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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Well today i just went to fill up and i figured out i got 25.1mpg and I am pretty stoked. With mixed highway and city and my gears i think thats damn good. So whats everyone else getting??
 
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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25 city close to 30 highway usually
 
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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umm like 15 in city and 20 on the highway
 
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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Wow, i rip around alot on mine, i havent averaged mine, but now with gas prices the way they are. It's 1.60 where i live. i put 15 dollars in, thats almost 10 gallons, and i can drive to school 2 days a week from where i live. and ill have a quarter tank left over. bout 200 miles. So i get an average of around 20-22mpg, when im on the highway i run slow for a bit till i eat breakfast then i go around 80-90 the rest of the way. In town i always rev it up and accel hard. and on the country roads of ky, i always rip around with it. So i guess i get pretty fair MPG's for how i drive.
 
Old Dec 15, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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last time I checked mine I got 25-26 highway, and that's when my '04 V6 was stock, and I read the V6's are suppose to get around 28 on hwy, so I wasn't overjoyed, but I wasn't dissapointed.
 

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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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Mid-summer mine was 13 city 17 highway...
 
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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I got like 19 the other day...something i'm doing wrong? besides driving fast?
 
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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22 for mine

like 16 for the wifes mountaineer
 
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jseven
I got like 19 the other day...something i'm doing wrong? besides driving fast?
just keep your foot out of it and shift earlier.
 
Old Dec 16, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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i get about 20 around town, i dont live in a city so theres no stop and go for me.

i have been doing many all high way to the place i snowboard at so ill let you know my high way mpg next week when i fill up.
 
Old Dec 21, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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I'm guessing that I get around 20 mpg city. Isn't there "instructions" on how to be fuel smart in the owners manual? I remember reading them once, it just tells you the mph you should be shifting gears to be "fuel smart". I doubt anyone uses this. I usually shift at 2500 rpm regardless of where I am.
 
Old Dec 21, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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I shift about 2k ish
 
Old Dec 21, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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Wow, in my GT I can get as little as 16mpg city driving and 28 pure highway at 70mph. Twenty f***ing eight. I do a lot of highway driving, so I am a happy camper.
 
Old Dec 22, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Dang 28, very nice. I average 25.5. I drive highway to and from work but have to drive through the city for other things so it brings it down but. 25.5 is not to bad. It is a big drop from my last car which i averaged about 36.
 
Old Dec 22, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Thats pretty good mileage. I get more miles to the tank in my GT than I did towards the end of wen I owned my v6. I never accurately measured it but from school to home, it would take 3/4 of a tank in the v6, and 1/2 a tank in the GT. And it was really obvious when I still had both and would drive the v6 to the parts store or something like that.
 
Old Dec 22, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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dang. well i get about about 20 city probably bc i accelerate fast but on the highways im thinking around 25...
 
Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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wow im on the low millage b/w 16-18 in city and 26-28 on hwy that was after changing spark plugs and oil change. (if that helps )
 
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