Ronald said:
77.95 MPG?
Good catch. Likely was a partial fill up before I sold the vehicle. I calculate mpg from the start and end odometer reading then divide that by gallons added, this assumes each fill up is a full tank.
Man, the Wilderness is so dumb for the vast majority of people. I’m surprised that they haven’t dropped the regular Forester a bit to get a better EPA rating and for greater differentiation with the Wilderness.
Edit - Forgot to ask, did the Crosstrek have the 2.0 or 2.5?
@Chambers
I believe it was the 2.5
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
Jin said:
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
It’s also a large vehicle.
Jin said:
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
It’s also a large vehicle.
True, but I would still expect it to have better MPG. The manufacturer is very misleading about the actual MPG. What the OP posted here is about what we get, too. 23.5 average.
@Jin
Time to temper those expectations. While you think it should be better, and I would like to be as well, it is not. You can even attest to this yourself, based on your comment. Its an underpowered, 4 cylinder engine, moving a 3,500 lb vehicle. I get 21 MPG on mine in flat AF Florida. We all know manufacturer listed MPG is under the most ideal driving conditions and not practical at all.
Jin said:
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
While I agree that Subaru MPG is not great, partly due to the AWD system and partly due to their engines. I do better than that in my XT. They need to bring over the newer 1.8 engine and offer it in different versions.
@Chambers
I was just thinking I average better in my XT as well. 24.5 in winter and closer to 26 in summer (mostly stop & go). Max on a single tank I’ve hit was 32.5.
Jin said:
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
My 2023 Limited gets 26-27 for mixed highway + light traffic city. When we hit more highway, we get 29-30. I calculated these using the Fuelio app
Jin said:
Forester MPG is utter garbage for a 4 cylinder engine. I have a 2021 Touring and average 23.5 as well.
2021 Touring, averaging 27.0 since new. 66,000 miles
I see people posting high 20’s low 30’s and I’m wondering if they are coasting downhill all that time…
I see about what you see: ~21-24mpg
I think it got to like 28mpg on a cross country trip.
Definitely not near the mileage I’d expect from the car given what people “report.”
@Spencer
I get like 22 mpg on a good day with my outback, even on the highway lol.
@Spencer
I got 31 in my FW once by driving down from the Cascades in light snow (i.e. 55mph for 3 hours).
Otherwise, yeah, 21-24 for mostly suburban city driving.
My 2017 Forester runs almost exactly the same: 23.5. My wife says I drive like a grandfather.
I mostly do highway driving with my 2016 Forester 2.5i Premium. I get 26mpg or 27mpg depending on the tank of gas.
27mpg if I keep mostly to highways, but I get in the low to mid 20s if I’m in the city.
I calculate my MPG each time I fill up with my phone and I get usually 1 or two mpg worse than what the computer says I’m getting. So the computer is 4-8% off from what my actual MPG is when I calculate it out myself.
@Briar
I would agree with this as well. Computer and my math never match.
No modifications to the Crosstrek. For the Forester, a new roof rack was added at the beginning of the 3rd Quarter, and the lift was added in the 4th Quarter of 2024. I just returned from a 1,900-mile trip through South Dakota, and headwinds dropped the average MPG significantly (<13 mpg into 30 mph gusts at 80 mph).
Back here at home I’m averaging 26.3, around 62 mph, with little to no wind. At 75 mph it averages around 23 mpg with the modifications.