Lead Foot problem?

[wtom]

Can my driving aggressively and accelerating hard really affecting my mileage that badly?

Pic from Aug 19th, almost all city road driving and yes that is 416.9km since fill-up and the engine light just came on maybe .1 or .2 km before the pic;

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p1c268017bfcaa4516ffbdde78e04051c/f756c884.jpg
EDIT: Seems the pic won\'t display, copy and paste this URL; http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p1c268017bfcaa4516ffbdde78e04051c/f756c884.jpg.orig.jpg

That was the worst fill-up mileage so far... the rest I\'ve been getting like 24 to 26MPG... which is still bad compared to the better readings some ppl have posted.

I usually take off from a traffic light or stop sign to keep up with most traffic. I don\'t race other drivers. The A/C is sometimes on.

Any comments? Thx!

[Xenon]

I\'ve been getting that about that, and I have an Auto Tranny...

Usually I can go about 450 km before the light comes on tho.

[billyfo]

I think you should ease up the gas pedal:D :D

even in winter time, my light come out at around 420-430km with almost all city drive, now in summer, it comes out at around 550km, if I drive more on 407 at 140 w/ ac on most of the time, it comes out at 570km.

[snipe]

Originally posted by wtom


Can my driving aggressively and accelerating hard really affecting my mileage that badly?

Pic from Aug 19th, almost all city road driving and yes that is 416.9km since fill-up and the engine light just came on maybe .1 or .2 km before the pic;

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p1c268017bfcaa4516ffbdde78e04051c/f756c884.jpg
EDIT: Seems the pic won\'t display, copy and paste this URL; http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p1c268017bfcaa4516ffbdde78e04051c/f756c884.jpg.orig.jpg

That was the worst fill-up mileage so far... the rest I\'ve been getting like 24 to 26MPG... which is still bad compared to the better readings some ppl have posted.

I usually take off from a traffic light or stop sign to keep up with most traffic. I don\'t race other drivers. The A/C is sometimes on.

Any comments? Thx!

Aggressive driving affects my mileage. Driving with the AT in Auto mode, I average about 500km on full tank (45L). Just recently I was doing no less than 140 on the highway and having lots of fun with the Sport mode shifting. For example, I\'d downshift a lot to have that extra power when passing cars, so it kept my revs high. Driving like that I got about 440km on a full tank (45L). So I think it kinda affects my mileage. Not that I do this everyday, but once in a while it\'s fun. :)

[wtom]

Thx guys, I think it\'s definitely my having too much fun with this car; first manual tranny for me, and it\'s a Mazda3. Bad combo for good fuel economy...