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Old 05-26-2005 | 09:37 PM
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i get about 300 to a tank on the highway 240 or so in the city but the size of the fueltanks changed a few times from 98 thru 2002 so everyone will not get the same per tank .
Old 05-26-2005 | 09:37 PM
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my last tank was about 24mpg that included 4 passes at Cordova dragway some smoke shows for some mustang boys and letting my 17 year old brother drive it a little. Normal highway driving i use 1 , 3, 6 gears. Only mod is muffler delete.
Old 05-26-2005 | 09:39 PM
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hell I get barely 10 mpg. Geez
Old 05-26-2005 | 09:52 PM
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one thing to realize, 1999-2002 F-Bodies have a 16.8 gallon tank vs a 15.5 for people with 98s. I get about 16 mpg/210 miles per tank... i guess thats close to the 19 city, I shift at about 3000 rpm most of the time.
Old 05-26-2005 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dreammmatt
Uhm... Why might I be getting about 12mpg? someone was saying bad o2's? I do have the SES light and some error codes and my uncle was saying he thinks that it's the O2 sensors; can that do that?
When my sensors went out a couple months ago I went from getting low teens around town to 7.8. Get the codes read and find out, might want to replace the O2's. Then again, some people just get 12 it depends on a lot of things. If you have longtubes try bosch part #13111 from autozone.
Old 05-27-2005 | 12:30 AM
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sheesh, my car has 30k miles on it, do you think the 02's would have gone bad so soon?
Old 05-27-2005 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by blkhurstz28
sheesh, my car has 30k miles on it, do you think the 02's would have gone bad so soon?
02's dont really go with mileage they go with age..
Old 05-28-2005 | 07:15 AM
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I get at least 22 mpg sometimes more, usually I get around 350 miles a tank. I work night shift so I try to keep the shifts at less than 1500 rpm at night.
Old 05-28-2005 | 11:50 AM
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Well i drive a 94 vette and i drive 40m to and from work and getting about 22mpg and most of that is in the city and i get 460 to a tank but if i fu** around i only get like 16mpg and just under 300 per tank
Old 05-29-2005 | 08:46 AM
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My last tank averaged 26.6mpg. That's 359 miles for me. I shift around 1500-2000 which is alot harder to do now after getting the LT's and ORYP. It seems alittle slugish from 1000-2000.
Old 05-31-2005 | 04:50 PM
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i kept track of mine for the first time this weekend(went out of town) and i got 24mpg. about 70% was highway driving at 80-90mph but did hit 130 a few times. went 262 miles and had almost 1/2 tank left. thought it did pretty damn good! btw..the car is bone stock '01 ws6 m6
Old 06-09-2005 | 06:20 PM
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I checked mine last week on Highway 101 from the SF Bay Area to Los Angeles.

It went 354 miles and the check gages light came on. I filled up at 365.4 miles and it took 14.005 gallons. That's 26.927 MPG. Stock '02 SS with SLP air and center exhaust. Stayed 75 and under all the way.

If you let air out of the rear tires for traction, your mileage will suffer.
Old 06-09-2005 | 11:04 PM
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I think my mileage is shitty. Im gonna look up a how to on 02 sensors just to check it out
Old 06-10-2005 | 10:05 AM
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I got about 236 miles out if my last tank, which was about 17.3mpg in town.. I rarely stick my foot in it.. I save that for the track..
Old 06-11-2005 | 07:59 AM
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Im still getting between 21-22 mpg with my A4 doing mostly (about 80%) city driving. I dont race from corner to corner but i dont drive like a grandma either. And my car also dynoed 321/341 a couple weeks ago, so i know its not a slouch for a mostly stock car.
Old 06-11-2005 | 10:39 AM
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I get around 18-19 in my A4.
Old 06-13-2005 | 11:16 PM
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seems like these cars varry quite a bit from each other, i got 19 mpg with about 80%city 20%highway i havent tried a straight highway trip yet.
Old 06-14-2005 | 01:36 AM
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i get around 19 in city, 26-30 on highway. Im pretty satisfied with those numbers...
Old 06-14-2005 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by vodas00ss
seems like these cars varry quite a bit from each other, i got 19 mpg with about 80%city 20%highway i havent tried a straight highway trip yet.

I think what varys alot is the drivers and the condition of the cars.
Old 06-14-2005 | 10:47 AM
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yeah, i get usually 250 to a tank, with alot of 6k shifts. Im hoping that when i get the BGRA, WS6 airbox, ported TB and LS6 intake next week that my mpg will increase



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