lscrx
Active Member
I routinely hit 17-20 on the interstate at 80 mph, even with some headwind. A week ago, we had my wife’s forester on the same stretch, same speed, typical headwind- mpg was as low as 14 never hit 20 mpg for a 50 mile stretch.
I think think your Forester is broken... they're not great for high-speed cruising fuel economy, but they should be able to get 20+mpg still.
I used to drive a Nissan Juke as my commuter car, and with it's 1.6 turbo and a 13-gallon tank I was only able to get around 250 miles/tank (23mpg average). Now with the Expedition I regularly hit 20-22mpg on interstate trips, running 80mph, and can make it 550-600 miles between fill-ups.