28 MPG? How?
08-07-2006, 01:36 AM
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RE: 28 MPG? How?
To put it in perspective, I have an auto, and if I am driving "normally", my auto is shifting before 2500 RPM all the time. If I am pounding it, it hangs in there till 4000-4500. If I am really ripping it, it hangs in till 5500. Bottom line. 4000 RPM means you are getting up to speed WAY too quickly if you are concerned about gas mileage.
08-07-2006, 07:54 AM
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RE: 28 MPG? How?
I get like 22.5 MPG on the average between city and highway. I don't have the lead foot unless i come up on a ricer cuz there happens to be quite a bit of those round these parts so once in a while gotta show em up 
08-07-2006, 02:50 PM
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RE: 28 MPG? How?
ORIGINAL: beaustang
+1 on the shifting habits; 4000 is for racing, shift at 2000 and use cruise control when you can. I have the IUP and check mileage at crusing speeds (70 mph) on cruise control and see 30+ mpg. When I drive mellow I can get 22+ combined city/freeway. Bottom line is how you drive, if you drive mostly city with a lot of start and stop 19 mpg is probably about right with the way you shift.
+1 on the shifting habits; 4000 is for racing, shift at 2000 and use cruise control when you can. I have the IUP and check mileage at crusing speeds (70 mph) on cruise control and see 30+ mpg. When I drive mellow I can get 22+ combined city/freeway. Bottom line is how you drive, if you drive mostly city with a lot of start and stop 19 mpg is probably about right with the way you shift.
I'd like to accelerate a little faster than a diesel concrete truck. I think I can slow it down to 3000. That's what most autos shift at in the japanese cars.
