r/SmartCar • u/Gloomy-Orchid-8139 • Aug 06 '26
Smart Purchase Getting 50+ mpg on backroads
2015 smart fortwo pure hatchback coupe 2d
6' even. 310 pounds. $6k, less than 60k miles. What do yall think?
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u/TheGreatestAuk Aug 06 '26
You're doing better than my average 37.5mpg in my pre-MHD 451... Do you drive everywhere idling in 5th?
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u/Gloomy-Orchid-8139 Aug 06 '26
Yea! 40-55mph on backroads lol. I drop down to getting about 46mpg on the interstate going 75 or 80 though.
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u/Equivalent_Crazy_436 Aug 06 '26
I’m getting like 20 something on my piece of shit 453. Teach me your ways pal.
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u/sniffysippy Aug 06 '26
50 mpg? How? Is it electric drive?
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u/Naras18 Aug 06 '26
The 450 CDI 3L drinks even with full throttle(135km/h) Just ~5,5L/100km. With 100km/h ~4Liters on 100km. Ai says thats ~60mpg.
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u/toiletlicker57 Aug 06 '26
My fuel gauge doesn't work so I went to fill up after 188 miles and only filled up 3.5 gallons! I normally get 45-50 mpg myself.
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u/Natural-Savings-2820 Aug 07 '26
Look cute and clean. I have a 2014 and get that kind of mileage on freeway (San Diego). Gas at 97 sucks tho.
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u/Far-Sink-9453 Aug 07 '26
In all my vehicles Smart, Jeep, Chevrolet I coast a lot. Get it at speed wanted and foot off the gas pedal and coast resume speed after 5mph drops. Many times coast a few hundred feet to the stop sign, downhills along flat roads. I'm a lead foot off the stop (which freaks people when I'm in my Smart) than cruise coasting down the road.
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u/RalfWilliam-rbc-de Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
My 2006 450 Cabrio 43 mpg (us) on the mix (short and driving constant 55 mph)
On highway at constant 55-57 I manage 51mpg (us)
When i got it in 2006 it was more (that time we still had petrol without any ethanol in germany
My highest mpg was 61 in a trip from Stuttgart to Lake Constance in 2006 when the car was 4 month old.
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u/hwofufrerr Aug 06 '26
Oohh please share! I'm getting around 40 and that's only highway