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Old 07-11-2012, 02:45 PM
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22.43 mpg !!

in my '05 Shinka. Round trip from Northern IN to Nashville TN. Avg. speed 70 mph. That includes stopping for gas and answering questions about the car :^) How much more fun can you have?

Disclaimer: I was just along for the ride, my husband wouldn't let me behind the wheel! That's OK, he hardly ever gets to drive it.
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Next time make him sit in the passenger seat, while you have some fun
Old 07-11-2012, 03:46 PM
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Cool, I have never gotten that good of mileage. How was the mileage calculated?
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That's great!! I recently got 23+, 20+ and 22+ on a trip up the coast to
San Francisco for the US Open. The 20+ tank was HWY 1 from San Luis Obispo
to Pacifica. I have been on many trips in the 3 years I have owned the 8 and have
only been getting this type of mileage recently? Maybe the PreMixing?
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I managed 26.xx once on a trip it way no traffic lights about 50 mph all the way in 6th gear. Usually I get 12-19 depending on the number of lights, traffic and acceleration.
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Seems to me like once they "settle in" on the highway, the ECU really gets to work on the economy. Like wright and 9krpm, I usually see far less than that on my short daily commute...my usual total at the end of a tank is around 17mpg. But I have gotten 20 on a long highway trip before.
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going from montreal to toronto staying at a steady speed in 6th and not touching the throttle at all in cruise control I got 25mpg. I got something like 350miles on one tank.
stayed 115km/h (75mph?) and got 540km out of the tank out of 52-53 litres, did it awhile back but I don't remember exactly, but I easily get 20+mpg on my car lol
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yeah you can get 300+ mile tanks (ive had up to 27mpg) all day if you do it in one trip, but multiple starts on one tank and the mpgs drop to 20-24... sunroof open also hinders mpg
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i usually get 330km to a tank in the city.. and about 490km on the highway.. its been pretty good for me
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I got 23.6 on the way to Deals Gap last november.
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I get 400km+ in city and 550-600km highway.City I drive the car hard too.
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248.8 miles on the current tank, 3/4ths burned. On pace for yet another 320-330 mile tank at the 13.1 gal light mark
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A better maintained car gets good mileage, and that's a fact.
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