Blake's model year is newer with more horespower and is lighter and he keeps the car in tip-top shape.
I use to get 13-15 mpg.........then had 'precision tune auto care' done this on the car:
1. Fuel Injection Service_ "The injectors - particularly the injector nozzles - exist in an environment where tremendous heat is generated. The burning of the fuel leaves hardened carbon deposits on piston valves and fuel injector nozzle heads that interferes with the spray pattern and flow of fuel. At Precision Tune Auto Care, we introduce a liquid cleaning agent into the injection nozzle. This dissolves the carbon deposits and restores proper fuel flow into the combustion chamber."
2. Air induction system service_ "Heat causes build up of carbon and varnish in your car’s engine and the crusted deposits act as a sponge soaking up fuel and restricting air flow. The results are poor engine efficiency, high stress on critical engine components and higher levels of toxic emissions. We introduce a special cleaning agent into the intake manifold with the engine running. This agent dissolves the carbon deposits, which are then emitted out of the tail pipe."
Along with transmission and differential fluid change and few other regular maintenance things.
Right after the cleaning/work, the car was driven strictly on highway for around 600 miles and it got 25 MPG!!!!!!
But now I get 18 mpg in city and 21 mpg on hwy like what it is suppose to.
I think the majority of the problem was solved by air induction system service.