Exact mileage calculations for your aveo? Here's mine.

[Thymeclock]

keep in mind too the epa "city" mpg determination is not 100% to realistic city driving, also it probably doen't include the same amount of sitting time as living near a big city like new york/long island if that is the city you are talking about.

On my other cars ('89 Mitsu and a '99 Celica) the city estimates were really accurate for the years in which they were produced. In other words, we actually do get what the estimate was in that model year. But not with this car. The city estimate is 25, but we get only 22.

I suspect that in recent years the EPA ratings have become inflated. In 2009 there was a push by the government to produce and market smaller, more efficient cars. Hence, they came up with the 'cash for clunkers' incentive not only to get older, larger vehicles off the road, but also to boost the bad economy by luring people into buying new vehicles. Considering those policy goals, the government would have an interest in inflating the figures, since official fuel economy data that is attractive entices people to buy new. If you think the idea of their inflating the numbers is far-fetched, ask yourself who now owns the majority controlling interest of General Motors? Yep, Uncle Sam. And Chevy certainly wouldn't object either, as long as it sells more cars.

As for 'sitting' in traffic, believe it or not, idling burns relatively little fuel and plays a very minor role in reducing fuel economy. In fact my wife's daily commute is on local roads and involves virtually no idling in traffic except for at red lights (which undeniably are a part of real city driving).

[Monzaveo]

I have an '06 SVM 5 door.

I recently switched to the last local brand of gas that does NOT contain any Ethanol.

My milage jumped up to 2-3 mpg immediatley. I want from seeing 29-30 mpg overall too 32.5 to 33 mpg.

Mines a 5 speed, has about 74k miles. 34psi in tires. I use cruise control when possible.

I try not to speed anywhere, but I do like to take off brisk. shift points vary usually from 3k to 4.5k

[hammsaveo]

Monzaveo, try shifting at 2000 rpms once and see how you do.. try it for a tank. You will see better results for sure. you get into that cruising speed quick enough that the resistance is less and easy on mpg. That is what I do and have been avg 36 in town driving only... I do lots of other things to get this like coasting to stop signs and choosing routes that have none at all, it will help you out.

[dragonwarrior2016]

My car used to get twenty-five MPG on Chevron gas but the car did not do well on the gas so I switched To BP and my gas mileage jumped to thirty-two MPG. I never let my car run out of gas in fear of the Fuel pump going out and it will take a week or two to get the new part from Korea because Wrongzone and Noreilly's says the part is nonservicable.

[petrified.rabbit]

fuel pump is readily available online. including ebay.

i replaced mine under warranty at like 2 months into ownership.

[serega12]

We don't have BP here in Washington state, at least nowhere close to the north west part of the state. I've been sticking to Shell premium for a while now and it seems to work fine for me. What would be the equivalent of BP over here?

[Monzaveo]

If you have Shell gas, I'd stick to them...they also dont use ethanol (at least not yet) and are a good brand of gas. I'd be using them but there's no Shells near me.

[reddemonx92]

Is it bad to put ethanol? cus usually everywhere i go it says contains some percent of ethanol

[thehunterooo]

i have gotten 23.4 MPG the last 3 months or so averaged togther, not too bad considering the thing is always being redlined and driven hard

[ontarian_frog]

Is it bad to put ethanol? cus usually everywhere i go it says contains some percent of ethanol

As long as it's equal or less than 10% ethanol.