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Old 12-09-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkLord7854
I'm doing a constant 120-150miles per tank
Do you do a lot of uphill driving ?
Old 12-09-2008, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RXheart
Do you do a lot of uphill driving ?
It's Florida, it's flat as hell


Originally Posted by chancejat
you have an 09....hmmmm
I used to get 250-290miles about a month ago, up to 400 with only highway driving
Old 12-09-2008, 09:53 PM
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I used to get 250-290miles about a month ago, up to 400 with only highway driving
Whoa...your fuel economy dropped in half in one month? That can't be good...
Old 12-09-2008, 10:04 PM
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I got about 1mpg less from the 5w-20 to 5w-30
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Originally Posted by Marklar
Whoa...your fuel economy dropped in half in one month? That can't be good...

Mmm yea.. I agree. I wonder what could do that, I know it's not the oil change, because I was still getting same economy 3 weeks after changing to 5W30.

Temperature started dropping, and gas prices dropped, and my fuel economy started dropping at that point.
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