Q: My average Econ is 13.6 mpg what does that mean?

asked by on February 23, 2018

My car eats up a lot of gas and even makes a heavy noise when I drive it, after I had got my oil changed a message was displayed on my dashboard saying: “ Average Econ 13.6 mpg”. What does that mean?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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