gas mileage
 

I'm brand new to Saturn just put a 2001 SL on the road. What kind of gas mileage is average for that car?

What is the first year Saturn came out?

The S-cars were first produced in 1991.

The SL1 for 2001 was rated by the factory at 27 town, 37 highway. Personally, I have found that these numbers are a bit more than the "average" driver will attain. 24 in town, and 34 on the road will be a good expectation ....

with my 97 sl1 i am getting 26 city 37 highway

I really do appreciate your quick answers, I can believe a 97 would get better mpg than a 2001 because of all the sensors they have on this car. So far I have changed the TPS throttle position sensor (engine was idling to fast). Then the AIC air idle control, car is still slow on idling down. Then I changed the CPS crankshaft position sensor because it was bad according to the diagnostic readout. But the engine is still slow to get down to the correct idle speed. Ive had the throttle body off twice and there is no binding or poor spring tension. The knock sensor is going to be my next fix, I guess.

Ocean Archer, For decades Amercian car companies would inflate their mileage claims. I was told that they did their testing on windless days, on perfectly flat roads, with the slightest acceleration to make these mpg numbers. I do believe that your 24/34 mpg are about right, Thanks again

After reading my own posting stating that American car companies stretched the truth some on the mpg, I realize some may think I'm pro Japanese imports which is not the case, I have never owned or ever will buy Any Japanese cars made here or imported. In my opinion GM dropped the ball along time ago. They thought they were to big to topple to the imports. I really lost my passion for GM for years now but I will not buy a Japanese car.

fm220 .... car companies do not make mileage claims. The stickers on the windows are required by the goverment and the government comes up with the numbers.


read, understand, learn, understand
www.fueleconomy.gov

If it's true about the gov't coming up with numbers that's fraud on a large scale. I was in the Air Force and I know that a lot of serious things happen and the gov't does not let the information get put on TV or newspapers. But this is pretty weird if they tell the car companies what to put on the new cars at the dealership.

Most everything on the label is required by the government. When a car company says a car gets a number of mpg it's gets the number from the government. Where is the fraud, the car company reports what the goverment tell them to report. Nothing weird about it, it's just the way it works, and has nothing to do with the military.

The gov't is the military so it is relevant, if mpg is not based on the actual mpg that represents fraud.

I've managed to get even better almost double the gas mileage with a manual SL2 from what was on the sticker. It's all in the driving technique not the conspiracy. I will admit it's annoying to drive that way.

There are clubs that drive around trying to get long distances on one tank of gas.... not like that's what they base the sticker mileage on but it does indicate that driving style is very relevant.

I've noticed drivers floor it then brake hard at the next light and do that for every light. I've noticed drivers in rush hour traffic gunning it for 5 feet to catch up to the car doing 65 then break so they could then repeat the action for miles on end.

I'm not saying that anyone is right or wrong just posting my observations and why I think sticker mileage doesn't always work out.

Sue the government fm2200, you seems to know everything. One would think you would have known who set the numbers for the gas mileage rating posted on the government required labels.

http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/

fm220, did you get that lawsuit for fraud started yet?

Oh my....

My 94 coupe with automatic regularly gets 33-34 open road, cruise set on 75 with the A/C running on 4 lane roads running through the mountains.
I really don't track city but low 20's sounds about right.
I had a friend with a 5 speed early 2000 that driven the same routes generally got about 10 mpg better.
For a long time I had a 5 speed Mitsubishi that pretty much got the same miliage also.
Well, low 30's on the open road and averaged 29 mpg day in and out for 11 years and 270,000 miles.
I am not unhappy with my 94 Saturn SC2

I have a goverment car that used to be in the military and it doesn't get any gas mileage at all. I think the air force did something to the car, maybe they filled it up with agent orange a few times