Anyone getting great MPG with the 2012 Skyactiv 3?

[Gloomfrost]

lmao

also who cruises at 145?! youre gas mileage must be awful

That post was actually meant to be sarcastic. Guess it wasn't so obvious, I should've added emoticons.

I cruise at 145km/hr as much as possible. I'm used to much higher speeds coming from Europe, the 100km/hr is a toddler limit on the highways here. I'd go faster if they didn't threaten to take my car at 50 over.

I do 50% city, 50% highway, I get about 650km per tank on my 4-auto 2004 Mazda3 2.0L. I'm excited for my sky, the 2 extra gears should help!

[greyseason]

WTF! You lucked out more than the rest of us. Since you draft trucks, which is ballsy IMO, how's your hood holding up? Any cracks on the windshield?

The hoods good actually! Maybe 3-4 little chips ill fix soon. The windshield in the other hand has a crack in it, which I would have gotten fixed when it was a chip, but the chip happened to the left of the windshield, in the black part. So i never spotted it.

Honestly, I just drive slow, and take my time. Can someone who doesn't usually buy gas at Petro Canada get some and see if their sky likes it as much as it seems mine does?

This is how she sits right now still have 9 liters apparently

[greyseason]

Just pulled into my driveway from work. Gotta fill up next time I leave. Last bar just disappeared

[distr0]

I'm sure you can hit 900 easily depending on how long you've gone since you hit no bars.

[greyseason]

I'm sure you can hit 900 easily depending on how long you've gone since you hit no bars.

For sure! But my next stop will be London haha so gotta fill up. I could probably make it though..

[sarujo]

greyseason - what gauge/reader is that displaying the fuel amounts and DTE? Is that the new Scangauge?

[The Wolf]

I knew I should have bought the sky.

why? I drive a 2.3L approximately 60/40 highway/city and my trip computer shows 7.8L/100km avg. I typically get 650+ km/tank. You leadfoots need to cool your jets.

[loki]

Isn't there an ultra gauge thread?

Gonna move all these posts

[Mazduh]

Just pulled into my driveway from work. Gotta fill up next time I leave. Last bar just disappeared

Ballsy. I've never run that low on mine.....always fill when the last bar is showing.

Perhaps I'll fill with Petro my next tank. Been using CT fuel and net around 30mpg off of it, not horrible....but could be better!

[greyseason]

I usually try and fill it up with one bar left, but it just disappeared not long before I took that picture

Ill be filling up with CT fuel tonight probably cause it's 5 cents off with the app

[Mazduh]

Filled up the other day, forgot to take a pic. Got 658kms, still had the last bar showing. That's 6.8L/100kms.....the best I've seen was 6.6....and that was when I first got the car. Had to fill as I had a 30 km trek home and was scared to chance it lol.
Got 210kms on a quarter now. Since I put the OEM suspension back on, and my Sky wheels....I've noticed a HUGE jump in my MPG.

[greyseason]

Filled up the other day, forgot to take a pic. Got 658kms, still had the last bar showing. That's 6.8L/100kms.....the best I've seen was 6.6....and that was when I first got the car. Had to fill as I had a 30 km trek home and was scared to chance it lol.
Got 210kms on a quarter now. Since I put the OEM suspension back on, and my Sky wheels....I've noticed a HUGE jump in my MPG.

What kinda suspension did you have on before?

[Mazduh]

Ksport Kontrol Pro coilovers. Lowering I'm sure didn't effect it, just the wheels did.

[greyseason]

Oh I thought your handle sounded familiar. Saw your FS thread. What kinda wheels did you have on there?

Edit: nevermind lol

[Edward_Zoom]

I usually try and fill it up with one bar left, but it just disappeared not long before I took that picture

Ill be filling up with CT fuel tonight probably cause it's 5 cents off with the app

Your car hatch or sedan? I know sedan give a slightly better millage.

Btw, what does CT fuel mean?

[r4mi5awi]

Your car hatch or sedan? I know sedan give a slightly better millage.

Btw, what does CT fuel mean?

Canadian Tire

[greyseason]

Sedan, 6speed manual. The auto would yield slightly better results I think as well

[3zilla]

interesting thread ... going to track my mpg pretty closely and see the results. hope to see some improvement from my previous 3

[greyseason]

hows it going guys, thought id share this with ya. So as you guys can see from this thread ive been getting great gas mileage out of my 2012 mazda3 skyactiv sedan. Over the winter my mpg dropped like everybodys, but was still never bad at around 600-650km a tank. As the weather warmed up and i tossed on my stock alloys from my winters, i started getting closer to 700-750km if i pushed it. My cars at 68***km right now(god thats high) and ive been doing some research on reliablity for direct injection motors and got reading up on oil catch cans and getting your intake cleaned out, I read through this thread. It was just about time to book an oil change so i asked the tech/person at the desk about getting my intake tract cleaned and whatnot. He told me it was about $120 and took an hour i believe. Best $120 ive spent on the car so far. I filled up the car before i left for kitchener, and drove to Forbes waterloo mazda. I guess hwat they do it unhook your vaccume line and run your car with this solution going into your intake, and they clean out your throttle body and im sure other things.This was on wednesday, and today as my car sits right now its right here



I would love and fill my tank right up and shoot for 1000km but dont wanna mess up my fuelly jive i got going on haha but that would be cool!

[greyseason]

you guys still kicking?!

im at 850km on my tank right now.. should go take a pic actually. 2 squares left but will go to the last square soon. That cleaning was money well spent

Edit:

Just filled up

[CloudPump]

and it starts.. walkabout. your new. tons of good info on the forum. for example.. the 4.9l/100km is what the car is rated to get. give or take. if you sit in 2-5 hours of traffic on your way to work regardless of it your on the hwy and moving slightly if your not doing 100km/h then your not going to get whats rated. also doesnt account for how long or if you do turn the vehicle on and let it idle to warm up for a few mintues or if you do lots of up hill by chance, if you have your defrost on which kicks the a/c on and that alone will kill the fuel economy huge. all of the things we do is not accounted for.

its only accounting for doing 100km/h all the time, no stop and go. no idle time. no warm up.just speed up and maintain. thats where everyones fuel economy goes wayyy down.

<SNIP>

Bolding the most important part, this is not true.

Transport canada's fuel consumption test guidlines are:

The simulated city loop is based on a 23-minute drive of 12 kilometres with 18 complete stops. The average speed of the test is 32 km/h. The simulated highway run is based on a 13-minute loop of 16 km with no stops. The top speed during the highway test is 97 km/h, and the average speed is 77 km/h

I've also bolded the most important part of the test. The highway test is an absolute joke. When was the last time you averaged 77km/h on the 401?

-Geoff

[Aitch]

When is the last time you averaged higher than 77km/h in rush hour

[Booter22]

When is the last time you averaged higher than 77km/h in rush hour

or managed to get very far with no stops, and very slow going in between. under perfect conditions, sure it will get very good fuel econ, my non sky got at its most 756km to the tank twice, but that was all highway at 100 km no more. mind you doing 100km/h on the highway is more dangerious then it sounds. even in the slow lane. sadly the test condisions is never "real world" doesnt account for everything we go through just on our daily drives.

[TTHX]

Most I've reached so far is 750ish. But recently I've only been getting 400-600. I'd say 50/50 city and highway driving. I do like to push the car a little harder though so that'd explain it.

[Gizzmo_jr]

So the common theme is 500-700'ish for everyone, but drafting transports and avg ~100km/h on the highway will net you advertised mpg? Ref: greyseason

If I've read all this correctly?