BoxOffice

Well, it was a bad week for MPG, folks.
The Mileage Gods were definitely on vacation; a whole tank of nothing but city driving, A/C cranked all the time, running on the Borbets and 205s, NEVER driving the least bit carefully or conservatively...
The result? 32.0 MPG!
Seeing as how the car is EPA rated at 30 MPG city, I'm definitely not complaining.
Wow, if this isn't proof of the mileage mods, nothin' is!

mijos87

what mileage mods u got on there?

krustytheclown

He did the snorkel removal mod, check his posts.

BoiseAuctioneer

I went with an exhaust and intake, didnt quite do much but make me gun it quite a bit more hehe!

joanthegreat

maybe you're not trying hard enough. i'll get ya 20mpg!

just joking! that's impressive - w/ the ac on and driving agressively? i dunno how you do it w/ your city driving did it incl a lot of short trips? are you running some weird gas?

BoxOffice

I've got to be honest - I thought I was going to get somewhere in the 20s this time.
As to the trips, I'd say mostly in the 5-6 mile range; a few in the 10-15.
And no weird gas, just regular ol' 87 octane pump gas with no additives, no snorkle and a K&N filter!

HMRNBOX

BoxOffice, are you rolling an auto or manual? I average about 22-25 mpg in my auto box; I get around 33 mpg on freeways trips to L.A. or Havasu, etc.

joanthegreat

i find it interesting how different mpg people are getting.

i think my lowest was 28 with a high of 36. now, i have no idea what i did that was different to get 36, but for 28 i made lots of short trips.

now i have an sri and an greddy axleback, and been getting 31-33mpg consistently. i drive aggressively at times (all the time according to my better half ) but most of the time i TRY to be smooth ie slow to stop by going from 4th to neutral, and anticipating traffic so i don't have shift as often.

Bossman

i drive fairly easy- yet with how many miles I do a day....I fill up every 2 to 3 days. Keep in mind by the time its day 2 I've done around 270 miles- and i get close to 30 mpg in mine.

BoxOffice

5 speed.
I often get better mileage in stop-n-go traffic on the freeway than I do on just open freeway driving, due to the ability to coast up to slowing traffic so often.

Wheellug

My worst 1 time tank was approx 24 mpg.
Was driving to Hobbs NM from DFW
Ran into a storm cell just ouside of Big Springs.
I was only cruising about 60-65 mph..
then again.. I was passing everyone else on the road.
Think they were doing 30 or so

head wind.. yeah..