sometimes i just feel like speeding, but on my everyday drive i like to ride slow listening to some good house music

**** yea on the house music!!! Bad Boy Bill is one of my favorite house DJ's!!!

I am with you, it is about conserving resources and getting the best MPG. I live in the Boston area and drive 70 miles per day. I drive between 60 to 70 and I am getting 32 to 34 mpg. With a high of 36 and a low of 31.

"Agreed on the House Music" :thumbsup:

Usually I drive nice and easy to conserve gas and be gentle on the engine. But there are plenty of days, especially when you get tired of idiots riding your bum, when you just have to floor it and show 'em what an accent can really do!!

I don't think a lot of folks realize how lightweight the car is, and even with a tiny engine, it can still take on a lot of 'em out there.

:grin:

Well, I just picked up almost $22. & it wasn't with the Festiva & not even with a full tank of gas! Took my wife's 2008 Accent to Mt. Rainier & 5500 foot Chinook Pass & back. Cool time in the snow while the rest of the Northwest steamed in 90+ to 100 degree heat. Returning in the cooling evening, the Accent turned in 42.6MPG costing only $19.36 for 192Miles. A 20 mile per gallon vehicle would have paid $41.25, & that vehicle would NOT have gotten 20MPG going up a 5500 foot pass. Yeah, I saved 11 cents short of $22 on gas that didn't fill 38% of the gas tank! Accents & Festivas will let you laugh at the people who have been laughing at us for decades.

This post has been edited by litesong: Jun 29 2008, 02:09 PM

I'm gettign a turbo installed enough said abotu how I drive.

i currently dont drive it... but tommorow... it willbe nice to get my baby back with a new look

I thought you said you could not get it.

I drive moderately. About the only time I really get on it is when I'm merging, and then I get impatient and really have to put it to the floor. I hate doing that though, because the Hyundai/OEM intake is so LOUD at full throttle and makes it sound like the car is working it's little **** off to get up to speed. Once up on the interstate, I maintain a pretty consistent speed. It seems to be where the car does best, on the highway at cruising speed. Very comfortable for a small car. So far I have just under 1000 miles on it and haven't managed to get above 26 mpg, so I'm a little disappointed. I came from a 5 speed Tiburon to an automatic Accent though, so I think it just may be my driving habits. I hate automatics, I wish I would have made them look for a 5 spd. SE for me.

Kind of off topic... Komptek, are you really getting that KFX turbo? I can't find any info anywhere of anybody else having one installed. I'd be curious to know how good the setup is, if it's reliable, what the effects of adding 90+ hp to a stock engine are, etc.

On my Caliber website, there are the regular Calibers & the turbo SRT-4 Caliber weighing 3100 to 3200 pounds that puts out 280+ HP. However, numerous drivers are reporting 30+MPG when they drive their turbos easy. One had performance mods & reported 33MPG.

I've never been entranced by turbos, but if turbos can get that kind of MPG when driven easy, they can have all the acceleration they want.

to answer the question:

...like i stole it ;)

My site's Fuel Economy Survey includes a question about driving style.

I asked this to better evaluate fuel economy. But it would be interesting to see how this compares from model to model. And maybe also how it varies with gas prices (have that data in many cases).

I'd say I drive conservatively. Smooth accelerations (usually at 2000 RPM, rarely at 2500) and usually within the speed limit.
Much of the driving I've been doing lately is highway.

I just finished the break-in period on my car and fuel consumption went from 9,2 l/100 km (25,6 Miles per U.S.G) on the first or second tank to 7,9-8 l/100 km (29,5 MPG) on my last two fillups.

Still a very nice improvement from my previous car, which, likely due to O2 sensor problems, ran at around 13l/100 km (18 MPG) but reading the figures some people are getting makes me wonder...

Hyundai's advertising gives 8,5 l/100 km city and 6 highway for a 2008 4 door automatic.

How realistic are the testing protocols to get theses figures, and how much of a difference does A/C make?
Does anyone have an hourly fuel flow figure at idle? (I've had to idle the car for an hour here and there and I'm wondering what sort of impact it has on my l/100 km figures.)

Goodbye,

Louis

This post has been edited by LouisR: Aug 13 2008, 11:20 PM

i use every little pit of power it has every chance i get

I drive like theres no tomorrow and people seat in my car knows the rules Seat belt find things to hold on to and i will Double the speed limit expect for highway and change lines considently no signal and tailgate people if both line is block

well i love to speed and weave on highways.

I came from a 4-speed 126 horsepower 98 Chevy Prizm LSi and I'm kinda disappointed with the performance of this car. Sure, the Prizm was 16 more horses, but it also was at 2200 RPM at 70 MPH, AND it on average got 29 MPG (and I'm an aggressive driver, I'd be the first to admit lol). With this car, if I drive aggressively, I get 27 MPG. If I drive like a grandma, I still don't get above 30. It's kinda upsetting.

Idling consumes very little fuel, but done for an entire hour will certainly impact your figures. As a rough guess, probably 2-3 liters per hour.