I dont know where to begin other than from the beginning.
I have had it (2000 manual) for less than a year. obviously i bought it used and it had 40 some odd thousand miles on it. the LMPG (which i did not know about at time of purchase) was 50.X.
My wife and i commute daily about 30 miles round trip (not really a commute) and it was fine until recently. in total, we weigh about 350lbs which i realize may affect the performance.
This is the most sluffish car ever! i get red reading posts about the quickness of the insight and top speeds! i can hardly keep it at 65mph!
up until about 1.5 months ago, the car was fine as i said before. we were gettting 64mpg tank averages.
now, with no apparent change to anything other than the san diego weather, we are getting 56mpg. i checked the tire pressure which i keep at 44psi cold for all four tires and this is not the problem. i have put about 8000 miles on the car and the air filter was replaced just before we bought it.
there is just under 50k on the car now.
i do not want to take the car into a shop and say "find" a problem. the maintenance reqd light was on a while back but i reset it figuring it was an oil change type of light.
the last oil change was 5000 miles ago and i used the mobil 1 synthetic. i am gearing up to do another change soon....
driving wise, i find that i cannot get the mileage i was getting even if i am doing 55mph on the freeway. i often find that i can do better in 4th gear. any need for acceleration require a downshift to third which i often have to do on a slight grade on the freeway because i start approaching 50mph and the mpg meter is at 25-30.
something must be wrong.

I have had it (2000 manual) for less than a year. obviously i bought it used and it had 40 some odd thousand miles on it. the LMPG (which i did not know about at time of purchase) was 50.X.
My wife and i commute daily about 30 miles round trip (not really a commute) and it was fine until recently. in total, we weigh about 350lbs which i realize may affect the performance.
This is the most sluffish car ever! i get red reading posts about the quickness of the insight and top speeds! i can hardly keep it at 65mph!
up until about 1.5 months ago, the car was fine as i said before. we were gettting 64mpg tank averages.
now, with no apparent change to anything other than the san diego weather, we are getting 56mpg. i checked the tire pressure which i keep at 44psi cold for all four tires and this is not the problem. i have put about 8000 miles on the car and the air filter was replaced just before we bought it.
there is just under 50k on the car now.
i do not want to take the car into a shop and say "find" a problem. the maintenance reqd light was on a while back but i reset it figuring it was an oil change type of light.
the last oil change was 5000 miles ago and i used the mobil 1 synthetic. i am gearing up to do another change soon....
driving wise, i find that i cannot get the mileage i was getting even if i am doing 55mph on the freeway. i often find that i can do better in 4th gear. any need for acceleration require a downshift to third which i often have to do on a slight grade on the freeway because i start approaching 50mph and the mpg meter is at 25-30.
something must be wrong.