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Old 06-12-2006, 08:02 PM
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I was wondering what kind of mpg averages the new owners are getting on their rs4's. On my b7 S4, i averaged anywhere from 14-17 mpg. Maybe I have a lead foot.
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Default bout 16 mixed city/hwy/traffic...

but that number is going down hard once break-in is done and I have my way
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Default getting 11 for my first 100 miles according to computer

makes sense as i was getting about 13 with my S4
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I got 21.3mpg on the trip home from Houston, now averaging around 17 in mixed driving.
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Default Re: getting 11 for my first 100 miles according to computer

you and i must have the heaviest right feet.
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Default 22 hwy, 17+ puttering around grandmas

Hey wait! That grandma could be my wife!

I haven't verified the accuracy of the car's display, though. Maybe it has a feel good factor included.
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Default Bad... real bad...

I've been driving pretty hard on back roads - lots of shifting, braking and hammering - I'm seeing about 10mpg in this setting and just over twenty on basically level highway, no AC, 80MPH. Then again, I also have VW Jetta TDI - that's the car to get for commuting - 50MPG on the highway at 75MPH and it actually performs as well as the base VW gas engine. Plus, getting outta the Jet and into the RS4 makes it feel like a Carrera GT.
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Default Re: getting 11 for my first 100 miles according to computer

Yeah... you guys getting 17mpg must have different engines or aren't driving hard... yet.
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