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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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Was about 95-100 degrees out, basically rode 30 miles in 5th gear, mostly in cruise control, sometimes not, was between 65-85mph. Got off the freeway to check my mpg, 27.5! These are economy cars!
Old Apr 26, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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hahahaha, no there not... because you were checking your milage so of course you drive without having fun... ! economy cars is like flooring the car everywhere you go and still being able to drive 200 miles on a tank of gas... nice try though... kind of interesting 27.5 highway milage!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 12:03 AM
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These cars can get some pretty decent mileage. A month or two back, I drove from Tucson to Phoenix (about 110 miles) and planted the cruise control at 60 mph got 30.0 mpg.
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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i get decent mileage going downhill, but that's about it





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Was about 95-100 degrees out, basically rode 30 miles in 5th gear, mostly in cruise control, sometimes not, was between 65-85mph. Got off the freeway to check my mpg, 27.5! These are economy cars!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:34 AM
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[sm=funnypostabove.gif][sm=exactly.gif]......LOL
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:30 AM
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here's the kind of mileage you get when driving downhill!!!
Remember to include a few stop and go's in your calculations! Otherwise your MPG estimate will be as fake as this one!


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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:27 AM
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lol I did that to my buddy that also has a s197 but it read 36 mpg he was like how did u do it, took him a few minutes to realize how i did it lol
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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Lol my MPG isn't a fake number like that, we all know how to do that, hell you can do that uphill. Mine is the actual drive I make to school 2x a week. Its about a 40 mile drive, 30 being freeway. Got 27.5 on freeway, 26.2 from house-freeway-school. So hate on my number all you want!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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descent milage! I got 16.3 MPG this week
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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descent milage! I got 16.3 MPG this week
Yeah, that seems to be close to what I'm averaging too..... and loving every minute of it!!!



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