Michael Kwok

I have a my2000 A6 Avant Quattro, about 5 months old and 6700 miles. Have not had my first oil change yet. I also have a set of Yokohama AVS sports on (different rolling resistance...but this much??)

I recently drove to NYNY in open hwy roads...no jams (can you believe it??) and only manage 22mpg despite some very very very VERY conservative driving techniques with fuel economy as the main focus. I really wanted to see what I could get. I see everyone else with much better mileage and wanted to see if it is only me or is tbis a characteristic of avants with fatter/stickier tires (235/45/17). Nonetheless, there is not much range on this car if this is the case. My two other colleges/bosses at work with the same car get much better mileage on stock tires.

This has been bugging me for a while.

Mike

Seredni

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Ming 2.7T

Man, with the 2.7T its a shock to switch the display to see what your current mpg is doing. From a green light, normal acceleration it show 6.0 or 8.4 then gets up to the 17 to 19 range.LOL I saw what the starting out acceleration was doing and cringed!!!! Then punched it (WOT) and brackets came up around the numbers like (2.3) (3.6) !!!!
Just kidding/ I am getting 17 to 18 mixed driving 90% city 10 freeway.Tiptronic

Kenny

Re: Yup, similar numbers here for our A6 Avant... The penalty I suppose for Quattro..

Indie/allroad

That does sound really low. I don't have an Avant, but every weekend I do 95 miles each way out of NYC and back, and get about 27 or 28 highway, even with A/C, 2 people, a dog (OK, he's small, but he'd be pissed off if I didn't mention him), luggage and golf clubs. Mix in the local driving during the weekend and I usually average out to about 23 or 24.<p>IndieA62.8

DWP

But I normally run 70-80 on the highway. At 55, I'm better than 25 mpg. It's a 99.5 2.8Q.

Ernesto (ERT)

I'm close- 17 city (hills) 22 hwy (more hills)- all time best 23.8 on a 300 mi trip (no hills)

eduardo

Best so far, short run on Hwy85 between 17 and Fremont Ave, cruise control @70mph, 24+mpg.

phred

these are not the best fuel eco cars.

On a recent road trip from LA to SF and back, cruise control set, level road, I couldn't manage more than 21 mpg over 14+ hours of driving. So I guess that's all she wrote on the A6.

peterl

I get a little over 18 mpg mixed city and highway (80/20). On a long highway trip I can get up to 24 mpg - this drops to 21-22 if I push hard - pass a lot, etc. If I just cruise at 80 on fairly flat roads the car gets 23-24 mpg.

Peter