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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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So far on my first 3 tanks I've gotten:

252 (19.75mpg)
260 (19.34mpg)
254 (18.98mpg)

With 90% city, 5% highway, and 5% PLAY...

I have not taken it on a road trip yet so all highway miles I don't have a clue...

Note: Sorry I forgot, I got the low fuel light only on the 260 mile tank
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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I Have Gone Over 320 Miles On All Highway Before The Light Came On. Nemisis8 Is My Witness I Could Have Gone 340 On That Tank. I Started Thinking About Gas Stations At About 300 And Was Starting To Worry When The Light Stayed Off For So Long. I Got 23.99 Mpg That Tank(and The One After) While Kevin Got 24.x- He Had Filled Up At A Little Under Half When The 7s Needed To. I Was Trying To Show Him That Well Over 300 Is Possible
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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oh yeah the DosDog was there too:D
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:50 AM
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I get about 180 all City and about 220 mixed, and 250 mixed mostly freeway. Probably could be better but I always find myself cruising the freeway at 80+ in 4th, and 6th is rarely used :D
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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19 MPG - 50% city / 50% Highway (summer)
18 MPG - 50% city / 50% Highway (winter)

23 MPG - 100% Highway, cruise on 75 mph
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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Why another thread on this topic...do the search...there is already alot of info out there.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 12:32 PM
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Man, my low fuel light typically comes on at around 160 miles. I don't think I drive that hard. It's mostly city driving but still....
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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I'm lucky if i get 180 out of a tank. Driving styles aside, how can one person get 160 and someone else get 280? I take it easy when I drive and I can't even get 200 miles out of a tank.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by maikeru
I'm lucky if i get 180 out of a tank. Driving styles aside, how can one person get 160 and someone else get 280? I take it easy when I drive and I can't even get 200 miles out of a tank.
I think that's the whole point of this and other threads like it -- you *can't* set driving style aside, because that's the single most important factor in what kind of mileage you get with this car.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 02:57 PM
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Yup, but getting 160 would alarm me...

I think once my 8 is broken in I'll be getting like 240 per fill up but 160 would ALARM me big time!
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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I get a constinet 170-180. daily driving with consistent 9k revs' I love driving this car. but it costs me tons of money to supply it with gas.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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I allways get around 240-250 on a full tank. When I went to ket west i got 323 miles on the round trip.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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I get 250 per tank in mixed driving. Fuel light comes on around 240 mile mark.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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I've been averaging 206 miles/tank for the last five fill-ups and 15.6 MPG. Just about all city driving.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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If anyone thinks it ALL about driving stlye, well there absolutely nuts. People would have to swap cars to really find out.

Anyways I've been getting <200 per tank most of the time with, 90/10 city/highway.

My best ever was in the mid 17's mpg, but I've been seeing alot of high 12's lately.

MPG has been all down hill for me since the M flash. It temporarily comes up if I do a reset though.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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265 on a tank (80% highway, 10% city, 10% my way..lol)
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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I had a trip from Portland Oregon, to Seattle. Exactly 200.39 miles. I got there in 2 hr's and 15 minutes. and i still had 1/4 tank left.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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8 gets pretty good gas mileage

If you get good mileage post it here. All of the mileage threads are people complaning and I am wondering if this is a case of the squeaky wheel, but the majority get decent mileage... I'd start a pole if I knew how.

BTW -- I get about 19.5 in the city and 23 on the highway.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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I get about 15 MPG city.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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I forgot to mention... I travel for business and wind up in a rental every week. My 8 gets better mileage than pretty much anything I rent, except of course when I get stuck in a Corolla or something like that.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 10:49 PM
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Be prepared for very few replies!! :D

- Irish
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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I get 17mpg around town and as high as 29.5mpg on the hwy with the trucks in the slow lane. Thats my worst and best, most of the time 20-24, its to much fun to rev-up.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 8_is_enuf
I forgot to mention... I travel for business and wind up in a rental every week. My 8 gets better mileage than pretty much anything I rent, except of course when I get stuck in a Corolla or something like that.
Are you mostly renting Hummers and Lamborghinis?
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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Wow, I had to do a double-take when I saw the thread title. This one's got to be a first!

Since I've started driving less aggressively lately (speeding tickets will do that to you), my gas mileage has gotten much better. I think the last tank I got made around 280-285 miles. That's with almost all shifting below 3750 rpms and keeping my speed under 80 mph.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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Haha I was about to say the samething. 8 gets pretty good gas mileage -- yea - compared to a Ferrari or Viper. Even the Corvette gets better mileage than this car.

Last year I always got between 16 - 17 city mpg. Lately its been 15 - 16.
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