Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
'06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
one instead of the Elantra.

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Smee wrote:
> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car from
> Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about 1100
> miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have an
> Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I drove
> 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set between 70-80
> mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the trip computer
> said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the car was the
> control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for tilt and open as
> opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept getting the feeling it
> wasn't closed properly). If I had known the Sonata was this roomy and
> got such good gas mileage I would have bought one instead of the Elantra.

Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
running at those speeds.


Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Smee wrote:
> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car from
> Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about 1100
> miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have an
> Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I drove
> 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set between 70-80
> mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the trip computer
> said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the car was the
> control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for tilt and open as
> opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept getting the feeling it
> wasn't closed properly). If I had known the Sonata was this roomy and
> got such good gas mileage I would have bought one instead of the Elantra.

Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
running at those speeds.


Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Smee wrote:
> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car from
> Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about 1100
> miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have an
> Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I drove
> 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set between 70-80
> mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the trip computer
> said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the car was the
> control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for tilt and open as
> opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept getting the feeling it
> wasn't closed properly). If I had known the Sonata was this roomy and
> got such good gas mileage I would have bought one instead of the Elantra.

Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
running at those speeds.


Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Matt Whiting wrote:
> Smee wrote:
>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>
> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
> running at those speeds.

An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Matt Whiting wrote:
> Smee wrote:
>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>
> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
> running at those speeds.

An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Matt Whiting wrote:
> Smee wrote:
>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>
> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40 MPG
> running at those speeds.

An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Matt Whiting wrote:
>
>> Smee wrote:
>>
>>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>>
>>
>> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40
>> MPG running at those speeds.
>
>
> An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Agreed. I could at least possibly believe though than an Accent could
do it. It is just not possible with a Sonata.

Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Matt Whiting wrote:
>
>> Smee wrote:
>>
>>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>>
>>
>> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40
>> MPG running at those speeds.
>
>
> An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Agreed. I could at least possibly believe though than an Accent could
do it. It is just not possible with a Sonata.

Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

Brian Nystrom wrote:

> Matt Whiting wrote:
>
>> Smee wrote:
>>
>>> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>>> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>>> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>>> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>>> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I
>>> have an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it
>>> was. I drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control
>>> set between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in
>>> the trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about
>>> the car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches
>>> for tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>>> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>>> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have
>>> bought one instead of the Elantra.
>>
>>
>> Something is wrong with that trip computer. No way a Sonata got 40
>> MPG running at those speeds.
>
>
> An Elantra won't do it either and I doubt that an Accent could.

Agreed. I could at least possibly believe though than an Accent could
do it. It is just not possible with a Sonata.

Matt

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:06:06 -0400, Smee <farkoff@mac.com> wrote:

>Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>'06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
>an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
>drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
>between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
>trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
>car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
>tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
>one instead of the Elantra.


The trip computer is obviously wrong.

The best you can expect at those speeds is ~25mpg.

It's unusual for the trip tech to be that far off. Mine usually agrees with
actual miles/gallons within less than 1mpg. Most other Sonata owners are
reporting it's very accurate on the highway.
--
Bob

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:06:06 -0400, Smee <farkoff@mac.com> wrote:

>Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>'06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
>an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
>drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
>between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
>trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
>car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
>tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
>one instead of the Elantra.


The trip computer is obviously wrong.

The best you can expect at those speeds is ~25mpg.

It's unusual for the trip tech to be that far off. Mine usually agrees with
actual miles/gallons within less than 1mpg. Most other Sonata owners are
reporting it's very accurate on the highway.
--
Bob

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:06:06 -0400, Smee <farkoff@mac.com> wrote:

>Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
>'06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
>bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
>from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
>1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
>an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
>drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
>between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
>trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
>car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
>tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
>getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
>Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
>one instead of the Elantra.


The trip computer is obviously wrong.

The best you can expect at those speeds is ~25mpg.

It's unusual for the trip tech to be that far off. Mine usually agrees with
actual miles/gallons within less than 1mpg. Most other Sonata owners are
reporting it's very accurate on the highway.
--
Bob

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

"Smee" <farkoff@mac.com> wrote in message
news:2006061121060616807-farkoff@maccom...
> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
> an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
> drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
> between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
> trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
> car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
> tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
> one instead of the Elantra.

The trip computer has 2 data points that begin with Avg MP.... are you sure
you weren't looking at the Average MP(H)our reading instead of the
MP(G)allon page? I took mine on a trip to Atlanta this week and according to
the computer, I averaged 26.5 MPG and 35MPH for the trip with probably 70%
freeway and 30% city/county roads. I could easily see your average being
40MPH or better with a higher percentage/duration of freeway time.

Just a thought anyway.

Re: Trip report '06 Sonata
 

"Smee" <farkoff@mac.com> wrote in message
news:2006061121060616807-farkoff@maccom...
> Just recently returned from vacation, and the rental car I had was an
> '06 Sonata V6 with 1179 miles on it. I picked the car up in Denver a
> bit disappointed since I was hoping for a Mustang. I drove the car
> from Denver to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and put about
> 1100 miles on the car. I was surprised by the size of the car (I have
> an Elantra '05 hatch) it seemed much bigger then I thought it was. I
> drove 98% of the time on the highway with the cruise control set
> between 70-80 mph and the AC on, by the time I turned the car in the
> trip computer said I was getting 40MPG. My only complaint about the
> car was the control for the sunroof, I prefer separate switches for
> tilt and open as opposed to the one switch in the Sonata (I kept
> getting the feeling it wasn't closed properly). If I had known the
> Sonata was this roomy and got such good gas mileage I would have bought
> one instead of the Elantra.

The trip computer has 2 data points that begin with Avg MP.... are you sure
you weren't looking at the Average MP(H)our reading instead of the
MP(G)allon page? I took mine on a trip to Atlanta this week and according to
the computer, I averaged 26.5 MPG and 35MPH for the trip with probably 70%
freeway and 30% city/county roads. I could easily see your average being
40MPH or better with a higher percentage/duration of freeway time.

Just a thought anyway.