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Mar 8, 2005 | 04:21 PM

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z71mudder199

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I have to say at first with the my new manual GT i was gettin 10 mpg... and I had never driven a manual before... within a week i had it up to 15 mpg around the city streets... i took it on a 2 hour trip and got her up to 25 mpg... and now at almost 1000 miles i am averaging around 16-17... not bad at all!

Mar 8, 2005 | 05:35 PM

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f1-cobra

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Originally posted by jwenger@March 8, 2005, 3:59 PM
Check this out! I took a test drive(guy gave me the keys and said "take it out") so I did. It was a white GT with red leather and AT. It was fast but I didn't burn the tires. Just took off at a light and 60mph came up in a blink. Hit the passing gear doing 50mph and 80mph came up fast. Then I looked down and was shocked to see "9.3 avg mpg" Man that is sorry!!! :notnice: I had a big fast Buick GS that got 14mpg. My Ford F150 gets 15mpg. I never had a car that got that low of milage before. I like the car, good brakes,tight steering but 9.3mpg??? :scratch: I am starting to have second thoughts now.

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It's probably because of all the idling and moving it around the dealership lot. Not to mention short test drives. When we bought our Lincoln a few years ago, it had the same 8 or 9 mpg on the message center. After about a couple weeks, it went up to 18 or 19 mpg. Don't let that be the deciding factor on this car.

Mar 8, 2005 | 06:32 PM

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Dan

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Originally posted by holderca1+March 8, 2005, 5:21 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(holderca1 @ March 8, 2005, 5:21 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Dan@March 7, 2005, 8:47 AM
I've stayed in the 14's since I got the car. I also do quite a bit of city driving (17L/100km). I have 5200kms on her so I think break-in isn't the problem. Not that heavy a foot either.

I figure I'm just shifting a bit later than I should (when I owned my Probe GT I used to like to keep her around 2.5-3k (where more of the punch was)........with the GT I usually keep it around 2k which might be a bit high for good mpg.

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Is that in mpg or km/L?

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Sorry, mpg.

I've started shifting up a gear (ie. when I'm usually in 3rd I put it in 4th etc...) so that I'm reeving around 1.5k. My latest milage is 14.5L/100km or 16.5mpg. That's somewhat better but obviously my city driving and spending time in traffic really does a number on milage.

For 2.5L/100km I'd almost like to keep the revs up and enjoy the car rather than constantly thinking of milage. :bang: