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I support the mileage reported here. 19-20mpg around town for me.
On the highway, I have repeated the same 350 mile drive (700 round trip) about 6 times over the past 12 months. Sometimes with the roof rails on, sometimes without. Sometimes with just me in the car, sometimes heavily loaded with construction parts/tools. On the highway I get 28 mpg when pretty loaded, and 29 when it's just me (165 lbs). Tailwind definitely helps but unless it's a strong tail/headwind it won't make a dramatic difference. Roof rails were on for about half of the drives and didn't make a difference in my experience, even though I expected them to.
Things that improved fuel economy for me:
1) lowering the vehicle. I'm lowered about 2" on ABT HAS springs
2) 034 Stage 1 tune (93 octane profile)
3) running 93 octane vs 91 (and the associated profile change to the tune)
I would say that all three of these made noticable improvements to gas mileage. I made trips with and without each of the changes. I'd give each of these improvements about 1/2 mpg nod of improvement.
I support the mileage reported here. 19-20mpg around town for me.
On the highway, I have repeated the same 350 mile drive (700 round trip) about 6 times over the past 12 months. Sometimes with the roof rails on, sometimes without. Sometimes with just me in the car, sometimes heavily loaded with construction parts/tools. On the highway I get 28 mpg when pretty loaded, and 29 when it's just me (165 lbs). Tailwind definitely helps but unless it's a strong tail/headwind it won't make a dramatic difference. Roof rails were on for about half of the drives and didn't make a difference in my experience, even though I expected them to.
Things that improved fuel economy for me:
1) lowering the vehicle. I'm lowered about 2" on ABT HAS springs
2) 034 Stage 1 tune (93 octane profile)
3) running 93 octane vs 91 (and the associated profile change to the tune)
I would say that all three of these made noticable improvements to gas mileage. I made trips with and without each of the changes. I'd give each of these improvements about 1/2 mpg nod of improvement.
2018 SQ5... mainly driven in Auto mode but occasionally switch to Sport mode for fun... 22-24 MPG consistently for me... not bad.. not great.. but ok given the v6 and performance... no complaint on how the car performs. Just wish I could use regular fuel at gas prices continue to remain super high for premium.
What speed and RPM are you guys holding for your gas mileage? Are you using cruise control or your foot?
I usually see less than 14mpg around the city (tight city, tight traffic) but on the open road If I keep it between 58 and 65mph at around 1500rpm I can get 28mpg - but If i have somewhere to be and I'm doing 80ish that drops to 20 - 22mpg.
I just go the 034 tune and I'm very interested to see how that effects my mileage. I'm at 20.9mpg over the life of the car (about 16k miles).
I have a Birthday road trip coming up and I'm going to see what kind of Mileage I can squeeze out of her.
To the people ****ting on people talking about mpg with a performance car - MPG is just another aspect of performance. A true performance person would want to see top numbers in every category - even if we know we give up some of column A to get more in column B.
In a perfect world I'd have a car that could run 10 second 1/4 miles, rip up a track, and still get 30mpg home while listening to bumping tunes and enjoying a soft ride.
The SQ5 is the closest I've come to having it all and I'm slowly building her to try to achieve everything.
The last two fill-ups (820 miles total), I've gotten 30.5 mpg - pretty much my summer average. Before I switched to the Michelin Pilot Sport AS4, my mileage was at least .5 mpg better.
I'm using 91 ethanol free with the APR tune. The tune itself has given a 1 mpg bump. The biggest negative hit for me at home is winter gas. Add to this winter tires and then snow / wet roads, and my mileage tumbles to 28 mpg for the winter. Long road trips actually are less efficient for me. Driving at 75 mph with many short trips at our destination drops it to 26 - 27 mpg. I know I am a complete outlier, but my record keeping allows me to track the impacts none-the-less. I empathize wirh those of you who regularly drive city traffic. If I did, I wouldn't be tracking my mileage carefully. It wouldn't be satisfying.
I have actual numbers, computed for every fill-up since I bought the car in May 2018.
Granted, 150 mpg was only for 8.1 miles... but still.
43.8 mpg was after pulling into my garage after the 22.7 mile ride home.
You can probably guess that I live next to a ski resort and the trip was, of course, the ride home. It's a nice hike up the mountain and a beautiful view:
Granted, 150 mpg was only for 8.1 miles... but still.
43.8 mpg was after pulling into my garage after the 22.7 mile ride home.
You can probably guess that I live next to a ski resort and the trip was, of course, the ride home. It's a nice hike up the mountain and a beautiful view:
05-23-2023, 06:46 AM
