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How real is the MPG on these things?

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Old 08-01-2005, 10:19 AM
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Averaging 25.7 mostly highway driving around 80 mph. I have 6152 miles on her and switched to Mobil 1 at 5K miles.
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Old 08-01-2005, 05:23 PM
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first tank was 21MPG but also I've not just been toodling to work Like I will once I get the 'lets hear it scream to redline before I shift' mode.

Got a bit of a shocker, I've not driven a RWD vehicle since 1988 or so and I flipped a quick U-Turn on a 55MPH highway and floored it only to do a wonderful tires spinning u-turn that I used to want to do all the time at 16 to 18 only to have TCS surprise me and hold me at 30MPH with me goin 'oh ****' about slowing down trying to get up to highway speed again as a huge line of cars was comin at me.

Next time, TCS button off and boy that'd be fun.
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Old 08-02-2005, 12:57 PM
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just drove 300 miles @80 to 85 mph, highway, got 23 mpg. then installeda k & n filter in the factory air box and got 26 on the return trip home also doing 80 to 85, 4000 on the 05 conv.
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Old 08-06-2005, 08:53 PM
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I just drove from Va to Ar, @1000 miles and averaged 27mpg at 70-80 mph.
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Old 08-06-2005, 10:02 PM
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I never get over 230 miles to a tank on city driving. (v6) Highway driving is much much improved, more like 320 or more.
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Old 08-09-2005, 12:17 AM
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Yea im getting really bad gas mileage.... like around 15 mpg, and i thought i was doing a good mix of highway + city driving ?????
maybe its still "breaking in "
i hope [X(]
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Old 08-09-2005, 03:01 PM
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Using the message center, I am getting an average of 24 MPG, this is a combo of city and highway driving....
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Old 08-09-2005, 07:30 PM
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Depending on A/C use, 20-21 city highway mix with the A/C and 23-24 without A/C. As for strickly highway, 26 @ a constant 75 MPH, 28 @ a constant 60 MPH. I've always used A/C on interstate trips so I can't compare that. Maybe in the fall I can get a highway reading without A/C, but in the summer in SC, no A/C is no fun.
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Old 08-09-2005, 09:21 PM
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I have a 4.6, 23.9 mpg on the highway using the AC and averaging 75 mph on a road trip two weeks ago.
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Old 08-09-2005, 11:27 PM
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bah, last fill up came out to 19MPG. Gotta quit lead footing it everywhere
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