So thats where all my money is going....
7/16/06, 11:05 AM
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If you guys don't already have one, you need a custom tune from, say Doug at Bamachips.
I'm running a 91 octane torque tune and I was doing 28-29 mpg last night on a short 40 mile round trip. Cruise 65mph.
I'm running a 91 octane torque tune and I was doing 28-29 mpg last night on a short 40 mile round trip. Cruise 65mph.
7/16/06, 07:23 PM
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well i took her on a road trip earlier this week and im averaging 25mpg and ive used almost a full tank and got 380 miles to the tank soo far...practically empty...no granny driving, just like 80% highway miles this trip
7/17/06, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Thunder Road
I get 21-22 highway, 13-15 town. 16 mile round trip to work 6days a week.
I managed to put 5200 miles on it since April 2005. I drive it every day, just mainly to and from work, few 500 mile round trips to see my parents.
I managed to put 5200 miles on it since April 2005. I drive it every day, just mainly to and from work, few 500 mile round trips to see my parents.
16 miles / day, 6 days a week for over a year, plus 500 mile trips. That would seem to add up to way more than 5200.
7/17/06, 08:40 AM
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Pfft...
I recently switched jobs and until I get closed on a house, I'm commuting 1.5 hrs one way.
I'm paying over $500/mth in fuel.
On the bright side, I'm getting the best fuel econ I've ever gotten in the GT...24.5 mpg.
I recently switched jobs and until I get closed on a house, I'm commuting 1.5 hrs one way.
I'm paying over $500/mth in fuel.
On the bright side, I'm getting the best fuel econ I've ever gotten in the GT...24.5 mpg.
7/17/06, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mustangman1960
Lets put things in there proper perspective. I just bought a 20 oz bottle of soda for $1.25. That equates to $8.00 a gallon. Gas is still cheap.
Gaw...I hate stupid comparisons like that.
7/18/06, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by GhostTX
It wouldn't be if I consumed soda at the same rate as gasoline.
Gaw...I hate stupid comparisons like that.
Gaw...I hate stupid comparisons like that.
7/18/06, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by GT98
Excacatly, when the hell do you need 14 gallons of soda to get yourself to work?
7/19/06, 07:16 AM
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I'm quite happy with the milage on my GT - 18 or so around town and 25-26 on the highway at 70+ mph. In fact in 25 years of driving, this is the best gas milage I've ever gotten in a vehicle. It comes down to choice - gas probably won't get any cheaper, ever, than $2.50 a gallon so either you enjoy the Mustang for what it is and the smiles it gives or save a few bucks and buy a Prius, Civic or something even smallet than them. And just be gald you don't have to put 300 gallons in everytime you fill your boat - now that is pump pain at $3.89 a gallon!
7/22/06, 01:57 PM
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My C/T still sucks!
My C/T still sucks!
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Wow a stick FOR SURE does better than my car.
I just took a thousand mile roadrip-
3 tanks of gas and still a half tank left over.
Eleanor would have taken at least four and came home sucking fumes.
I just took a thousand mile roadrip-
3 tanks of gas and still a half tank left over.
Eleanor would have taken at least four and came home sucking fumes.
7/24/06, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NewEdgePerf
how about keeping it in the family and recommending a Focus?
7/24/06, 03:55 PM
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7/25/06, 03:23 AM
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Friends don't let friends drive Hondas!!
Feel free to quote me on this maybe Ford should use it as a slogan in an advertising campaign.
But only 'cause the trans is going out in the Honda.
7/25/06, 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 97svtgoin05gt
I think everyone in the country (with the exception of the top 10% earners) is feeling the pinch. I live in New Jersey and I can tell you that if you stop to smell a single rose even for a minute, something goes up in price. Whether it's gas, taxes, carrots, watermelon, car washes etc. Everything of course except for my income.
You should read Take This Job and Ship It.
The book opens with a mind-numbing list of personal stories and specific closures of once-great American companies - the makers of Etch-a-Sketch, Hula Hoops, Fruit of the Loom, Fig Newtons, Levis ... the list goes on and on. A particularly poignant anecdote relates how the workers at Huffy Bikes spent their last days on the job peeling the trademark American flag off the handlebars and substituting stickers of the globe in its place.
7/25/06, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by BC_Shelby
It's called the exporting of America and the shrinking of the middle class. Pretty soon there will only be two types of people living in the U.S.: rich and poor.
7/25/06, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by GT98
Well I came from an SVT Focus (had a 98 Mustang GT prior to that) and the SVT was the biggest POS I've ever owned..
Tony D
7/25/06, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GT98
And you care since your in Canada?