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Old 09-10-2010, 06:25 PM
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Question Curiosity...Gas Mileage in your ride?

I have a 2002 Camaro SS A4. I have done a few mods to it since purchased in 2002.

Stock the car got Hwy 24-26.7 MPG 3.23 gears...city 18 MPG

H/C/I/stall 3600 390rwhp the car got Hwy 23-24 MPG 3.23 gears; surprising...city 16 MPG

408ci 500rwhp with 3.42 Moser rear/3600 stall/built trans Hwy 20-22.6 MPG...very surprising...city 10-11 MPG

These were calculated hwy/city drives of more than one tank of gas.

What kind of gas mileage are you guys getting? Do you know your stock vs modified mileage? A4s vs manuals? I would prefer calculated mileage not what your electronic sensor is telling you (corvettes). I know the one in my wife's car is usually off 2-3 MPG when calculated.

I am not concerned about my gas mileage but this is more curiosity than anything...who knows one day it could be a study...
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stock 98Z A4 3.23s'-24.5 mpg based on 6 trips from Cleveland to Orlando at freeway legal speeds;same but with 4.56s'-21.5 mpg for 3 trips of the same.
city mpg is too 'right foot dependent' and you can't have fun if you're city driving for mpgs'.
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My car has always gotten crappy MPG: 22 combined, mostly highway. With 2.73s. Not sure why.
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My stk 99 WS6 with M6 got 29.4 mpg with wife and luggage driving at 68 mph. My Vette in signature get 26 mpg the same way as WS6.
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My '98 SS A4 (mods in sig) w/ 3.23's averages around 20 combined. Best I ever got was 23 and that was pretty much highway, except for like 5 miles getting from my house to the highway. Not sure what it averages 'just around town'. I've never only driven it just around town so I can't speculate on that. It'll probably be getting worse now though since it's not my daily anymore and we all know what that means...
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I hardly ever drive on the highway but I get 15mpg in the city with my mods. When the car was stock I got the same mileage so I can't complain. Many G8 GT owners get 25+ mpg on the highway, so the 6-speed auto and DOD make a big difference.
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Stock my A4 2.73 avgd around 18-19 when I got it, worst I got stock was 14.

Most I ever managed to get on a hwy trip was 23

Now I get 15-17 with a lot of highway, with bolt ons.
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The C4 ran up to 30mpg on highway trips and about 20ish city. (love that thing for a DD)
The cammed LQ4 ran up to about 15/23.
The LS1 Formy with bolt ons gets about 17/23.
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I have a car that gets good mpg. The TA? I didn't buy for a good mpg car lol but i'd say 20's
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I only get 11 mpg, only went through one tank this year though.
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Mine is always mixed driving right around 22 mpg. I am a full bolt on car. Seems like whether I drive like Grandma or like I stole it the mileage never changes. Always filling up right after 285 miles on the tank.
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Best I ever got on highway was 27.2.
Around town it's usually in the mid teens.
Mods in sig.
Old 09-11-2010, 01:37 PM
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i have never done the math but i do reset the miles wen i get so id guess i get high teens low 20's.
but its a sunday car so when im out im usually driving "spirited"
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in my TA when it just had lid and catback i avgd 19mpg city, 30mpg highway. loved it. havent driven it enough since the mods to know what it gets now though.
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When i just had boltons my car was 15-20 city, 25-28 highway. After the cam it's avg is about 18 city and 30.5 highway! I love having the 6 speed! Moser 9' 3.90's built T56, boltons and cam!

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2001 z28 m6, big cam, dana s60 w/4.10

cruising i still get around 27mpg...
city, aggressive driving 13-16mpg
heaving on the gas or racing, around 9mpg
Old 09-17-2010, 05:01 PM
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2000 Z28 M6, LS6 intake, lid, dumped one chamber; basically stock in other words. 110K miles and still on stock plugs and fuel filter so it might have done a little better if I would replace them


Drove from Pigeon Forge, TN to Ohio and got 29.5 mpg, driving between 70-75 mph the entire way


It usually get between 18-20 in the city
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Just got the car a few days ago and have only ran a tank of gas (mostly play, new car fun ) through it. 26.5, right around 370 miles before the gas light came on. LOTS of playing on that tank of gas. 2002 M6 Firebird.
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Getting about 14 mpg around town. Mods in SiGA\.
Old 10-03-2010, 11:32 AM
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200-240 a tank highway...not sure on city



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