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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:11 AM
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What's the best gas mileage your current car can do?
Mine is about 30 mpg on the highway. Wish it was better.
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:29 AM
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1. I can get 32 out
of my Audi as long as I'm not trying to see how fast it will go!!
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:32 AM
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2. About 22 mph from the Ranger
It's the V6 so it's not as economical as I'd like. Kick-ass truck though! :loveya:
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Zoigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:35 AM
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3. 50 on the highway when the
conditions (wind, no hills, etc) are good, otherwise in the mid forties. (Prius) z
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:40 AM
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5. I wish I had one of those.
In the 80's I had a Monte Carlo, that got 14 mpg on the highway. 9-10mpg around town.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:36 AM
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4. 15 mpg if it isn't windy. nt.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:41 AM
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6. 35-ish on the highway....
But that's cruising at about 65 mph or so. If I go 70, it's not quite as good.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:42 AM
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7. Allegedly, I should average 28 on the hwy.
Fat chance the way I drive.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:43 AM
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8. 30mpg on the highway if I am gentle
Much less if I am not.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:43 AM
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9. Taurus - 22mpg (dismal) and
14 year old Honda Accord - 30 mpg highway
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:49 AM
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10. I actually have no idea. Here's why:
I'm too lazy to keep track, and that's because...

My gas gauge is broken. So what I do is get about $10 worth of gas every 50 miles or so. I do not drive a lot, maybe 3 miles/day. What happens is, about every three months, there's enough gas in the tank so that I can't even put in the $10 worth. Obviously, I am "misunderestimating" my gas mileage. By how much, is anyone's guess because...I COULD keep track and do the math, but I'm too lazy. :)
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 01:24 PM
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22. Mine's broken too
But I fill the tank every 200 miles. It usually takes 10 gallons - but all I do is City driving - so the math is easy. Granted it's an old car, and the mileage sucks, but since I only drive it about 50 miles a week I don't feel terribly guilty.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:50 AM
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11. My VW, 30mpg highway. My wife's Honda, 45 mpg anywhere. nt
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:54 AM
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12. I can get about 34-37 on the highway
Depends on the traffic. On long trip to Ohio it was creeping up towards 40!
Toyotas are great with gas.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:54 AM
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13. My Volvo wagon is SUPPOSED to get 18 in city driving, 25 on the highway.
Maybe if the owner before me had bothered to maintain it AT ALL, it might still do something close to that. As it is, I get about 10 in town, 15 on the highway.

Piss-fucking-poor.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:58 AM
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14. '99 Pontiac Grand Am 189,549 miles on it ...
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 11:59 AM by auntAgonist
29 miles to the gallon. Mostly highway driving. 38 miles one way to work each day.
It's a V6 engine.


aA
:hi:
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Throd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:02 PM
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15. Maybe 12 if I baby it.
If I have to drive over 10 miles I use my wife's car which gets good mileage.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:03 PM
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16. 35 or so, but I have a lead foot
it's a Civic automatic. Damn torque converter. I wish I had a stick-shift, it would get even better mileage.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:08 PM
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17. 36 mpg for my 1998 Toyota Corolla. However, I ride the Amtrak and rarely drive my car anymore
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:10 PM
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18. I got 60 ONCE in my Prius
Granted, it was mostly downhill, and there was a strong tailwind...
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:18 PM
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19. I regularly do over 60 in my Prius
My drive to work is a longish distance at moderate speeds--perfect conditions for the Prius. In the summer when it's warm, but not warm enough to require AC, I often get over 60 MPG. This time of year when it's below freezing, I'm lucky to do 45.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 12:20 PM
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20. I got over 80 a couple times in my Prius

Granted it was coming down the hill from Lake Tahoe...
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 01:05 PM
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21. I can push sixty in the Prius...
...but that takes too much of my attention away from driving. I'm happy in the 52-56 zone.

The Accord Hybrid is good for thirty-one in commutes, and I got 38 on a thousand-mile interstate round-trip.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 01:29 PM
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23. On my last trip home (virtually all highway), I got 44 mpg.
:) My car ('96 Pontiac Sunfire) is rated for about 28-30 mpg highway I think, so I was pretty excited about that. :D
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 09:26 PM
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24. I don't have my own, I drive my grandparents' cars right now
one gets a little over 30 mpg I think. The other is a hybrid civic, so it gets whatever those get. :P
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 09:39 PM
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25. 34 MPG
It seemed good a few years ago.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 09:41 PM
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26. 50-ish
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:00 PM
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27. 40 MPG highway
33 to 34 around town. Honda Fit.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:06 PM
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28. Given an infinite incline plane and a gravitational field, it could get infinite.
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:15 PM
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29. 34 if I fuel up with 87 from Chevron or BP.
94 Honda Accord 4 banger 5 Speed....it likes Chevron and BP...Exxon averages 31.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:18 PM
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30. Low 30s. In the city about 23 or 24.
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:18 PM
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31. dup...
Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 10:19 PM by ileus
94 Honda Accord 4 banger 5 Speed....it likes Chevron and BP...Exxon averages 31.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:19 PM
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32. i average 24 or 25 in town
not bad for an old beater like mine
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 10:21 PM
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33. 43mpg on crappy Japanese roads
Lots of stoplights and other driving obstacles that cut down on the mileage.
Interestingly, the mileage actually seems to go down at a steady 60mph clip on the (not-so)free-way.
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:26 PM
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34. About 40 mpg on the highway!
1993 Mazda MX-3 with a 4 cylinder engine and over 160k on the odometer.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 11:26 PM
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35. 37 mpg in my '95 toyota camry.
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 12:06 AM
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36. 38 hwy - Honda Del Sol n/t
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 12:07 AM by lildreamer316
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 07:10 AM
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37. Stop wishing for better mileage and start doing something about it
Just my humble and probably wrong opinion
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 08:39 AM
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40. If I had the money, I would.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 05:28 PM
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41. A good bike costs about $500.00
You'll make that money back in gas savings in no time.

Depending on how much you use it of course.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 07:14 AM
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38. 42 mpg.
:hi: It's a five-speed, and I keep it tuned up.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 07:16 AM
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39. 38-40 GEO Metro
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143tbone Donating Member (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 05:32 PM
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42. 61 mpg was the best when I drove very carefully.
It's a Prius of course but if I drive normally I get around 53 +or-
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 05:38 PM
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43. I got 25 on a 700 mile road trip last summer
Jeep Patriot.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-12-08 05:53 PM
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44. That depends...
Am I going 5 mph stop-start on the freeway or 85 mph on the same freeway?

Toyota tells me it gets 23 in the city, 30 on the highway. I'll take their word for it.
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