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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 10:32 PM
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I feel like my car is not good on gas, or maybe I'm wrong, My gas tank goes for around 4 days. and I average around 22-24 mpg. Yea I punch it sometimes when I'm on the street, maybe like around 3 times but that's about it. I drive 30 to 50 minutes on the highway everyday and about 10 minutes in the street. Is it normal that I average 24 MPG? my car has 4k miles on it will I get more miles when my dual valve timing kicks in? anyways, Any comments would help! thank you!
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I get around 24.
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I drive 70 city 30 highway and my computer hovers around 27. Seems high, but I AAAAMMMM rocking the Bosch iridium plugs lol.
Old Dec 7, 2011 | 03:17 AM
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I drive all city but i guess I drive like a a-hole because i avg 18mpg
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Maybe my car just likes me, I drive about 50% city and 50% highway. I reset my counter every time I fill up, and I always get around 30-31 mpg, driving averagely.
Old Dec 7, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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I have never even seen 30mpg on my car lol! Do I really drive that crazy?!
Old Dec 7, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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I drive in the city and my average is 22mpg

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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by biglilsteve
I drive 70 city 30 highway and my computer hovers around 27. Seems high, but I AAAAMMMM rocking the Bosch iridium plugs lol.
The computer is overoptimistic and you drive an auto, or you are not revving over 3000RPM's to attain that MPG.
Old Dec 8, 2011 | 02:26 AM
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I drive a combination of city and highway miles everyday and i am getting about 26.2 mpg and mine is a 6 speed. But it is kind of odd because i feel i sometimes get higher mpg when i drive a little more aggressively in contrast to calm daily driving.
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my dash says 22.2 and I have been trying my @$$ off to attain that... more like kicking a crack habbit of faster acceleration and high highway speeds on average from 80 - 100
the 22.2 only came up after much highway driving and my intake
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So I drove to and from class yesterday, and wanted to see how good gas mileage I could get if I really tried. It's about 60 miles highway and 15 miles city total. I got 42.1 mpg O__O

Is my computer lying to me or is my car a genie or what?
Old Dec 8, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ProjectTC2
So I drove to and from class yesterday, and wanted to see how good gas mileage I could get if I really tried. It's about 60 miles highway and 15 miles city total. I got 42.1 mpg O__O

Is my computer lying to me or is my car a genie or what?
was this trip done at an idle?
Old Dec 9, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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28mpg in city only driving
Old Dec 9, 2011 | 06:29 PM
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i get an average of 27.2 mpg. i do about 5 miles of city, punching it alot, and 20 miles on the highway doing 80-90 mph. and im amazed i get this much. car is all stock.
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Dash stays at 28.9 most of the time. On the highway it's usually 31ish
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weapon r header, greddy cb exhaust, injen cai, nst pulley....70mph on cruise control, i get 29mpg, WIN! =)
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I've been averaging around 24.5 miles per gallon -- I'm practicing for my turbo, which will be installed any week now. Several months ago, I was averaging around 27-28mpg, but that was when I was driving conservatively. That's out of the window now as I prepare for 300+ horsepower.
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What do you do when you are practicing?
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Originally Posted by biglilsteve
I drive 70 city 30 highway and my computer hovers around 27. Seems high, but I AAAAMMMM rocking the Bosch iridium plugs lol.
Originally Posted by 1087
The computer is overoptimistic and you drive an auto, or you are not revving over 3000RPM's to attain that MPG.
I missed this a few months ago, but that's correct. I drive an auto and make use of the ECO light. I always try to keep it on for the most part. I don't spend much time over 3k RPM most days.
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26-27mpg mixed driving, 23-24 all city. 32-34 Hwy only. Injen Intake, Decendant exhaust and Lowered on Eibach Sportlines. I drive pretty average, Acelerate briskly, 70-75 mph hwy 50 in the city.



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