acadianbob

3.0T 23 mixed; 28 highway

JonRS4

We are right in that ballpark too. Did hit 30 mpg (US Gallon) on one particularly dull stretch of I-5.

rjrdomer

I have a 2013 Q5 2.0T P+, put 93 octane in at all times. 5,100 miles on the odometer currently. Have owned the car 9 months.

I get gas mileage closer to this as well. I live in the NYC metro area so do some local city, very urbran driving and can get around 17 or 18 in the stop and go, lights, parking, idling, etc.

If I leave my house and do about 20-30 minutes urban and the rest semi-urban highway to my destination NY/NJ/CT area (not talking highways like the mountain states people think of when they hear highway). I can usually get about 25 or 26. I don't think I've ever averaged anything better than that. I have yet to take the car on a very long continuous road trip. Did NYC to Boston once and averaged around 26. But those who have driven that, know traffic randomly comes to a stop every 20 minutes for no apparent reason. A 200 mile trip can take 5 hours easily.

I don't drive the car too hard, other than the normal hard driving that the city warrants. I typically don't push it otherwise.

I am a bit disappointed in the true gas mileage I get, but I don't think it would be better in any comparable car in its class. I'm sure if I took it on an I-80 straight roadtrip through the midwest, I could get close to 80 mpg in Ohio and places like that.

I didn't see much of an improvement after the "break-in period" and with today's engines, I'm not so convinced there is a true break-in period anymore.

oltmannd

The car weighs over 4000 lbs. I'm amazed the gas mileage is that good!

kooldami

Does any of you remember what you saw in first few 100 miles?
I just got my 2.0T yesterday and haven't driven beyond 100 miles yet but only seen mpg less than 15~ in pure city driving. Not really concerned but wondering about others' experience in the beginning.

pkalltheway2000

i have a 2013 audi q5 2.0t myself....
the car consumes a LOT of gas for the first 10 minutues (when engine is cold and warmed up)...

you gotta continue drive it for about 15 minutes after the engine warmed up and you will see better gas mileage..

city drive is super bad with q5 especially stop and go traffic...

rjrdomer

I'm not complaining overall. The car is great on gas, but the sales people at Audi like to tout their 20 city and 28 highway EPA gas mileage. And then people here say they can average 30+. I just wanted to highlight my different experience.

Q5 Bob

I just got my best gas mileage last week. I hit an even 28 mpg on a flat stretch of interstate, doing 67, 3 people in the car and no luggage. It dropped below that shortly after that stretch. I usually get 26-27 on the highway.

pkalltheway2000

q5 is great on gas as a highway cruising car...
not so in city with lots of stop and go...

my q5 2.0t can achieve 850km on a full tank....(this is purely highway driving)

in city, its about 550-600km on a full tank (pure city driving)

cluless

My 2013 3.0T now has 2200 miles. Last weekend I took a 300 mile trip in the the mountains in Northern California. Starting and ending elevation was 180 feet. In the middle my highest elevation was 5900 feet. Many little passes less than that were mixed in. Mostly two lane curvy roads. Speeds were approx 60 mph. To curvy and to many deer to warrant faster driving. The trip 2 computer said 26.7 mpg. Actual was 25.9 mpg.

Straight and flat stretches yield about 27-28 mpg at 65 mph.

I came across an interesting anomaly about the 2 trip computers. One day I reset both trip computers at the same time. I then drove to work( 7 miles and 15 minutes). Trip 1 and 2 said approx 24 mpg on the way there. My route home that night was the exact route and time duration. Again trip 1 said approx 24 mpg for trip home(trip 1 computer automatically resets after engine has been off for more than 2 hours). But, trip 2(accounting for both trips) said 21.7 mpg. Simple math states that trip 2 should be about 24 mpg. Not sure what caused discrepancy. After a week of commuting trip 2 was most accurate(actual 20.8)