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Old 06-05-2006, 02:12 PM
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Hey i was just wondering how many miles you guys are able to get on one tank of gas in a mix of city and highway driving. on my last fill up i only got like 240 miles
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I get a little worried when I go over 120 on a mix of city/hwy. Prolly could take it to 140 or so though. Yeah, my car aint running right. Gonna try to improve it though since im stuck with it.
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Yeah, you definitely need a tuneup resurrected. I get about 15-17mpg with mostly city driving. And I really like to powerslide.
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Somethings fucked up on my end man. I BABIED my car, only 1 burn out and 1 or 2 wot runs, and still got 15.999 mpg. I drove it normaly with a few wot runs this tank and got 14 mpg... Thats a lot of city, some highway, bad?
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i got 16 pretty consistantly on all city driving with no burnouts 'cause i was on a deteriorating trans
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man that sucks that you guys get so poor mileage, I get around 20 to 23 depending on my driving and that is mixed driving pretty darn close to 50/50
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My old 96 Z28 got 22-23 50/50
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i get about 17 and thats alot of sliding...
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I get about 200 miles to the tank, I like to play too. I run through a tank in like 3 days.. The highway equivalent I do is 90+ on some nice flat back country roads.
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i get about 18 mpg and i have 4.10s in an auto in my BFs car which is an lt1
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i get about 17 to a gallon
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Man, I was happy to see 17mpg the other day. During the winter I was getting 14-15 so now is a little better. How are some cars getting over 20?
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I cam pull about 20 something on the Highway.
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Man, I was happy to see 17mpg the other day. During the winter I was getting 14-15 so now is a little better. How are some cars getting over 20?

Its all about the M6 buddy, that tall sixth gear helps alot, plus manuals are more efficient by nature
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Even with a six speed I get 11-15 50/50 mix.
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I get around 15 in city ( lots of WOT), 21 mixed driving( lots of WOT) and 26 1/2 on the hwy ( no WOT). This is a cammed, Full bolt-ons, M6 with 4.10s.
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im getting a little over 250 per tank. anywhere from 15-19.5 mpg
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dang even with the M6 you get bad mileage? thats wierd do you short shift? I shift at 2500 RPM at lower speeds and at higher speed I short shift, I get like 350+ miles per tank
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I get around 250 or so miles per tank, depended on how many time I wot it lol. but since my exhaust gaskets started leaking a few weeks back, it has been shot, i dont even bother calculating it now, but they should be fixed soon.
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my car has not been doing so well either, only about 200 miles a tank, I think I need to check my drivers side o2 since I have replaced my passenger side already


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