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Old 09-27-2014, 07:24 AM
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Guys i am curious. What type of mustang do you drive and how much is your monthly gas bill cost?

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Old 09-28-2014, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddie Broc
Guys i am curious. What type of mustang do you drive and how much is your monthly gas bill cost?

Thanks in advance
I presume you want to extrapolate our experiences to determine what you will get.
Due to the massively varying results of due mileage form person to person, you will not be able to extrapolate our fuel cost results as what you will get.

Lets use my monthly fuel cost for example. I am assuming a 30.5 day month (30.5 because more than half of the months are 31 days, but February on a non-leap year is only 28 days).
At $3.25 per gallon, 87 octane, all in Texas, I top off about 2 times a 30.5 day month. I put in three quarters of a tank each of those 2 times. 3 quarters of a tank is 12 Gal, so at $3.25 per Gal, I pay ~$78 per 30.5day month.

HOWEVER, I do not drive very far; I daily drive in mixed traffic: half in bumper to bumper traffic jam rush hour, and the other half 70MPH freeway speeds.
I rarely stomp on the gas so I stay well below 2500RPM on each of my trips.

We all know the Coyote MUST reach 3500RPM before you really feel the performance. Anything under 2500RPM is for fuel sipping great MPG for a V8, but the torque is terrible; just enough to putter around town getting groceries.

If you stomp on the gas all the time and drive spiritedly everywhere you go, you can expect to pay at least FOUR times as much as I do assuming $3.25 per Gal and driving the same short distances I do to and from various places during a 30.5day month.

BUT you can get even better fuel cost per month than I do by only taking your ride out a few days each week (don't daily drive it) and if you DD it, drive like a grandpa and never exceed 2000RPM even in stop-and-go city driving. Keeping it under 2000RPM in stop-and-go driving is very hard, but it can be done.
I am guessing that in my DD situations and assuming the same $3.25 per Gal cost I get, you could squeak by with possibly $70 per month or possibly even less.

Summary of factors:
1) !!!Driving Style!!! This is your biggest cost saver. You foot saves you the most gas if you are light on the pedal.
2) How far you drive each day. Obviously you save gas by not driving as far
3) How often you drive your car. Also obvious: if you drive it only 3 times a week, you save a considerable amount of money.
4) Driving conditions: Going up and down hills, how many stop signs/stop lights you get caught at, driving in rush hour traffic jams vs 70MPH freeway cruising all dictate fuel consumption.

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Old 09-28-2014, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddie Broc
Guys i am curious. What type of mustang do you drive and how much is your monthly gas bill cost?

Thanks in advance
Well since no one has a 2015 yet no one can really answer your question!

And even looking at 2014 and earlier - what engine, options, and driving style are you asking about, and how much driving each month. Everyone will be a little different. I'm sure that my monthly fuel costs would make you say you need to find something else, but I drive around 2,500 miles every month, depending upon how many client visits I have to make each month. It is 500 miles weekly just to get to the office and back!
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