06' Mustang GT Real world MPGs?
03-06-2012, 07:43 AM
#11
Join Date: Dec 2011
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I have 3.31 gears and at 70 on the highway, I'm doing ~2000 rpms and my gauge says I get ~26.4 mpg. City, I get 15 to 19 depending on how spirited/conservative I drive. Doesn't sound much different from your friends V6, so I'd check to see what gears the GT has. If they're 3.31, I'd get it.
03-06-2012, 09:45 AM
#14
So what do you guys think i should do? Stick with getting a v6 manual or GT manual...?
I am only 19 and this will be my daily driver in and around town and going to college about 30 minutes away on the highway and 5 minutes through city driving.
Is there a considerable difference in power? I mean i know there is but enough to want to make me get a GT lol
I am only 19 and this will be my daily driver in and around town and going to college about 30 minutes away on the highway and 5 minutes through city driving.
Is there a considerable difference in power? I mean i know there is but enough to want to make me get a GT lol
03-06-2012, 11:19 AM
#15
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 671
At almost 90K miles, I've seen my combined average drop from 20 (when I got it at 24K) to about 19. Now that I'm doing mostly Highway driving (still some of city) I'm getting 22 combined.
I took a Road Trip from Houston, TX to Traverse City, MI and back, by way of Bowling Green, KY and for that whole trip (mostly Highway, cruising north of 70) even with driving through the hills/mountains my overall average was 23. Keep in mind, this was with a trunk and back seat loaded with camping/vacation stuff and my wife. We were pretty well loaded down.
I took a Road Trip from Houston, TX to Traverse City, MI and back, by way of Bowling Green, KY and for that whole trip (mostly Highway, cruising north of 70) even with driving through the hills/mountains my overall average was 23. Keep in mind, this was with a trunk and back seat loaded with camping/vacation stuff and my wife. We were pretty well loaded down.
03-06-2012, 04:56 PM
#17
I've heard people with V6s complain about MPGs in the teens. I wonder if they're ragging the engines out trying to compensate for the lack of hp?
My '06 GT has the factory 3.55s and UPR CAI, UPR/SCT Tune, UPR x-pipe, and it was a nice improvement in seat of the pants performance over the stock setup. It's supposed to be about a 30-40hp gain at the crank.
Anyway, my average over the past 10,000 miles or so, almost entirely city driving, is 23.0 MPG. And believe me, I DO NOT baby the car. I drive fairly aggressively all the time.
My '06 GT has the factory 3.55s and UPR CAI, UPR/SCT Tune, UPR x-pipe, and it was a nice improvement in seat of the pants performance over the stock setup. It's supposed to be about a 30-40hp gain at the crank.
Anyway, my average over the past 10,000 miles or so, almost entirely city driving, is 23.0 MPG. And believe me, I DO NOT baby the car. I drive fairly aggressively all the time.
03-06-2012, 05:54 PM
#18
03-06-2012, 06:55 PM
#20
6th Gear Member
Tough question because of all the variables... even IF we didn't have that god-awful ethanol laced fuel to screw things up even worse from tank-to-tank.
It seems mid to upper teens in the city, low to upper 20's on the highway is typical. If I really want to drive myself crazy, I can get 27-28 MPG highway at a steady 50-55 MPH, pump-to-pump, hand calculated (and have done it on more than a 1/2 dozen occasions).
It seems mid to upper teens in the city, low to upper 20's on the highway is typical. If I really want to drive myself crazy, I can get 27-28 MPG highway at a steady 50-55 MPH, pump-to-pump, hand calculated (and have done it on more than a 1/2 dozen occasions).
