Considering Evo..Whats MPG Like?

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Jul 17, 2012 | 07:16 PM

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DeeezNuuuts83

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Originally Posted by deeman101

Its funny you say that because ct9a evos are actually very good on gas considering its performance potential and drivetrain (and aero). I certainly wasn't thinking mpgs when I bought mine but hell its there, and I don't mind it. I hit 26mpg on the highway without even thinking about it, and 27 if I try to keep WOT bursts to a minimum. If you really try hard on a well tuned STI you can hit 26. But if I tried that hard in my evo I'd hit 28 or maybe 29. I was actually so mad when I rented a mazda3 last weekend for a 800mile trip. It got the same gas mileage as I would've done in my evo! Even taking into account the extra cost of premium gas I actually lost money driving that damn boring POS.

Good point, especially about the STIs. We took a friend's 2004 STI to Vegas (around a 500-mile round-trip) and back, and I think we averaged around 22 mpg, which he said was the best that he had gotten at that time (though this was in summer 2006). More recently, we took a friend's 2008 STI to go snowboarding (around a 750-mile round-trip) and I think that we averaged 19 mpg.

Feb 19, 2013 | 09:42 AM

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DouggieVee

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For the people saying to get a Ralliart, doesnt seem like it makes a difference based on my 15.5 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. or maybe its just my exact setup that gets ****ty mileage...

Feb 21, 2013 | 09:31 AM

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kodama

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'05 Evo 8 MR (Stock) - 23mpg city / 28mpg highway / 7mpg track / 6mpg drag

I noticed no loss in mpg after upgrading with bolt-ons and no tune.

Also, 28mpg highway is if you're on a 65/75mph highway. Highway mpg is extremely dependent on SPEED. Even in 6th gear, evo's are geared fairly low, so I'm sitting at around 4krpm at 85mph in 6th. Driving 6mi at 140mph burns over 1/8 of my tank, which estimates to less than 4mpg.