I get 34-36 pretty regularly in the city, and 42 or so on the highway. I have another of the same car, but automatic. The auto gets only 24-26 city, and struggles to best 32mpg on the highway. The auto has 88,000kms on it, the 5M has over 280,000kms. Both cars are 1.6EL's, with D16Y8 engines.