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MPG for your Mustang GT?

Old Aug 25, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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Well I'm completing getting 06 GT later in the year and I was curious to see what type of MPG you where getting out of your cars. I know my old 98 GT got about 23-25 MPG with my commute to work (mostly country back roads doing about 50-60 MPG) and my craptacular Super fuel Eating SVT Focus gets about 25 MPG.

So when you give your MPG, state your driving conditions (highway, stop and go etc anything else that would effect it) just curious to see what your getting.

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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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23-25mpg......About 80% highway miles
I've never checked it on just city miles.......Everything is so rural here that I'd have to ride around the block for half a day to check that.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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I get about 14-15 MPG on my commute, which is part highway but has a lot of stop-and-go. On the open freeway, I get 20+.

I'm a bit heavy on the gas pedal.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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I've seen 25 mpg on trips that are all highway. City only driving puts me into about the 11-15 range, depending on how I drive. The car is a manual.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:08 PM
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After 4000 miles of overall driving I was getting 18mpg, then added the K&N and over about 300 miles was getting 19mpg, then added a tune, only have about 100 miles on the tune and im at 17mpg, but based on what I see it going up and down driving highway and around town I am guessing once I get more miles on after the tune I think I will be getting around 18mpg. When I drive it hard or sit in traffic now it goes down rather fast, but highway driving makes it go up rather fast too.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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17-18mpg daily commute (combination of surface streets/freeway in SoCal)

23-24mpg with cruise control set between 75-80mph.

Note: I have 4.10 gears.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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19-20 mpg combined city/highway driving and some stop and go for traffic. 23mpg on the only highway trip so far...drove about 75-80mph with quite a few stomps on the gas to get around all the left lane squatters.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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Originally posted by wifewantedaGT@August 25, 2005, 10:41 AM
23-25mpg......About 80% highway miles
I've never checked it on just city miles.......Everything is so rural here that I'd have to ride around the block for half a day to check that.
^^^^ What he said . . . or she . . . whomever reponded.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:44 PM
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23 - 24 mpg highway/interstate driving at 75-80 MPH with the K&N and stock rearend. Have no idea once the 4:10 and Bama Tune is in
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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12 MPG tops!

I have a very big foot.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:50 PM
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19-20 mpg with combined city/highway driving...some stop and go. 23mpg on the only highway trip I've taken so far. On the highway trip, I drove 75-80 mph with several stomps on the pedal to go around the left lane squatters. Perhaps a more patient driver could get 25mpg? 5-speed with 4500 miles on the odo.

Oops! sorry about the repost.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:51 PM
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About 80% of my commute is city driving. It is not too much stop and go but I get right at 17 mpg if I am easy on the gas. I have not taken any long tripe yet so I can't help you there...
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 01:10 PM
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I commute 50 miles one way twice a week and average 23-25 highway at 70-75mph on crusie.

When I'm in the city it goes down to 18-19.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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I get on average 20-22 mpg, with combo city and highway driving. I fill up once a week, since gas is so high I usually fill up when I am down about 10 gallons, probably would be once every week and a half to two weeks if I got down lower in gas. I drive pretty easy on it especially in the city, that is when I see my mpg go down. When I am on the highway I go about 75-80mph. I shift at around 3000 or so.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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I average about 12mpg on my way to work, but it's less than a mile and a half and is basically stop signs.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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I get 23-25mpg on highway trips. I drive approximately 300 miles roundtrip almost every weekend. One weekend I got 27mpg . I don't have the message center thing, so i have to use the old method after a fillup to empty. During the week, I get approximately 19 mpg with about 50% city/highway. I have a 5 spd manual and don't really drive it that hard unless someone provokes me :P.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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16-18 driving to work and around town, 23-25 hwy w/cruise @ 70-75.
I've seen it go as low as 10.5 when having fun
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Stock GT Coupe.
Automatic Trans.

19 ~ 20 to work and around town driving.
24 ~ 25 when driving on the crowded Dallas Interstate Highways.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:14 PM
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19-20 around town, city some highway (not easy on it eather....) Highway trips, 350 mile trip 27mpg, 700 mile trip 26.6mpg that's running about 70-90 mph.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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17 MPG (AVG)

GT 5spd man.; Borla axle-back + K&N Aircharger (87 octane; BP)

MIX: mostly hwy(18 miles) very lite traffic -some stop & go (traffic lights), lead foot, runnin' in 4th alot!!! :drive:


BTW... Able to reach 25 MPG on road trips cruisin' @ 70mph
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