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MPG lets talk
My last tank I got about 260 miles out of it.
but I was not just normal daily driving. I thought I would record and take pictures of it so people would not keep saying![Bs2](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/bs2.gif)
My goal is to see what all of us can do to imporve our mpg and not flame.
I drove from Flagstaff AZ to phoenix and made 12 passes at the drags and just over 2 hours on the road course.
just out of flagstaff
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just got inot phoenix
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finished for the night at the drags
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fueling for the return trip to flag
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it freaks me out when people say they get mid teens or just over 20 highway. I get about 380 per tank on normal highway trips and 17ish city.
but I was not just normal daily driving. I thought I would record and take pictures of it so people would not keep saying
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My goal is to see what all of us can do to imporve our mpg and not flame.
I drove from Flagstaff AZ to phoenix and made 12 passes at the drags and just over 2 hours on the road course.
just out of flagstaff
![](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1261/4191107/15513791/392691136.jpg)
![](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1261/4191107/15513791/392691139.jpg)
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just got inot phoenix
![](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1261/4191107/15513791/392691157.jpg)
finished for the night at the drags
![](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1261/4191107/15513791/392691159.jpg)
fueling for the return trip to flag
![](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1261/4191107/15513791/392691166.jpg)
it freaks me out when people say they get mid teens or just over 20 highway. I get about 380 per tank on normal highway trips and 17ish city.
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I took alot of pics so you can see the miles on the trip and car to show I wasnt cheating by reseting anything. and you can see by the mph I wasnt going easy on it.
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jeez theres Mustangs doing better than me...with double the power, double the cylinders, and double the fun lol. with my 4 banger im only doing 24.6 right now (heavy right foot sometimes).
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You can definitely get decent mileage out of these things if you drive them correctly.
With 4.10's, CMDP's, JLT, Bassani catted x and mufflers with a Chris Rose SCT tune, I average about 22mpg mostly city.
I make one highway trip per week which is about 45 miles one way. The rest is all city. I've seen a high of 29mpg average on a mostly highway tank.
The lowest I've ever averages was 19.5 on an all city tank.
With 4.10's, CMDP's, JLT, Bassani catted x and mufflers with a Chris Rose SCT tune, I average about 22mpg mostly city.
I make one highway trip per week which is about 45 miles one way. The rest is all city. I've seen a high of 29mpg average on a mostly highway tank.
The lowest I've ever averages was 19.5 on an all city tank.
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Just got back from a quick weekend trip to the beach: four hours, 240 miles, give or take: Trip south I got 26.5 MPG, using cruise control set to 80 MPH (77 MPH indicated on GPS) half on the interstate, a little slower on the second half on country roads. Filled up as soon as I got there, drove around town about 90 miles, then headed home. Put another ~25 miles around town on the tank before I fuelled up this morning. This time, with over 100 miles of city driving in addition to the road trip, got 24.3 MPG. I'm sure I could have done better if I'd set the cruise control at 65-70 MPH. This is in my 2009 sixxer, 5AT.
My lifetiime average over 110 tanks is 21.2 MPG.
My lifetiime average over 110 tanks is 21.2 MPG.
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That doesn't shock me, going down the mountain from Flagstaff to Phoenix I can get similar MPG at that speed with 4:10's as well. With these gears I averaged 24.6 MPG from Phoenix to Oklahoma City door to door driving I-17 and I-40 typically at 75-80 MPH. I averaged 25.7 on the way back, though the trip down the hill clearly helped with that.
I drive 26 miles in bumper to bumper stop and go commute traffic each way every day, then some good sprints to 80+ when the traffic frees up. I'm now at 94K miles on the car and I have averaged between 20 and 21 MPG per tank every single tank I've ever put in the car under those conditions. I have no idea how people get low teens with the factory gears.
Like you, I don't baby this car at all. People are always shocked when I show them my average MPG.
I drive 26 miles in bumper to bumper stop and go commute traffic each way every day, then some good sprints to 80+ when the traffic frees up. I'm now at 94K miles on the car and I have averaged between 20 and 21 MPG per tank every single tank I've ever put in the car under those conditions. I have no idea how people get low teens with the factory gears.
Like you, I don't baby this car at all. People are always shocked when I show them my average MPG.
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I get between 19(no cruise)-22(cruise control set on the hwy part of my commute) consitently, combined city/hwy. Best yet was about 25mpg heading out to my parent's house in eastern CO, cruise set at 80, about 140 miles out. Motor's got 60K on it, though; don't know if that has much of an effect, since I didn't own this car new. But i don't get much better outa the winter car (Honda Element), with half the power.....course, the Element's got the aerodynamics of a brick....
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