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Old October-22nd-2002 | 12:32 PM
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gas milage

My 2002 ES (manual) is still al stock. UI am only getting about 255 mi to a tank of gas. This is aveage local and highway driving. My old '91 dx (manual also) got about 500 miles. Does this sound normal? thanks.
Old October-22nd-2002 | 12:59 PM
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What kind of MPG are you getting? It depends alot on your driving habits and driving conditions.

My P5 with standard gets about 28 MPG in mixed driving and I drive hard at times. Best i've had so far is 34 MPG on the highway.

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Old October-22nd-2002 | 01:01 PM
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mine's about the same. 27-28 / 32-34.
Old October-22nd-2002 | 01:56 PM
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That does sound normal but shity. My gets 280-290 a tank. I havent calcualted MPG yet.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 12:14 AM
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i get between 370- 410 per tank and think its OK i mean i got more than that out of my last car which was a V6!!! but yeah i think im averaging somewhere around 30mpg!!
Old October-23rd-2002 | 12:56 AM
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I've been getting around 30-31mpg myself, but I also do a fair share of highway driving. Lots better than my 00' Dodge Dakota 4x4 with the 4.7L V8. It was only getting 15-16mpg.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 03:25 AM
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I get around 28-31mpg. But when I go on highway trips I get lower. I drive to another city about 50 miles away at 70-75mph. I figure its because after I get there its all city driving. Its actually a city. I don't know if I would call where I live a city.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 11:39 AM
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How many miles are on the car? My MPG were pretty shitty for the first few thousand. At this point I changed to synthetic oil, but I think it's more of a break-in issue. If your cars new, your mileage will improve.
edit....oops, I forgot I get close to 400mi

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Old October-23rd-2002 | 12:54 PM
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I usually get about 320-330 total miles before the low fuel light comes on. Average mileage around town with very little freeway is 27-28 mpg. Best was 36 mpg, all freeway thru the flatlands of Ohio, after the car had about 2000 miles on it. As I recall the mileage during the first few hundred "break-in" miles was pretty crappy.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 01:39 PM
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Defenetly good to hear that MPG should improve I only have 1200mi on my and MPG is crapy as hell.

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Old October-23rd-2002 | 01:41 PM
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I have 1300 miles on my car and I pull about 28-30 city and 32-34 on the highway. I have a Pro5 with a manual 'box.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 04:39 PM
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I only have 1200 on my proto. I figure I am only getting around 19 mpg combined highway/city driving. Bites for a 4 banger with a stick. I'm getting better mileage with my Saab!
Old October-23rd-2002 | 05:40 PM
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The best mileage i got was 29 mpg and that was when i was breaking my car in. Now that's it's broken in i get like 25 or so with a combo of highway and city and quite a bit of zippy driving :P I forgot what that turns out to be in terms of total miles per tank.
Old October-23rd-2002 | 11:11 PM
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In my P5 over the past 15,500 miles (20.5k on car now) I have gotten an average of 27.3 MPG. My highest (highway driving) was 32.7MPG and the lowest (city) was 17.6MPG but those are at the extremes of what I usually see... mixed city/hwy usually ranges between 25MPG and 30MPG.

I only started recording the numbers at ~5,000 miles so I have no idea how it did before that.

My old chevy (3.1L-V6 4spd auto) still gets 31MPG on the highway (150k miles on that engine) but really sucks in the city (low 20s).

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Old October-24th-2002 | 06:43 AM
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Here is my gas mileage after 16 months and 26000 km.

Here is my gas mileage after 16 months and 26000 km.




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