I finally took my Max on it's first road trip. I paid $500 for it and fixed the damage and it is like new inside and out. Just nervous about it breaking down away from home. It ran like a champ. Had cruise set at 100. (was pacing with other travelers and still being passed!) Got around 23 mpg. Is this avg gas mileage for these?

 

I get 27.
I also use the lowest octane.[im cheap]
lol

 

I guess I would eb around 27 if i had been driving the speedlimit. Although I probably would have been ran of the road or rear-ended lol.

 

I took a trip from TN to St Louis, to Detroit and back. I was averaging from 28-31mpg.. mainly going 75-85's. That was using mid-grade gas..

I thought our cars didn't do so well on regular? That may be part of why you got your numbers?

 

At 100 you will get far less MPG because at that speed drag becomes a far larger factor for each mile/hour.

I once drove from SA to south texas along some ranch road doing 115 most of the time, and got 200 miles for the entire gas tank.

 

the VG does fine on 87 octane. the VE is the one that needs premium. Higher compression and more aggressive timing on it.

But yeah, that's pretty good mileage for cruising at 100mph. (welcome to Texas!)

 

Oh and premium vs. regular... you can get either one, but you are more likely to have engine knock at anything less than premium.

Our engines are high compression (VE even more than the VG), so premium is more resistant to premature detonations under high pressure.