virginia to indiana 1000mi one way. My average both ways was 38.2........ Guess i already have XFE!!! lol

 

i got a xfe, cause it was the cheapest car on the lot with power windows. i drive 43.2 miles one way to work about 5 at 45 or less and the rest at 60 and up mostly about 70 and i am averaging 37 completely stock, got a little cash laying around so i might get gmpp intake

 

i have a base model 05 with no options save a spoiler and i get 40.2, doing 75mph for 46miles or so. altho not completely stock, ive got yokohama's on but i dont think that makes a difference

 

I just bought a '08 XFT last week. With 1900 miles on it already, the best tank that I have calculated is 33 mpg with some of that in the city. I drive 67 miles one way to work that is 95% highway, and the best I have seen on the computer is around 36 at 70 mph. Before I get home in the evenings, it will be down around 34 mpg. I shift at 2500 rpm's and hit 5th gear at 45 mph with a very light foot trying to get all I can out it. Hopefully as it breaks in it will get better.

 

You guys really can't compare the EPA numbers to real world numbers, there are too many variables. EPA numbers are so rigged, that they subtract 10% from what they actually get and then put that number on the window. That means, in the lab, that the XFE cobalts are getting 40mpg on the loop used by the EPA to test highway milage. This number is a good measure of relative economy between two cars, since they are both tested in the same conditions. Street numbers don't compare at all.

 

not to change the subject or anything but i was just wandering the affiliates on the side of the screen and it took me to a gm forum and i read the xfe utilizes VVT in a 2.2 just like the 2.4 balts have and that the xfe puts out more horse than the regular 2.2 ls and lt models? wtf

 

The XFE is real they achieved the increase by using several methods...those who read and understood what GM did have posted comments that imply their understanding.

Yes there is marketing envolved but successful marketing truthfully compares your product to others while demonstrating its superior value.

EPA Mileage standards have changed and are a combine figure of the City and Highway mileage. For those of you who get great mileage that's cool, for those who don't I seriously doubt we can blame GM for your driving habits.

 

i taught a kid how to drive a cobalt ss 2 days ago, then i sold it to him, and now hes in love.

 

are all cobalts xfe cause I don't see no "cobalt xfe"'s anywhere

 

I had a 93 Geo Metro FXi I got a solid 32 mpg in town and 42 mpg on the highway. I could spin the wheels in first and chirp them in all the other gears. 12" rims baby lol the tires were 4" wide. the car was 12'3" long and 6' wide at the mirrors. I could keep up with the original Neon lol. I never had to replace the tires but had seen them for $12 a piece. It was cheap and tinny for sure. Still a fun car though. I did just get 39 mpg with my ss/sc s2 this weekend on the highway at 70 mph most of they way and hitting 80 at times.

 

I only get decent mileage when im low on gas. otherwise i shift at like 4 - 4 1/2 rpms every gear

 

It's only 2008 and 09 Cobalt LS that have been released ever since March I believe. My car is an 08 LS(For now), but it's not a XFE since I bought it in Oct 07.

 

woot sold a blue XFE monday, kid loves it compared to his s10 on its last leg...

 

I was gonna buy an XFE, but the only ones the dealer had were absolute base, and with 0% financing, I could afford to step it up a bit, and I ended up witha '09 G5

 

That'd be your issue, shift at 2500-3000 and you'll see a bump-up in that number.