another gas mileage thread....
08-28-2005, 02:15 PM
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another gas mileage thread.... well, just got finished with 1600 mile road trip, and I was somewhat suprised by my gas mileage. I average right at about 25 mpg for the whole trip. The trip consisted of me going from Wichita to Oxford Ohio, and was mostly spent on I-70 the whole way pulling 75. I was at about 2300 rpms. Is this what most people with a4's and 3.23's see in this case? I dont think there was any noticeable or prolonged head winds, and i saw a slight increase whenever i was able to put in Shell V-power. It was done on premium the whole time (91-93 octane depending on where i had to fill up) all in all i had to fill up 8 times! Let me know what you guys think, cause i have a feeling my car is running slightly rich. OH, and this was before i installed my headers, it just took me awhile to make a thread about it!
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08-29-2005, 12:39 AM
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i get 25 combined (about 300 miles out of my tank) i drove to michigan once, got 27 mpg, most the time we were going 75, but it got up to 120 or so a couple of times... and we were in traffic..
08-29-2005, 03:48 AM
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I do mostly highway driving(80-90%), 375 miles to a tank. That's roughly 23-24mpg.
2.73/A4 See about 2000rpms at 75-80mph.
Edit: On a side note my old LO3 90RS with Edelbrock Headers/Intake/Exhaust, K&N, Catco Cat, Jacobs Ignition, Fast Chip II, AFPR, and 3.73 would get 22-23 miles per gallon on the highway. Figure that.
2.73/A4 See about 2000rpms at 75-80mph.
Edit: On a side note my old LO3 90RS with Edelbrock Headers/Intake/Exhaust, K&N, Catco Cat, Jacobs Ignition, Fast Chip II, AFPR, and 3.73 would get 22-23 miles per gallon on the highway. Figure that.
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08-30-2005, 12:57 AM
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I'm not sure on exact mile/gallon i get but I know on highway i get a good 240 miles from a full tank on highway. I got big cam and all kinds of mods. And 3:73 gears (its an A4). I personally consider it horrible gas mileage. Probably because we used to take a civic on long trips hehah
08-30-2005, 02:52 AM
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I average 21.7 mpg city and on the trip i took to lubbock last month i averaged 26.50 cruising around 75-80. A4, 2.73's here btw, using the ac on the return trip.
I was going to buy a beater 4 banger of some sort to drive in lieu of gas prices, but why should i when my LS1 gets better gas mileage than a 4 banger Eclipse?
I was going to buy a beater 4 banger of some sort to drive in lieu of gas prices, but why should i when my LS1 gets better gas mileage than a 4 banger Eclipse?
