Fuel Economy...WTF?

spearfish25

So many of the threads I read have people listing their fuel economy in the 22-25 mpg range. These same folks say they do a mix of city and highway driving. All I can say is I get NOTHING close to this.

I drive about 5 minutes on city streets (stop and go signs and lights) and about 10 more minutes on the highway at about 80mph. I routinely reset my trip computer with each gas up and the average MPG read on the computer is about 16mpg. I drive fairly sporty, but that is usually just revving to about 4k in a few gears some of the time, a rare 5-6k each trip home, and the rest of the shifts around 3k. One tank of gas I drove like a grandma and got 20mpg on my daily route. Granted, if I sit on the highway at 70mph I'll get about 25-26mpg. Worst fuel economy on the daily route...14mpg averaged over the tank of gas.

Is this what you guys realistically get as well, or do i need a trip to the mechanic? FWIW, I'm using 93 octane Shell.