GTcarz - Automotive forums for cars & trucks. - 2008 Santa Fe FWD 6C Mileage Issue

On 2008-10-22 14:14:10 -0400, Bob M <r.mariotti@fdcx.net> said:

> Slim wrote:
>> Since I live in NYC, my city driving is sloooow.
>>
> For comparison - I drive highway most of the time with little city stop and
> go. The trip computer displas 22.? - 23.high MOST of the time. If I
> calculate gallonage and distance to derive fuel mileage it comes out almost
> exactly the same.
>
> Now, my daughter lives in Brooklyn NY. When I drive to visit her, about 120
> miles each way, my trip computer will average 18 mpg. That's averaging so
> in traffic, the BQE, Flatbush Ave, I must be getting <12.
>
> So, as you can see, driving type makes a significant difference.
> Unfortunately that's true with virtually every car. I also have an '02
> PT
> Cruiser 4-Cyl, 5 Sp and I can't even get as good mileage with it than I can
> with the Santa Fe.
> Hope this helps somewhat.

I agree 100%.

None of the other cars I have owned have had such a difference between
the "sticker" MPG and actual I was getting.

My Santa Fe does not have a mileage calculator, so my analysis is based
on my miles on the tripmeter and gas pumped at fillups.

I am not happy getting only 2/3% of the stated MPG when on all my other
cars its been closer to 3/4%.

All I wanted was to ask if others were getting poor MPG on their Santa Fe's.

Thanks for your time.

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