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F14CRAZY · 12-30-2007, 02:41 PM

25 mpg seems like a fantasy. I can't get the info center to do over 21 on the freeway at 70 mph. My normally observed average is less than 19, both by the info center and manual calculation. It would help if I didn't have to step the pedal so far down for normal acceleration (that my chick friends and parents wouldn't think was fast at all).

My Forester, with AWD, towing my pair of jet skis at like 80 mph does 25 mpg.

The motor begins to give ok power at around 4k rpm. With "normal" acceleration, letting off the throttle when I reach cruising speed gets the tranny to give a reaction like "mmmkay, gimme a sec...k here's your upshift". For short periods I've left the trans in 3rd to keep the rpms up and so I won't have to sit and wait for the trans to figure out what its got to do to downshift.

I first experienced how bad the Chrysler 2.4L was when I test drove a 4x4/manual Patriot. Always slow, and really slow at low rpm.

12-30-2007, 02:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
F14CRAZY 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dimondale, MI Drives: '89 Buick Reatta Posts: 6,227	Re: '07 PT Cruiser Touring 25 mpg seems like a fantasy. I can't get the info center to do over 21 on the freeway at 70 mph. My normally observed average is less than 19, both by the info center and manual calculation. It would help if I didn't have to step the pedal so far down for normal acceleration (that my chick friends and parents wouldn't think was fast at all). My Forester, with AWD, towing my pair of jet skis at like 80 mph does 25 mpg. The motor begins to give ok power at around 4k rpm. With "normal" acceleration, letting off the throttle when I reach cruising speed gets the tranny to give a reaction like "mmmkay, gimme a sec...k here's your upshift". For short periods I've left the trans in 3rd to keep the rpms up and so I won't have to sit and wait for the trans to figure out what its got to do to downshift. I first experienced how bad the Chrysler 2.4L was when I test drove a 4x4/manual Patriot. Always slow, and really slow at low rpm. __________________ Owner of vehicles powered by a Buick even-fire V6, Chevy 60 degree OHV V6, a big block Buick V8, and a quadrozontal Triple-X08:take your hybrids and shove em up yer ass, i'll take my fuel injection and carburetors, and still make 30+ mpg. and i wont look like a douchebag driving it.