RS_Matt

70 mile trip -

Subarus don't have to be known for not being economical.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

You want to be putting your foot down, your giving us Subaru owners a bad name!!

Carnut

Matt what car and spec do you run,is it ECUTEC racerom with duel maps?

RS_Matt

2003 WRX, 315bhp, TDO5 with basic Ecutek. 1.6 bar I believe.

A few weight saving mods but my wife, me and the nipper weigh 27 stone combined.

140 miles off boost was hard though, but my long term average is still over 32mpg and that accounts for all the drag runs, MOT tests, wheel alignment guy keeping the engine on, traffic jams, traffic light madness and cold starts.

I'm thinking it could hit more if I was alone in the car and my engine was sorted - 46% compression loss on 1, 15% loss on 3.

Maybe 42-44mpg?

RS_Matt

Would a decat downpipe help cruising mpg?

Carnut

Who mapped the car for you,I think you might owe them some more money.

Deej

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I've been pleasantly surprised how good my standard WRX is when driving normally. I averaged 36mpg on a 600 mile round trip recently, which consisted mainly of sitting at 75-80 on the motorway.

dabiscuit

I drove all the way to Girona (northern spain) two years ago in my 2010 WRX STI and managed 42mpg for the whole journey.

RS_Matt

That's exceptional, at 80mph mine manages around 30mpg. At 85mph it's around 25mpg.

Basically I sit on the motorway/country roads plodding at 60mph to get my figures.

RS_Matt

That's insane!

Is 6 in that model really long or something?

EssexJamie

iTrader: (5)

Good results but who buys an Impreza for MPG.....I'm glad my car doesn't have a MPG calculator as it's the least important thing to me lol

RS_Matt

They might when you here horror stories about Evo's managing 18mpg!

EssexJamie

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I've never really been bothered about MPG, some of my cars I've had have struggled with more then 15MPg a couple not making double figures lol

tweaks

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1.4 bar matt

Tim

Fudgey

iTrader: (1)

You hero.

i managed 21mpg average when i had mine, but bought it to drive, not fanny about in.

maybe you should sell it and buy a 320D, you can see up to 60mpg in one of those bad boys...

RS_Matt

Hmm, it's dropped.

RS_Matt

There's only so much you can do on the M62.