2003 Elantra getting 19/20 MPG [city] anyone have a fix. Dealer dumfounded????
I'm going to assume that you have the automatic tranny (which means that the sticker MPG is 24/33). First, how many miles are on the car? If you haven't properly broken in the engine then this is to be expected for the first ~2000 miles. How do you drive it? If you're real heavy on the gas and break then that's about right. Also, if you spend a significant amount of time above 2500 RPMs then that will do it as well.
If you are like my wife who makes 50-60 VERY short trips (less than a mile) you will get about 18mpg. I can get 24mpg if the trips are a longer distance but the tiny trips are mileage killers for this car. I get 32-34mpg on the high way though............ she used to use an older van (350 chevy) for those shortys and we got 5-6mpg! The trips are absolutely necessary for business so don't go there please. Michael Jesus said that we would always have the poor with us. American conservatives seem to think this is a good thing.
