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What better way to spend a beautiful Saturday and Sunday mornings than stopping at Speedway, picking up a breakfast sandwich, a can of Red Bull and taking the Veloster on a double Highway run that encompasses Toledo. I decided to do this only because all I have ever driven in the car was just a combined 50/50 Highway and City driving that only covers 13 miles each way. I have never really seen what the mpgs would achieve while taking nothing but the open road. Let’s break down the car that is being used. It’s the tech package, with me being the driver at 220 lbs and the temp outside was in the 30’s. I had less than ½ a tank of fuel and the cruse was set the entire time; except for the times I had to slow down or had to deal with traffic. Oh yeah and an iPod hooked up to jam to some music while running this test. This run is about 50 miles in length and starts us at 23 to 75, 795, 280, back to 75, 475 and finally back at 23 again. This drive covers everything from 65mph all highway, to 55 mph rural roads to a major construction zone. Both runs were done at about 2 mph over the posted speed limit and took roughly 1 hr each to complete.
Toledo Ohio Run

I did the first run with ECO off and in shift mode only. I kept the car in 6^th gear to ensure that there was no shifting to a lower gear unless it was necessary. On part of this excursion at 55mph there are 4 lights to deal with and only had to slow down to wait for the green. I encountered 4 on ramps which required me to slow down and get back up to highway speeds. Here is a shot of the ECO Driving results.

And Vehicle MPG Average


After much contemplating if I wanted to do this again, I decided to take the car out this morning and run nothing more than full auto with the ECO mode on. Here is a shot of the Eco Driving results doing it this way.


And the MPG Average


It seems that the running with full auto and ECO on produced the same results on overall MPGs, but one thing I did was documented the starting MPGs. Run 1 started me at 29.7 Average, whilst run 2 started at 30.0 Average. I gained much more overall running in shift mode, where when I was running in full auto, the car downshifted constantly to accommodate hills that it really shouldn’t have. I obtained the best MPG numbers in full auto when I had to cancel out cruise control to slow down for lights and the occasional traffic and I was in control of the throttle, whereas running in shift mode I had more consistent numbers overall. I know this isn’t all scientific and stuff, but I wanted to see what my real world MPGs were going to be, and overall, it isn’t anything close to what Hyundai or the EPA average is. Now I will take into consideration that almost all the stations here in Toledo have E10 fuel (10% Ethanol added), winter fuel mixture as well as the ambient temperatures. But I think this gives a decent insight into what this car does have to offer. IF you get a better MPG then great, but this is only my observation of what I saw during these two runs. I did fuel up after that last run and put 11.5 gallons in, the tank capacity is 13.5. The computer was showing I only had 30 miles left to empty, but I had 2 gallons of fuel left. The MPG the computer was showing is 30.3, my Actual MPG for that last tank was 30.2. Overall the computer is pretty close, but again it is only averaging everything and not actually showing real-time numbers. I also received my Eco report and it showed me at 25.2 MPG, which is way below my overall actual average from 4 full tanks at 29.849.



Things I know will make the MPGs better

1. Improve all intake restrictions to increase flow to the engine
2. Improve what you legally can on exhaust flow restrictions out of the engine
3. Use better judgment while using cruise control and navigating hilly areas.
   1. If you cancel the CC or take your foot of the throttle (Feather it) when heading down a hill and gently add the throttle back to the last position you will artificially up your MPGs
   2. Just before you get to a hill, increase your speed by 3% to avoid unnecessary down shifting from the transmission and maintain MPGs

**NOTE: This is only my observation and what I could produce in just 100 miles. What you may experience or have documented may differ from my numbers. This post is only intended to educate the reader on what to truly expect in similar situations while driving.