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Old 12-31-2014, 09:28 AM
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Here is the fuelly.com data

2015 Audi S3 Mileage

It would be great if those on this forum would please signup and contribute data to fuelly.

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Originally Posted by DennisMitchell
Here is the fuelly.com data

2015 Audi S3 Mileage

It would be great if those on this forum would please signup and contribute data to fuelly.
Monsoon Grey S3 (Audi S3) | Fuelly
I'm on there! currently the top dog with 25.9mpg calculated mpg! (best of 29.2mpg)
Tank wise, I still run right around 24-25mpg (my commute is about 10 miles each way with some traffic)
Monsoon Grey S3 (Audi S3) | Fuelly
I'm in Texas so I'm staying with the summer tires, and will drive my wife's forester if I need to get out in the real bad stuff.
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Oh, I thought i would mention that my trip computer has only been about 0.2-0.4 mpg difference than the calculated totals thus far.
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Originally Posted by DennisMitchell
Here is the fuelly.com data

2015 Audi S3 Mileage

It would be great if those on this forum would please signup and contribute data to fuelly.
I track my data through a manual log book, but I just joined Fuelly. I'll add it through there now
Old 12-31-2014, 12:33 PM
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I would be happy if my trip computer shows an average of 24mpg as that's what my 2.0 Ford Fusion shows. Anything above that is a bonus!
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Any of the variation explainable through tire pressure? I know mine were pumped to 49 PSI cold which is 5-10 PSI too much for the car. Perhaps your dealers knew better and set lower tire pressure, resulting in higher roll resistance and worse mileage for you guys?
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You guys must drive like grannies I babied a tank full and the best I got was 19
mpg city (which included about 20% highway driving). I'm usually at 16-18 mpg. Yet to take it out on a long highway trip but I'm guessing 26mpg. Oh yeah.. I'm at around 2600 miles, did an oil change @ 1200 miles. Even when I drive it hard, I'm never really at jeopardy of getting a speeding ticket, it isn't like I'm terrorizing the streets. Maybe it will get better? Hope so. I was really expecting better
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Originally Posted by Spoonie G
You guys must drive like grannies I babied a tank full and the best I got was 19
mpg city (which included about 20% highway driving). I'm usually at 16-18 mpg. Yet to take it out on a long highway trip but I'm guessing 26mpg. Oh yeah.. I'm at around 2600 miles, did an oil change @ 1200 miles. Even when I drive it hard, I'm never really at jeopardy of getting a speeding ticket, it isn't like I'm terrorizing the streets. Maybe it will get better? Hope so. I was really expecting better
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All city driving in S/M, I can't hit 200 miles on a tank before the fuel light comes on.
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I've noticed that my gas mileage takes a noticeable hit the colder it is. I think these cars run really rich on cold start and stay that way until they are sufficiently warm. Additionally, I think the winter blend gas also significantly decreases mileage (and performance). Although that's not surprising for a high hp 4 cylinder.


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