"Tom" <tjwitman@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Mi2Jh.6228$m7.613@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> To add to the oft asked question about fuel mileage for Sonata's, I just
> completed a 1400 mile trip with almost all of it on interstates through
> the mountains of Virginia and W. Va. as well as S.C., N.C, and Pa. I have
> a 2006 Sonata LX 4 cyl Automatic. I topped off when I left and returned
> and kept records of intermediate fillup amounts. Using GPS, I took the
> actual mileage covered and divided it by the actual gallons. I came up
> with 33.91 miles per gallon. Surprisingly, the on-board computer said
> 34.0 miles per gallon, which is darn close. My 'traveling average speed'
> was 67.9 mph. My tire pressures cold were set at 35psi, which is higher
> than recommended but that's another story about 'recommended' tire
> pressures. Don't want to start that up again. )
> Anyway, that's what you can expect under the conditions above. I went
> from Georgia up to Reading, Pa. It was cold up there and I even got to
> shovel some snow....... I thought I left that crap behind me when I moved
> south..
>
> Tom
good mpg, but I didn't know you could get a 4cyl in the LX??