VERY Dissappointed with the Celica.... Options

[Badkarma]

well, i bought the celica with hopes of getting Much better gas mileage than my other car. 1999 mustang 3.8 v6 5 spd. so i filled it up last week, set the trip, and today the trip meter hit 280 miles and i was due for a fill up. well, it took 14.4 gallons. it comes out to about 19.5 miles per gallon. my mustang gets 21 average! i've gotten up to 30!. this really was quite a let down. i still love the celica but is everyone getting such horrible mpg?
maintainance is kept up. runs great. plugs, wires, filters. only thing i can think of is it needs of an alignment. what else could be the problem?

thanks, sorry for knocking the celi's.


Erich

[Badkarma]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

[hurley97]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

your problem is the automatic transmission.

my 97 ST as an auto would get exactly the same miles per tank, usually about 280 and would never make it to 300.
after the tranny swap I drove it nice and easy and got just about 450 to that first full tank of gas, I was amazed for weeks. then I got comfortable with it and started beating on it and now I'm averaging about 350 to a tank.

[alltracman78]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

your problem is the automatic transmission.

my 97 ST as an auto would get exactly the same miles per tank, usually about 280 and would never make it to 300.
after the tranny swap I drove it nice and easy and got just about 450 to that first full tank of gas, I was amazed for weeks. then I got comfortable with it and started beating on it and now I'm averaging about 350 to a tank.

9 Times out of 10 manual>auto for gas mileage.