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Old Jul 7, 2016 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DANOZ28
if anybody would like to take the test and prove your milage feel free! go to your fav station , fill er up, remember pump# & milage & post. rip around a week or 2 then at the same station same pump top it off & post your receipt & milage. let us do the math. nobody has been ever willing to step up. cheers.
Actually... I have...
http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/f-bo...ements-587898/

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http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/f-bo...milage-522636/
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Old Jul 7, 2016 | 10:15 PM
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This story has become tiresome





and is far off the topic of the OP's problem...
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Old Jul 9, 2016 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by wssix99
Fouled plugs or fouled MAF - yes. Dirty plugs or dirty MAF - no.




How can you possibly know what "bad MPG" is then??? As I mentioned above, the range you are giving is normal for what I'd expect on a car with some build up dong city driving.

You probably have normal MPG - but the only way to confirm that is to find some open freeway, fill up the gas tank, and then do a mileage run at 55 mph for 30-60 miles. (You must drive like a grandma. When these cars were designed, the national speed limit was 55 mph. If you go much faster than that, your mileage drops significantly.)
Problem is here in LA the freeways are no better than the city streets. There is bumper to bumper traffic as far as the eye can see
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