MPG??

Little question for all of you ... Just filled up my Tribute LX-V6, which I am driving since last week and has 250 miles on it, I got about 14 MPG ... Does it get better than that?? Is it normal that it is so low at the beginning??

I have an ES-V6 with 2200 miles on it now and I'm getting 20 miles to the gallon (22 on the road) and I'm hoping that it just gets better. I did not even calculate the mpg until I had over 1000 on it..you just disappoint yourself!.....and I keep zoooooooming! Great car, no problems!

You bet its BAD in the beginning....Mine got 13....Same model...Another thing is we are still getting into the floor board a bit when you are next to another "ute" in traffic....bad habit of mine...I am soooooooooo wrong to do that. Specifically you should NOT drive it jack rabbit style for the first 500 miles and vary the speeds...some highway, some city....AND from 500 to 3,000 gas mileage will improve with each tank. There is NO ADJUSTMENT whatsoever for the idle and mixture on Tribute/Escape vehicles. It is ALL computer related. IF YOU are like me in so far as you do push the gas pedal a tad bit at times...go higher on the octane. 87 is the minimum and if you are high terrain above 1000 ft, go at least 89. I run 90+ in any DOHC V6 engine...can't go wrong. My last Mazda lasted driving like new to over 180K...and I sold it still running it hard but doing ALL oil changes and maintenance on time....

You bet its BAD in the beginning....Mine got 13....Same model...Another thing is we are still getting into the floor board a bit when you are next to another "ute" in traffic....bad habit of mine...I am soooooooooo wrong to do that. Specifically you should NOT drive it jack rabbit style for the first 500 miles and vary the speeds...some highway, some city....AND from 500 to 3,000 gas mileage will improve with each tank. There is NO ADJUSTMENT whatsoever for the idle and mixture on Tribute/Escape vehicles. It is ALL computer related. IF YOU are like me in so far as you do push the gas pedal a tad bit at times...go higher on the octane. 87 is the minimum and if you are high terrain above 1000 ft, go at least 89. I run 90+ in any DOHC V6 engine...can't go wrong. My last Mazda lasted driving like new to over 180K...and I sold it still running it hard but doing ALL oil changes and maintenance on time....

You bet its BAD in the beginning....Mine got 13....Same model...Another thing is we are still getting into the floor board a bit when you are next to another "ute" in traffic....bad habit of mine...I am soooooooooo wrong to do that. Specifically you should NOT drive it jack rabbit style for the first 500 miles and vary the speeds...some highway, some city....AND from 500 to 3,000 gas mileage will improve with each tank. There is NO ADJUSTMENT whatsoever for the idle and mixture on Tribute/Escape vehicles. It is ALL computer related. IF YOU are like me in so far as you do push the gas pedal a tad bit at times...go higher on the octane. 87 is the minimum and if you are high terrain above 1000 ft, go at least 89. I run 90+ in any DOHC V6 engine...can't go wrong. My last Mazda lasted driving like new to over 180K...and I sold it still running it hard but doing ALL oil changes and maintenance on time....