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Old 01-29-2008, 07:48 PM
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What kind of gas mililage do you guys get regardless if it is good or Bad.
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:02 PM
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20-25 mpg depending on how heavy my foot gets...
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my wife drives 21 mi round trip to work and back every day and she gets great gas milage but me i cant help goin at least half throttle at least thruogh one or two gears just going to the convience store a half mi from my house. i did take a 400 mi trip when i frist bought it last july and i got 26 mpg running 65-80 mph.
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Originally Posted by t-rocks firehawk
my wife drives 21 mi round trip to work and back every day and she gets great gas milage but me i cant help goin at least half throttle at least thruogh one or two gears just going to the convience store a half mi from my house. i did take a 400 mi trip when i frist bought it last july and i got 26 mpg running 65-80 mph.
Dang 26 with an ls1! I would never be able to do that the way i drive
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i average 14... and im a very aggresive driver..
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28.5 highway, and it varies in the city but usually around 14-16.
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I get 18 driving back and forth to work, and about 26 on the highway. I drive mine pretty mellow, however.
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Back and fourth to work I average 20-22 mpg using typical state roads. With around town driving about 18-19 mpg. Highway the best I've seen is 24mpg.
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i usually get about 16 in the highway and 12 in the city im an agerssive driver
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When we picked up our car in June, we drove back almost 600 miles and with cruise on and the top down @ 75 we got like 28 but that was all interstate driving. We were both shocked because my wifes 07 jetta got almost the same mileage...
around town, 15-18.
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so far it seems like with a light foot its 20 around town and high 20s on the hiway.. but i just recently got the car.

i can have a light foot when i want to.. i was able to get hi 20s out of my stang with a built motor and got over 30mpg in my 97 M3 on the hiway.

tire inflation is key.
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I was able to squeeze 22 mpg in the city a couple times, but I average around 19.
On the Highway with the cruise set at 70mph my best is just over 30mpg.
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17 city and 23hwy with a a4
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I got 9 mpg in mine but that was spraying at the track and driving it there and back. I would usually get around 25 on the highway and 12-16 in the city

Oh yeah it's a 6 speed
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I used to take an 88 mile trip one way every weekend and would get 25-28 MPG, 70-95MPH with 90% being highway.
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13-17 city, with aggressive pedaling at the lights. 27-31 highway. I had 31 on a 1900-mile trip to South Dakota with Chevron 93-Octane. I usually get at least 30 miles more on a tank with Chevron than any other gas, so that's all I use now.
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There are tons of threads on gas mileage. Please type "Gas Mileage" into the Search function, and you'll be amazed at all the gas mileage threads that have already been started.
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