First 600 miles....Only 11.7 MPG ??

I was always told by a elderly co-worker years ago before gas mileage was a concern (1960's) ".....if you can't stand the heat you get out of the kitchen". Or like someone from this forum once told me to get a Prius.

 

2016 R/T 12MPG city 26 HWY

 

Well you picked one heck of a place to enjoy all the car events going on there. We attended a meet there once but it gets expensive staying overnight. We live in western NC so it takes about 1/2 day.

 

'Sport mode' in the city? That seems so low.
I do about 50/50 'sport mode' and leaving it alone, and get over 17 mpg 'city' but there really is no traffic here in this rural area.

 

17 in the city with R/T 50/50 sport mode ? No way

 

Does everyone have to run high octane fuel.

 

The wide range of CITY MPG may have to do with the environment of "city" driving.
My 18 MPG "city" is suburban driving where roads are 2 or four lane with traffic lights and stop signs. On two lane roads there are areas where I can go 3-5 miles without stopping, speed limit is 40 mph. The four lane roads are around retail areas and populated residential areas with plenty of traffic lights. I'm not in constant stop and go where there are traffic lights every tenth of a mile or sitting in rush hour traffic every day. Just a thought...

 

Two Questions to the OP:

1) Are you relying in the ON-BOARD MPG calculator, or are you calculating actual 600 Miles divided by gallons consumed?
(FYI: it difficult to get a good MPG Average in just two tanks of gas)

2) What have you got for the 2nd 600 miles? As it was Aug 20, 2021 at 4:05 PM when you originally posted this.
If you haven't driven at least another 600 miles in four days, at least until you get it broke in, you might as well sell the thing.

Just saying



And yes, 100% Premium in the SRT since I got her.
19-MPG Average (calculated) in over 54k miles (30% City/70% Highway)
Over 25-MPG (on-board) in 6th gear at 70 MPH (When I can keep it down to 70)

 

The key word is rural

 

I followed the SPWB break-in, it was rough. I even avoided hard driving until past 1500 miles. I got 16.xx