm up the car and then they wonder why the fuel economy is so terrible. Well that's because when that car is sitting still with the engine running, it is delivering exactly
zero miles to the gallon and this totally blows apart any kind of decent fuel economy average.
Run a few tanks of fuel, calculate the exact fuel economy and I think you'll discover the mpg's aren't as bad as you might think. :thumbsup: