Thinking of buying a s 60 for my daughter. What is the range of the mpg? Mark

 

I just purchased one for my Daughter, She is turning 16 in May, So it have the car hidden until Christmas. It is a 2001 2.4T. I saw the orginal Sticker and it said it gets 21-25 miles per gallon. She drives like a little old lady so she get close to those numbers. Good luck in your choice. I got a red one and it is in top conditon.

 

Thanks Beltran for your reply. What did you have to give for your S-60. My daughter is 16 in May also. Mark

 

I average 20.5, a little over 300 miles on a tank when filled. On a trip from Philly to Maryland and back got up to 21.8 at 70-80 mph on highway. And I dont ring it out often.

 

I got a 2005 S60 in December of '04. One thing I do is keep track of milage - learned it on my first car, a good indicator of potential engine problems if the milage drops. The data is below (e-mail me if you need a copy of the Excel spreadsheet - trond@peersen.net). The average is 26.89 mpg - that is a mix of city and highway (probalby 70% city).

18 g. tank
Total gas cost $1,398.29
Average gas cost $2.178
Average gas mileage 26.89

Date Milage Gallons Price per gallon Total price Miles per gallon Miles driven Driving type
12/14/04 101 $0.00
12/22/04 403 14.023 $1.699 $23.83 21.54 302
12/28/04 690 14.519 $1.659 $24.09 19.77 287
1/1/05 878 7.488 $1.699 $12.72 25.11 188
1/12/05 1163 13.624 $1.689 $23.01 20.92 285
1/14/05 1372 8.269 $1.679 $13.88 25.28 209 Lou.
1/26/05 1712 16.486 $1.799 $29.66 20.62 340
2/5/05 2072 16.156 $1.849 $29.87 22.28 360
2/17/05 2386 14.529 $1.829 $26.57 21.61 314
2/23/05 2679 12.315 $1.799 $22.15 23.79 293
3/3/05 3080 16.567 $1.879 $31.13 24.20 401 Lou.
3/9/05 3455 14.421 $1.949 $28.11 26.00 375 Lou.
3/20/05 3850 16.375 $2.169 $35.52 24.12 395
3/27/05 4261 15.834 $1.969 $31.18 25.96 411 Lou.
4/1/05 4582 11.884 $2.199 $26.13 27.01 321
4/6/05 4893 11.757 $2.299 $27.03 26.45 311
4/13/05 5091 8.284 $2.179 $18.05 23.90 198
4/21/05 5343 11.4 $2.049 $23.36 22.11 252
4/27/05 5564 7.761 $2.269 $17.61 28.48 221 Lou.
5/3/05 5885 12.31 $2.149 $26.45 26.08 321
5/11/05 6224 14.066 $1.969 $27.70 24.10 339
5/24/05 6564 15.484 $1.999 $30.95 21.96 340
5/29/05 6895 12.571 $1.899 $23.87 26.33 331
6/2/05 7192 10.666 $1.899 $20.25 27.85 297
6/5/05 7433 8.638 $1.899 $16.40 27.90 241
6/10/05 7715 11.165 $2.099 $23.44 25.26 282
6/10/05 8003 8.963 $2.159 $19.35 32.13 288 Wooster trip
6/12/05 8306 9.661 $2.029 $19.60 31.36 303
6/18/05 8640 14.13 $2.099 $29.66 23.64 334
6/27/05 9007 15.111 $2.099 $31.72 24.29 367
7/6/05 9369 15.48 $2.149 $33.27 23.39 362
7/17/05 9748 16.62 $2.159 $35.88 22.80 379
7/28/05 10046 14.493 $2.179 $31.58 20.56 298
7/31/05 10143 4.615 $2.239 $10.33 21.02 97
7/31/05 10627 14.679 $2.229 $32.72 32.97 484 Washington, DC
8/2/05 10876 9.903 $2.229 $22.07 25.14 249
8/3/05 11391 17.758 $2.359 $41.89 29.00 515
8/10/05 11799 15.413 $2.399 $36.98 26.47 408
8/19/05 12122 14.837 $2.599 $38.56 21.77 323
8/22/05 12331 7.563 $2.559 $19.35 27.63 209 Lou.
8/30/05 12544 10.737 $2.479 $26.62 19.84 213
9/7/05 12928 15.379 $2.859 $43.97 24.97 384
9/19/05 13281 15.653 $2.519 $39.43 22.55 353
9/23/05 13474 9.365 $2.699 $25.28 20.61 193
9/30/05 13858 14.684 $2.999 $44.04 26.15 384
10/11/05 14245 15.259 $2.699 $41.18 25.36 387
10/15/05 14385 6.367 $2.599 $16.55 21.99 140
10/16/05 14698 10.505 $2.659 $27.93 29.80 313 Knoxville, TN
10/17/05 14904 7.248 $2.479 $17.97 28.42 206
10/22/05 15116 8.732 $2.499 $21.82 24.28 212
10/27/05 15362 8.902 $2.239 $19.93 27.63 246
10/31/05 15626 9.669 $2.189 $21.17 27.30 264
11/9/05 16050 16.1444 $2.259 $36.47 26.26 424

 

Mine is a 2002 non turbo. The best I've gotten on the highway is 32mpg. In the city it's around 22 - 24. Overall average is around 26 which is right in line with what trondp is getting.

 

Average MPG at 65mph, measured during the course of an hour, on a 52 mile commute, in moderate traffic, on cruise control, with occassional increases and decreases (about 25 total) to the Cruise Controls speed.
Average = 26mpg

 

My wife drives a 2001 S60 2.4T, she gets (hand calculated) 22-23 in town and 28-29 on the highway @ 75+. I am running premium, haven't tested it on 87 octane. The manual says 91 octane. Any input on using lower octanes? Also, 100% Chevron fuel.
Thanks-
Tim

 

It is funny cause my birthday is may 12th yet I'm going to be 23; I am looking for my first car though, haha.

Anyhow, I am really interested in this 2002 S60 my local dealer had and I was wondering about the MPG before I saw this post. My question is about these stats being based of a manuel or an automatic. I was looking at the automatic and so now I'm curious about which is my best bet, Manny or auto? If anyone has any feed back for best MPG between a auto or manny please let me know.

thank you for everyone's time

gabe

 

I average around 24mpg. Mostly highway driving around 75mph.

 

My old "01 S60 got 23-24 city. 27-29 highway with speeds averaging 75. It was a 2.4T. Driving habits greatly influence mileage.

 

My wife drives a 2001 S60. She gets about 29 highway and about 22 or 23 in city. Great on fuel in my opinion considering I drive a 4.7L Grand Cherokee HO V8 sucking down the fuel at about 18 mpg.

 

Wife's S60 gets 25.5-26 mpg; slightly higher if I drive it

 

Last 6 tankfuls

28.5
29
30.8
33.07
31.67
30.8

The 33.07 MPG was 100% highway from Detroit to Indianapolis and back.
Seafoamed the inners, new air filter, German Castrol 0/30, and put copper plugs on. 87 octane. this is on a NA S60 02.

 

I have an 05 S60 2.5t and average 25.5 consistently in mixed driving.

I run 87 and 89 mostly, but will occasionally run premium. When I run the 92, there is no drop off in mileage.

_Branden

 

I have an '02 S60 non-turbo and on the highway at 70-75 MPH I have typically gotten around 34 MPG. Around town it drops down to about 28 MPG, but that's still pretty good for a fairly heavy car.

Jeff

Also own an '88 740 GLE that runs like a top with 180K miles on her.