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Old 07-19-2006, 08:40 PM
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im gettin 300-320 miles pertank... which leaves me at about 18-19mpg stock....
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Old 07-19-2006, 09:25 PM
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I got 16MPG on 87octane and I think 18-19 on 93, both mostly city. (not enough to be fully accurate on the 93, only been using it 2 tanks)

mine seems pretty bad too though.. all stock btw.
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Old 07-19-2006, 09:51 PM
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im getting just over 300miles a tank also. is that about average for everyone?? my car is stock
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Old 07-19-2006, 10:05 PM
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Woah, I can get 300 miles on half a tank. Over long distances and driving when it's cooler.
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Old 07-20-2006, 03:35 AM
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thats impossible, you would be getting 38mpg if you got 300 miles on half a tank.
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Old 07-20-2006, 03:44 AM
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I drove from Reno to Elko. 283 miles(ok so it's a little under). Straight shot, half way point I had about 3/4 of a tank. No BS.
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Old 07-20-2006, 04:10 AM
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once you are at half way on the fuel gauge, uve probably already used over half the tank. As it takes my car about 40-50 miles just to get off of the "F" My best tank was 484 miles and i put about 15.4 gallons in it. That was with the K&N intake and tune, on a long windy road trip from utah to arizona. (31-32mpg)
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Old 07-20-2006, 12:45 PM
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I have also gotten 30+ mpg on road trips. Don't get that too often any more though.
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Old 07-20-2006, 02:52 PM
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yeah road trips are a totally diff thing. When i drove down to college from IL to FL i was getting around 480-490miles per tank.

Jeremy what do you get when you are just driving around locally no long distance trips??? I am only getting about 300 miles per tank locally that includes a lot of stops and little little highways with lights.
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Old 07-20-2006, 07:13 PM
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Locally my milege is not too bad. kinda got a lead foot so I don't know my real avg.
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