Mileage per tank with the V6T

[Ace]

So after driving around with a shitty audi diesel from work for a while it's time to make a decision.
Thinking about getting a S5.
But I am really curious what the V6 engine let's you do per tank.
Normal driving that is.
Doing an hour long trip to work every day.
So wanna get a rough idea what to expect should I make the move away from a company car back to something I actually want to drive in.

Found some number from the V8, but I expect a bit more out of the V6.

[Rshane]

I get usually between 300-320 per tank in my S4...not sure if it weighs more than the S5. My morning drive is easy, only one on the road at 0400; afternoons is traffic city with lots of stop and go...on the highway. I did get a little over 400 miles on a tank during a road trip.

[pr1malr8ge]

I have yet to do a per tank as I normaly fill up around 1/2 1/3rd left. How ever When driving to work and speeds at around 60-65mph I'm getting 26-28mpg according to the trip computer.

[14S4GWM]

[LINDW4LL]

Saying "per tank" is quite ambiguous considering not everyone is filling up with the same amount of fuel remaining, and also few people run their tanks to empty.

Manually calculated MPG is the only way to accurately compare.

[Hy Octane]

Depending on how hard I hit the GO pedal, I usually get around 14-16 mpg in the city and regularly see over 30mpg on hiway trips..

[Vanimal]

I wouldn't trust that trip computer estimator lol. It says I get 17-19mpg on my S5 "V8" sometimes if my fiancée drives the car in "D" in the city. Compared to me manually paddle shifting the car. Next thing you know I'm filling up when empty and got 250 miles on the tank lol. I don't rev the RPMs that high up often either unless a highway merge. Or doing a weekly it Italian tuneup real fast to assure the carbon is moving . I can probably get 300 if I do a lot of highway driving.

I've seen some highway trips say 25mpg which if true would be REALLY good in my case with the 4.2. I've read the V6T & V8 are closer than many think. I'd say it's safe to say you'd get another 30-40 miles or so from the V6T compares to the 4.2 with similar driving.


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[AbeViator]

I used to average about 18-19 MPG CITY, and 24-25 MPG HWY. My S5 was DSG and I had an intake and exhaust system on my car. If I got on the gas a lot, the MPG drops a little bit and have seen as low as 22MPG HWY/15MPG CITY.

[IbisB8.5S4]

i drive 90% highway and get about 22-23MPG average per tank. i usually fill up when it hits 300milesish on the tank. I think the tanks should have been a couple gallons bigger IMO

[Luis_Heineken]

what app is this?

[14S4GWM]

^ Roadtrip

[drdrewusaf]

[Sweep]

Damn your gas is CHEAP

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[drdrewusaf]

Damn your gas is CHEAP

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And that's 93 Octane. I guess Texas is alright in at least one category.


Drew

[14S4GWM]

And that's 93 Octane. I guess Texas is alright in at least one category.


Drew

Ship or tanker to the refinery then directly to the pump. Lucky you.

[Vanimal]

Almost $2.90 in PA right now for 93 last time I filled .


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[dseag2]

This looks like my mileage as well. Mix of city/highway. Sometimes up to 22 MPG.

I have noticed the S5 has a relatively small tank. Seems like I am always filling it up, and I don't even commute.

[HazeMyth]

Maybe 2 miles of my commute every day are highway miles, and the other 10 each day are on side roads. I average 200-220 per tank, and I typically read 50-60 miles left when I fill up. If I do all highway miles and I'm not goosing it, I've seen as much as 380 on a single tank, which is actually quite nice when you consider my "miles left" gauge never tells me more than 365 miles when I top off.

I am at high altitude, and there's arguments both ways regarding how gas mileage is impacted by the high altitude. Some say that the thinner air reduces drag and improves mileage, while others argue that since the engine is working harder you get worse mileage. I've always found that forced induction vehicles, especially turbos, get quite a bit higher MPG than what a manufacturer claims, while naturally aspirated vehicles get less. My STI was rated for 24 MPH highway and I usually average 28 to 29 on the highway, and that was with stage 2 mods and goosing the pedal pretty regularly.

[vwblackb5]

super lulz .. I avg 15-16spg #becauseracecar

[drdrewusaf]

This looks like my mileage as well. Mix of city/highway. Sometimes up to 22 MPG.

I have noticed the S5 has a relatively small tank. Seems like I am always filling it up, and I don't even commute.

Yeah, I'm about 50/50 city/highway with 5 MPH traffic on the way home from work. Anything you see in that pic above 21 MPG is because, at some point in that particular week, I had a 20-30 minute highway drive that is not normally part of the work week (or I had good luck all week with traffic and stop lights). Over the life of the car I've actually averaged just over 21 MPG.

When I drove my car from WA to TX, I averaged 25.5 MPG for the trip, but that's the best I've done.


Drew

[SixShifter]

This is the first, and so far 'only', new car I've ever owned which didn't exceed/hasn't exceeded the est. highway miles by at least 2 mpg from day one. Only once have I managed to get 30mpg, and that was on the final leg of my second trip back from Texas to PA this past December (str8 up I-81 fueling at Bristol TN to home) sitting at a constant 70mph with just over 30K on the odo. I find the 'true' mpg is normally 1 to 1 1/2 mpg under what the computer states. Even my small block '08 Vette got 30 mpg between York PA and Baltimore ... of course that drive was basically 95% highway driving with only one traffic light (in the parking lot) and stop signs which didn't exist at 4:30 in the morning. I'm currently getting around 25 with normally 4 50 mile runs mixed in with local driving per tankful.

[HazeMyth]

^ I managed to get 59.5 MPG all the way up to Denver Airport, which is about an 80 mile drive for me. I picked up my friend, and he wanted me to do bad things on the way home, so I averaged about 13 on the way home. Denver is technically down hill for us, and I was wayyyy easy on the pedal all the way up.

I have no idea why or how I managed to get it that high. I should have taken a picture, because no one will believe me except for other person that saw my gauge.