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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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Checked my mpg for the first time today ...

After filling my tank and then refilling with about a 1/4 tank left.

23.2mpg

Not bad, seeing how 80% of my driving is city miles.

The car's computer was a little optimistic, saying I was getting a 'lil over 26mpg.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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no complaints here either. I get 31.x with 90% highway.

Around town its more like 28.xx. I dont have a heavy foot and cops are everyone in my town. EVERYWHERE!
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 03:26 AM
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I've never checked if the car's computer is accurate. I can get about 31.5 mpg (according to the DIC) on the highway. On my way to work at back, which is a bit of a city/highway mix, I got about 28 mpg stock. Now I get either 18 mpg or 25 mpg, depending if I want to have fun or get good gas mileage. I got 24 mpg in stop and go traffic taking it easy on the car (with my current mods). I need to work on gas mileage in my tune :-/.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:53 AM
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i normally get a little over 24 mpg and thats with having a little fun. btw my driving is 90% city
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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I was getting 34mpg for a while. I'm averaging about 30mpg now.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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Wow.. I was getting like 24.4 city driving... now I drive to fairfax on 66 every other day and I'm getting 25.3 now.. Maybe I need to ease up on it... just a little
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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Haha yeah I get about 26 and the bulk of my driving is stop and go 40mph driving. It is annoying and of course I love the fast 0 to 60 in my car so I punch it every now and then and then ease off down to 40. I only use Shell gas though, I noticed my MPG went up when I started only using one gas station.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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Iwas coming home from my new job which is about 50 miles away and i have a pic on my cell phone holding a consistant 40.8 mpg! i make 44 for a 200 mile ride to car lisle pennsylvania its on camera to
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by NamedGobalt
Wow.. I was getting like 24.4 city driving... now I drive to fairfax on 66 every other day and I'm getting 25.3 now.. Maybe I need to ease up on it... just a little
Yeah Chris, if you didn't wake up late and drive like an ass to still get to work EARLY, you'd get badass mpg like me, lol.

How's that truckbed back there?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by cobaltssTH
i normally get a little over 24 mpg and thats with having a little fun. btw my driving is 90% city
It looks like from the posts here, that our SC's will get around 23-25mpg in the city.

That's WAY cool for me.

I remember the first car I bought back in the 1977, a '69 Mustang Mach 1 with a 390 engine/automatic transmission.

I got around 9-10 mpg city with that car ... and it was not any faster than my SS/SC (maybe even a 'lil slower).

Technology has come a LONG way since those cars were built!
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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i usually see about 30 highway and 28 in the city
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by intense_SS
i usually see about 30 highway and 28 in the city
Huh?

Only 2mpg difference between city and highway?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by firemanfrank
Huh?

Only 2mpg difference between city and highway?
Maybe he just passes through on a ring road...
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