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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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What is your best MPG to date? Mine is ~50mpg on 99% Hwy doing hypermiling.
Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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heh...which car do you have?

i've got a a tc, and the best i've gotten was 29 MPG on city and highway. i'm not much of a highway person though
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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I got 34.5 with the a/c on. It was 100% highway though... I was running about 75-80 mph.
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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40mpg all highway and that was it i called it good for that
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 05:33 AM
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40mpg all highway and that was it i called it good for that
I got about the same, doing 75 most of the way.
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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i was doing around 60-65mph when i did it
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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I was doing 50-55mpg w/ really light throttle, coasting & gliding. (speed limit was 55mph) I won't ever do it again and it was excruciatingly painful to drive like that.
Old Oct 28, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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haha i hear you there but if your not in a rush to be any where fast why bother to speed at all
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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Just under 40mpg, freeway, consistently. My car has an automatic transmission.
Old Nov 8, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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50-55 is insane mileage. I just bought an Xa a few days ago because of the mileage. Sold my Tc for it. I would love to get above 40.
Old Nov 9, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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37-38 highway fro San Diego, Ca to Las Vegas, Nv a couple of years ago. we have an auto Xa.
Old Nov 10, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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these cars are geared horribly for highway. 3.5k revs for 70mph?! but with light hypermiling i'll hit around 36 - 37 mpg. driving normally (i.e. not gonna get shot for tailgating an 18 wheeler or ____ing people off driving slowly) i'll get about 32 - 33. 27 city when i'm stuck in traffic.
Old Nov 10, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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they are geared for city driving not highway driving...
Old Nov 11, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jct
they are geared for city driving not highway driving...
i.e. it sucks for highway.
Old Nov 11, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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you can always swap the transmission from an echo into your car...
Old Nov 11, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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hmmm... i wonder if it's like hondas where i can keep the same tranny housing and swap gearsets... interesting...
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around town I average 29-30 mpg on the highway 32-34 ish, cruising 75-80 is a joke. I get something like 28 when on major highways and trying not to get run over @ 80mph (4k rpms) my in town mileage is a traffic light/stop sign every half mile to/from work and sometimes running errands, best so far is 35 mpg.
Old Nov 16, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hasa68mustang
around town I average 29-30 mpg on the highway 32-34 ish, cruising 75-80 is a joke. I get something like 28 when on major highways and trying not to get run over @ 80mph (4k rpms) my in town mileage is a traffic light/stop sign every half mile to/from work and sometimes running errands, best so far is 35 mpg.
draft large vehicles for better 70-80 mileage
Old Nov 19, 2009 | 03:41 AM
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a full tank has lasted us 4 months. lol.
Old Nov 27, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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i hit 35 mpg from houston to baton rouge.



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