M56 Mileage

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armybrat
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I took a couple of Note 3 videos of cruising at 55 mph and 75 mph. In the 55 mph video, it shows 27.0 right at the end, but it had flipped to 27.5 right after I cut it off. I went through a few traffic lights before getting on the highway to record the 75 mph video, which is why the average mph is a little less.

55mph:


75 mph:


This is with the new 2-1/2" exhaust and sport mufflers.


walt1227
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Those numbers sound right. I have drove mine 1000 miles going back and forth to my parents home which is a 300 mile round trip 4 times already since I got it on Aug 8th. I drive a little faster than my wife who is better at using the gas pedal. She can get 30 miles to a gallon at 70-75 mph using eco mode and around 26-27 in standard mode at 70-75 mph. I can get around 23 mpg in eco mode doing 75-80 mph. When I drive 90 mph I can get around 19-21 mpg. This is all highway driving which it does very well with compared to city driving which I am not really sure of my numbers. I work in RTP so the traffic is horrible out this way especially getting off from work where I can be in stop and go for an hour just to travel 20 miles from work to home. As a matter of fact last weekend we went home to pick our kids up from their grandparents and got stuck in stop and go traffic for an hour and a half before getting to our exit. I had just filled it back up with gas maybe cost about $23-$24 bucks at a half tank and it burned a half tank on a 150 mile trip. I think I can get even better mileage once I figure out the proper way to drive it.

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Ilya
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If I do a 100% highway (long trip) I usually get around 23mpg. I don't put it in ECO mode though...my car stays in sport with my sport tune (UpRev). Mixed city/highway I get around 18mpg...19 or so if I baby it.

walt1227
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Ilya wrote:If I do a 100% highway (long trip) I usually get around 23mpg. I don't put it in ECO mode though...my car stays in sport with my sport tune (UpRev). Mixed city/highway I get around 18mpg...19 or so if I baby it.
For the X that is good. AWD is known for being horrible when it comes to gas mileage. I test drove a m37x before buying the 56s and it was horrible on gas. I was looking at getting an x but after that I was like heck NO i'll stick with RWD. I think they underrated the 56 mpg by at least 2-3 mpg.

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armybrat
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I leave mine in sport mode. I find it pretty hard to drive it any other way LOL. But yeah I need to try a highway run in eco and standard like you did to see what mine will do. I'm not sure why the AWD gets a lower mileage rating, due to how the ATTESSA E-TS set up works in our cars. I guess they allow for slippage during normal driving but I just don't see it on the highway.

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Drove in standard mode...at 70-75 MPH. Coming from a 2003 M45...truly impressed with the larger engine and improved mileage.
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