POST YOUR MILEAGE! (4.2 V8 S4 only)

[sakimano]

I've heard a bunch of different reports on mileage, so I thought I'd start a simple poll. The 'measure' will be the car's computer...most notably the 'average MPG' function for the computer that runs long term without resetting. On my 2007 I think it's #2...the #1 computer resets every day.

Some will be super low because of all city/all aggressive driving...some will be too high because of all highway driving. Doesn't matter, because we're polling a bunch of drivers, so we should get a good enough data pool to give us all an idea where we stand.

I've differentiated between TIP and MT6. This will also serve as a 'what transmission do you have' poll, since we differentiated.


Just round to the nearest answer (i.e. 14.4 = 14; 16.5 = 17). I average 16.8 mpg...so 17.

[...Mark...]

Stopped paying attention to my gas mileage after the first week of ownership.. It was to depressing..lol

My guess is i am in the 15-17mpg window. I do mostly local driving though. My cars a Tip.

[CanuckRS]

I never pay attention, i just try to walk more and drive less to save on fuel. Unless i'm in the mood for some fun of course.

[Silver B6 S4]

Mine says 14.5, so 15 mpg. Im only 6 miles from work.(4 miles highway, 2 miles city)

Also, my car is a 6mt.

[B6bomber]

The meter says 21.8 but that must be because the previous owner drove like a grandma, I get about 15, but who cares I didn't buy my car because it was cost effective, I bought her because she is a B6Bomber

[WinterRunner]

I average about 16.7 or so. Almost always falls in the 15-17 mpg range. I do a mix of city and HW miles, and commute around 70 miles daily. Tip here.

[Lugi20]

17-ish MT6 here. Plenty good.

[B18b1ex]

Sometimes 10 mpg MT6

[91gl]

with my stock exhaust on im averaging mid 11s, when i had my straight pipes i was averaging over 15.

[D.K]

I think my #2 display is showing somewhere in the 14-15 range, but I'm not sure. I don't even pay attention to MPG anymore. I do know that I can consistently get 300+ miles to a tank on the highway while running 80+, and an actual calculation has shown close to 22 MPG.
'05 MT6

[beemercer]

According to the trip computer I average about 17.5-18ish mpg on a 6MT, granted I lug the engine in like 5th or 6th the whole time except for when I wanna have some fun.

[road race s4]

Are those trip meters right on the Audi right on the money or they guesstimate?

I always divide whatever distance I traveled since last fill up by the number of gallons it took to fill it back up.

I just did it the other day with an 08 Lexus LS600h. The trip computer said 14.7mpg (and it gets reset every time I fill it up) but I got 18.5mpg using my method.

[manhattanprjkt8]

man i know what you guys mean, i just got mine and i keep looking at the fuel i am trying to stop but i cant!

Honestly i'm prob getting about 17 average...Looks to do about 22 on the highway. sucks...i am looking into a beater to put my ski and bike racks on so i dont have to always drive the s4

[sakimano]

I think the trip computer is pretty realistic for miles travelled, but not for the estimate of what you're going to get out of what is left in the tank (that's always very optimistic it seems)

[wkornfeld]

16.6 Extremely consistent across the board. 13 miles to work, 5 miles on the freeway. The rest, lights...

[joeycuccaro]

If i baby the car i will get low to at most 24 mpg (highway of course)

[cotmfk]

I was getting 19.7. Not shabby, but it was mostly highway.

[ahhhudi]

in city/highway - horrible/horrible.

But I knew the moment I bought a V8 car, I forfeited my right to complain about gas prices and consumption.

edit: actual MPG is probably around 14-15 in the city and 19-20mph on highways. 2005 B6 S4 Tip.

[manhattanprjkt8]

in city/highway - horrible/horrible.

But I knew the moment I bought a V8 car, I forfeited my right to complain about gas prices and consumption.

so true, my old bmw sucked (sorta) but this is another story...damn fun though, gotta pay to play.

[sakimano]

so far yes ... 15-17mpg is the range

interestingly 36 MT6 and 14 TIPs so far...more than 2:1 in favour of the manual

[EYE4SPEED]

I average just over 200 miles before I refill. Could push it more, but don't want to suck up any sediments. Running 93 octane from Shell only.

[B18b1ex]

Could push it more, but don't want to suck up any sediments.

???????????

[XwalkerX]

usually with all my highway driving to work and back i can squeeze about 280-320 out of the tank depending on the temp/weather....

with that said i still fill up every 3-4 days...

[...Mark...]

Stopped paying attention to my gas mileage after the first week of ownership.. It was to depressing..lol

My guess is i am in the 15-17mpg window. I do mostly local driving though. My cars a Tip.

Checked this morning and it said 15.2. I have not reset it since a road trip i did about a month back so its an accurate reading..

[sakimano]

so far the posted extremes are

HIGH - 19.7
LOW - 14.7

all these 'sometimes' and 'one time' are excluded...we're going for 'long time' average

a bunch of people have answered the poll at 13 or below (but haven't posted)

another interesting thing, the tips are outnumbered 2 to 1 still, however 4 people have answered 13 or below while only 3 MT6 owners have answered 13 or below.

So tips are the worst at the exteme, but better overall? Weird.

[sakimano]

???????????

me too

the whole 'sediment' thing never made sense to me.

if sediment is more dense than petrol, and sits at the bottom of the tank, I've got news for you...your car is constantly sucking it up...it's not like the car pumps fuel from the top of the tank only...

[bsrpilot44]

MT6 15 Mpg

[...Mark...]

me too

the whole 'sediment' thing never made sense to me.

if sediment is more dense than petrol, and sits at the bottom of the tank, I've got news for you...your car is constantly sucking it up...it's not like the car pumps fuel from the top of the tank only...

I agree 100%..

By the way i would be ten times more concerned about premature fuel pump failure than i would be with sediment, if i constantly ran my tank down past a 1/4 or 1/8th of a tank.

[VR2V8]

2008 MT6. 3,700miles. 4-6 miles roundtrip every day to work. Takes 13-15 minutes to get to work with all the stop signs and traffic lights. 4th, 5th, and 6th gears get almost no use at all. I average ~10-11mpg according to the trip computer. Think I've seen as low as 7mpg on the display when playing.

[B6bomber]

I agree 100%..

By the way i would be ten times more concerned about premature fuel pump failure than i would be with sediment, if i constantly ran my tank down past a 1/4 or 1/8th of a tank.

I too have never understood the sediment argument. I usually just try to keep my tank full since my s4 is my pleasure vehicle.

[serumk]

I see a lot of Toyota Priuses while I'm driving around town in the S4, and almost every time I see one, I laugh inside my head (or sometimes out loud), and say to myself, "Hahahaha - I'm balancing out all the fuel you're saving, asshole!"

[serumk]

me too

the whole 'sediment' thing never made sense to me.

if sediment is more dense than petrol, and sits at the bottom of the tank, I've got news for you...your car is constantly sucking it up...it's not like the car pumps fuel from the top of the tank only...

Yeah, I've seen fuel tanks after they'd been drained (50k to 100k miles on the vehicle) and I don't see sediment anywhere but OUTSIDE the tank.

I have seen dirty-as-hell fuel filters. = )

[AnthonyBREEcore]

I see a lot of Toyota Priuses while I'm driving around town in the S4, and almost every time I see one, I laugh inside my head (or sometimes out loud), and say to myself, "Hahahaha - I'm balancing out all the fuel you're saving, asshole!"

xD thats classic.

[RusRocket]

so far yes ... 15-17mpg is the range

interestingly 36 MT6 and 14 TIPs so far...more than 2:1 in favour of the manual

manual all the way! why would you even by this car with tip??

[ClarkSJ]

I track my mileage based on miles between fillups using a program called "Ultimate Car Desktop." Display usually reads about 3-4 mpg higher than actual.

My average MPG is 16.45 over 2200 miles (mostly city driving).
Max MPG: 20.68
Min MPG: 14.84

2005 S4 Tip

[poopypants]

The lowest i've ever got mine was like 5 mpg. With the new motor, i average about 18 - 20 mpg. Not the best, but not the worst either.

[Storm33]

I track mine in Excel - write the mileage on every fillup receipt and calc mileage between fillups as well as average. Not 100% accurate, but I trust it as much as the car readout.

Min = 10.9
Avg = 14.7
Max = 21.0

Qualifier: Most of my driving is city driving, stop light to stop light, short distances, moderate to aggressive driving style.

My vote: 15 mpg MT6

[...Mark...]

manual all the way! why would you even by this car with tip??

Because unlike you who lives in Colombia Maryland w/ a population of 97k, i live in Atlanta which is in the top ten of cities with the highest population, and #1 on the Forbes list of 10 worst cities for traffic..

http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/24/cit...hisspeed=25000

No. 1: Atlanta, Ga.
Here, in the fastest-growing city in America, more people flood the roadways than the infrastructure can handle. Commuters spend 60 hours a year stuck in traffic, second only to those in Los Angeles. If that weren't bad enough, Atlanta is so spread out that only 29% of drivers get to and from work in less than 20 minutes, the third worst rate in the country, and 13% spend more than an hour getting to work, the fourth worst rate in the country. The local train system doesn't service the entire city, and thus fails to relieve the pressure

[sakimano]

Because unlike you who lives in Colombia Maryland w/ a population of 97k, i live in Atlanta which is in the top ten of cities with the highest population, and #1 on the Forbes list of 10 worst cities for traffic..

http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/24/cit...hisspeed=25000

5 million people in Atlanta? I thought it was tiny...like 500,000

I've driven the S4 in a TIP and it's fine. I don't like the 'you're not driving if it's not manual' mentality. Tell that to Ferrari F1 transmission F430 drivers.

[SugarTTRS]

I average just over 200 miles before I refill. Could push it more, but don't want to suck up any sediments. Running 93 octane from Shell only.

eye like your avy! ^


i don't pay attention. maybe i should.