Matt Whiting

Barry Scott wrote:
> I haven't kept a good record, but that sounds similar to what I'm
> getting. I remember a low of 26.2 and a high of 28.4. I've got the GLS
> 4-cylinder auto (one of the first made in Alabama, which is where I
> live) and closing in on 2500 miles. All of the driving so far has been
> commuting to/from work, about a 35-mile trip with about 20 miles
> highway. Part of the city driving is through a major road construction
> zone, so lots of stop and go and slow moving. I'd like to get out on the
> highway for a longer trip just to see how it does. I'm a little
> disappointed in the MPG so far, given the 24/33 rating. I had been
> getting 24-27 MPG with the '94 Camry (175,000) that I traded in for the
> Sonata. Overall, though, I'm very pleased with the new car.

Well, matching your Camry isn't too bad, although I think the new
Camry's do a little better than the old.


> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after each
> fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.

I don't have a computer onboard so all of mine are done by hand and I
can't offer you anything here.

Matt

Eric G.

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in
news:mQcCf.5594$lb.483321@news1.epix.net:

>
> I just made my 4th fill-up since buying my Sonata GL 4 cylinder/5
> speed.
> Here is the data:
>
> tank 1 27.04
> tank 2 29.39
> tank 3 27.01
> tank 4 26.90
> -----
> Average 27.46
>
> Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. The EPA rating is 24/34 and I
> drive 70-80% highway. Hopefully, more miles and warmer weather this
> summer will bump this up a little. My 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager
> with the 3.3L V-6 and automatic transmission (and 178,000 miles!) was
> getting 22 MPG before its demise. Only getting 5 MPG more than the
> much larger van is a touch disappointing.
>
> What are others experiencing with their Sonatas?
>
>
> Matt
>

Unfortunately, I am reading this at work, and don't have all of my data
in front of me, but my mileage curve with the V6 has been similar to
yours. Basically subtract 4 MPG from your numbers and you've got mine.
Which follows the EPA difference of 4 MPG in the V6's 20/30 MPG rating.

I am just shy of 6,000 miles, however, and my mileage has been steadily
DECREASING. As I have noticed in my previous Hyundais, this seems to be
the trend until you get close to 10,000 miles when things improve
greatly.

I am also disappointed with my results, I must admit, but I consider it
a trade off. Either you pay much more up front for a Toyota or Honda,
that probably get better mileage "out of the box", or you pay for it on
the back end with Hyundai in the form of gasoline payments.

Buying a comparable Japanese car would have cost me $8,000-$10,000 more
up front. That will buy a lot of gas.

Otherwise, I can't find anything other than minor/ergonomic flaws with
the car.

Eric

Eric G.

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in
news:mQcCf.5594$lb.483321@news1.epix.net:

>
> I just made my 4th fill-up since buying my Sonata GL 4 cylinder/5
> speed.
> Here is the data:
>
> tank 1 27.04
> tank 2 29.39
> tank 3 27.01
> tank 4 26.90
> -----
> Average 27.46
>
> Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. The EPA rating is 24/34 and I
> drive 70-80% highway. Hopefully, more miles and warmer weather this
> summer will bump this up a little. My 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager
> with the 3.3L V-6 and automatic transmission (and 178,000 miles!) was
> getting 22 MPG before its demise. Only getting 5 MPG more than the
> much larger van is a touch disappointing.
>
> What are others experiencing with their Sonatas?
>
>
> Matt
>

Unfortunately, I am reading this at work, and don't have all of my data
in front of me, but my mileage curve with the V6 has been similar to
yours. Basically subtract 4 MPG from your numbers and you've got mine.
Which follows the EPA difference of 4 MPG in the V6's 20/30 MPG rating.

I am just shy of 6,000 miles, however, and my mileage has been steadily
DECREASING. As I have noticed in my previous Hyundais, this seems to be
the trend until you get close to 10,000 miles when things improve
greatly.

I am also disappointed with my results, I must admit, but I consider it
a trade off. Either you pay much more up front for a Toyota or Honda,
that probably get better mileage "out of the box", or you pay for it on
the back end with Hyundai in the form of gasoline payments.

Buying a comparable Japanese car would have cost me $8,000-$10,000 more
up front. That will buy a lot of gas.

Otherwise, I can't find anything other than minor/ergonomic flaws with
the car.

Eric

Eric G.

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in
news:mQcCf.5594$lb.483321@news1.epix.net:

>
> I just made my 4th fill-up since buying my Sonata GL 4 cylinder/5
> speed.
> Here is the data:
>
> tank 1 27.04
> tank 2 29.39
> tank 3 27.01
> tank 4 26.90
> -----
> Average 27.46
>
> Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. The EPA rating is 24/34 and I
> drive 70-80% highway. Hopefully, more miles and warmer weather this
> summer will bump this up a little. My 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager
> with the 3.3L V-6 and automatic transmission (and 178,000 miles!) was
> getting 22 MPG before its demise. Only getting 5 MPG more than the
> much larger van is a touch disappointing.
>
> What are others experiencing with their Sonatas?
>
>
> Matt
>

Unfortunately, I am reading this at work, and don't have all of my data
in front of me, but my mileage curve with the V6 has been similar to
yours. Basically subtract 4 MPG from your numbers and you've got mine.
Which follows the EPA difference of 4 MPG in the V6's 20/30 MPG rating.

I am just shy of 6,000 miles, however, and my mileage has been steadily
DECREASING. As I have noticed in my previous Hyundais, this seems to be
the trend until you get close to 10,000 miles when things improve
greatly.

I am also disappointed with my results, I must admit, but I consider it
a trade off. Either you pay much more up front for a Toyota or Honda,
that probably get better mileage "out of the box", or you pay for it on
the back end with Hyundai in the form of gasoline payments.

Buying a comparable Japanese car would have cost me $8,000-$10,000 more
up front. That will buy a lot of gas.

Otherwise, I can't find anything other than minor/ergonomic flaws with
the car.

Eric

Brian Nystrom

Tom wrote:
> After 4000 miles of a mix of in-town and highway driving, my computer shows
> 24.8 mpg for the 4 cylinder version. It's really obvious if you watch the
> computer how in-town driving drags down the average. That's where driving
> technique has so much to do with it. Stomp on the gas and suffer. Ease on
> the gas and enjoy.

Turn off the engine at stop lights and watch your mileage go way up.

Brian Nystrom

Tom wrote:
> After 4000 miles of a mix of in-town and highway driving, my computer shows
> 24.8 mpg for the 4 cylinder version. It's really obvious if you watch the
> computer how in-town driving drags down the average. That's where driving
> technique has so much to do with it. Stomp on the gas and suffer. Ease on
> the gas and enjoy.

Turn off the engine at stop lights and watch your mileage go way up.

Brian Nystrom

Tom wrote:
> After 4000 miles of a mix of in-town and highway driving, my computer shows
> 24.8 mpg for the 4 cylinder version. It's really obvious if you watch the
> computer how in-town driving drags down the average. That's where driving
> technique has so much to do with it. Stomp on the gas and suffer. Ease on
> the gas and enjoy.

Turn off the engine at stop lights and watch your mileage go way up.

Eric G.

Barry Scott <scottbn@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:sCgCf.342$IV2.117@fe05.lga:

> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after
> each fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.
>
> Barry

My computer also reports a bit higher mileage, but I've found it to be in
the neighborhood of 0.1 MPG. I consider that to be pretty accurate
actually.

While I've personally never owned another car with a MPG computer in it, I
have rented several that seemed to be off by as much as 5 MPG one way or
the other.

I think the cost would be prohibitve to install something more accurate
than what we have.

Eric

Eric G.

Barry Scott <scottbn@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:sCgCf.342$IV2.117@fe05.lga:

> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after
> each fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.
>
> Barry

My computer also reports a bit higher mileage, but I've found it to be in
the neighborhood of 0.1 MPG. I consider that to be pretty accurate
actually.

While I've personally never owned another car with a MPG computer in it, I
have rented several that seemed to be off by as much as 5 MPG one way or
the other.

I think the cost would be prohibitve to install something more accurate
than what we have.

Eric

Eric G.

Barry Scott <scottbn@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:sCgCf.342$IV2.117@fe05.lga:

> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after
> each fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.
>
> Barry

My computer also reports a bit higher mileage, but I've found it to be in
the neighborhood of 0.1 MPG. I consider that to be pretty accurate
actually.

While I've personally never owned another car with a MPG computer in it, I
have rented several that seemed to be off by as much as 5 MPG one way or
the other.

I think the cost would be prohibitve to install something more accurate
than what we have.

Eric

Brian Nystrom

Barry Scott wrote:
> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after each
> fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.

It sounds like the computer in my Elantra. While it's generally within
..5 MPG of the calculated mileage, it's been off by as much as 3 MPG at
times. Some of that is due to variations in gas pumps, but that's not
enough to explain all of the variation.

Brian Nystrom

Barry Scott wrote:
> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after each
> fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.

It sounds like the computer in my Elantra. While it's generally within
..5 MPG of the calculated mileage, it's been off by as much as 3 MPG at
times. Some of that is due to variations in gas pumps, but that's not
enough to explain all of the variation.

Brian Nystrom

Barry Scott wrote:
> I've also noticed that the computer MPG on the GLS seems to be higher
> than what I've calculated by hand. I have been resetting this after each
> fill-up. Have wondered if others have noticed differences.

It sounds like the computer in my Elantra. While it's generally within
..5 MPG of the calculated mileage, it's been off by as much as 3 MPG at
times. Some of that is due to variations in gas pumps, but that's not
enough to explain all of the variation.

bop@aol.com

I have a 2006 GLS4 that is new. We took a trip on the hilly Taconic
Parkway in NY with the temps 30-40F. Each way was 147 miles, so about
350 RT. I drove at 55mph or less with my wife and some luggage.This
was almost all open road driving. I topped the tank off at the start
and finish. We averaged 34mpg. The car had only about 250 miles at the
start of the trip. Johnboy





On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:21:54 GMT, Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net>
wrote:

>
>I just made my 4th fill-up since buying my Sonata GL 4 cylinder/5 speed.
> Here is the data:
>
>tank 1 27.04
>tank 2 29.39
>tank 3 27.01
>tank 4 26.90
> -----
>Average 27.46
>
>Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. The EPA rating is 24/34 and I
>drive 70-80% highway. Hopefully, more miles and warmer weather this
>summer will bump this up a little. My 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager with
>the 3.3L V-6 and automatic transmission (and 178,000 miles!) was getting
>22 MPG before its demise. Only getting 5 MPG more than the much larger
>van is a touch disappointing.
>
>What are others experiencing with their Sonatas?
>
>
>Matt

bop@aol.com

I have a 2006 GLS4 that is new. We took a trip on the hilly Taconic
Parkway in NY with the temps 30-40F. Each way was 147 miles, so about
350 RT. I drove at 55mph or less with my wife and some luggage.This
was almost all open road driving. I topped the tank off at the start
and finish. We averaged 34mpg. The car had only about 250 miles at the
start of the trip. Johnboy





On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:21:54 GMT, Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net>
wrote:

>
>I just made my 4th fill-up since buying my Sonata GL 4 cylinder/5 speed.
> Here is the data:
>
>tank 1 27.04
>tank 2 29.39
>tank 3 27.01
>tank 4 26.90
> -----
>Average 27.46
>
>Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. The EPA rating is 24/34 and I
>drive 70-80% highway. Hopefully, more miles and warmer weather this
>summer will bump this up a little. My 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager with
>the 3.3L V-6 and automatic transmission (and 178,000 miles!) was getting
>22 MPG before its demise. Only getting 5 MPG more than the much larger
>van is a touch disappointing.
>
>What are others experiencing with their Sonatas?
>
>
>Matt