Buying an S550 Need help/Advice

[cbrookre]

Thanks cbrookre, it's been great so far. MPG SUCKS haha do y'all average like 15? I'm shifting at around 2500 rpms and I have about 35-40 miles of highway everyday, maybe 10 miles of city. Pretty crazy, but it's low as hell. Hoping it loosens up a bit

Edit: I have only floored it once... not like I'm driving crazy.

Are you using the trip meter or looking only at the lifetime? Mine started really low lifetime with only 8 miles on the odometer I am guessing because they let it idle a ton when loaded and unloaded. Go to one of the trip views and reset it (hold the left ok button down) and see what you get. After over 2k miles it has now averaged out for me.

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[Brice80]

you're getting 15mpg ONLY shifting at 2500? something is off. I can easily get 25+ mpg shifting before 3k.

I would like to add, I'm a bit rusty at shifting, so maybe that has to do with it? higher revs when shifting into first? I mean i'm in some stop and go traffic, but mostly can average 40-50 on the way to and from on the highway. My drive to the highway is about 5 miles, 5-6 stops along the way. I thought that the 3.73's would be to blame, but i don't know what I'm doing wrong. I almost want to figure out another display to put in between the speedometer and RPM gauge. I don't want to view mpg anymore hahah

Are you using the trip meter or looking only at the lifetime? Mine started really low lifetime with only 8 miles on the odometer I am guessing because they let it idle a ton when loaded and unloaded. Go to one of the trip views and reset it (hold the left ok button down) and see what you get. After over 2k miles it has now averaged out for me.

Yea I reset trip 1 on my way home (got 23.5 mpg almost all highway). I'll do what you're saying, I've only got like 150 miles on it, so I'm sure the average is low due to that. I just need the tank to last me 1 week (250 miles) so that I don't have to worry about filling up more than once a week haha this is going to be more expensive than I thought. But worth it gotta keep that at the top of my mind.

 

[MSMStannyl]

Hmm interesting. I was 99% sure that the performance package came in manual transmission only. Good for you if you found an automatic performance pack, that'd be a rarity from what I've seen.

Yea seem I'm still in that young and dumb stage, so I wanted the PP to have total control over the transmission and drive hard when I want to.

Thinking about Corsa Catback Extreme as my next addition.

I stand corrected then. Sorry about the confusion.

To clarify, I DID NOT get the PP. I got a manual GT Premium. I swear I've seen posts from PP owners mentioning Auto transmission. Can you get an Ecoboost PP in Auto? Maybe that's what's confusing me...

 

[StangMan04]

I stand corrected then. Sorry about the confusion.

To clarify, I DID NOT get the PP. I got a manual GT Premium. I swear I've seen posts from PP owners mentioning Auto transmission. Can you get an Ecoboost PP in Auto? Maybe that's what's confusing me...

You can get the Ecoboost with Auto and PP, just not the GT (except the 50 Year LE model).

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