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how many miles are you guys getting to a full tank of gas?

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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 03:43 AM
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iam wondering guys and gals whos owns a bonneville with a 3.8 series2 (non supercharger) how many miles are you getting with a full tank of gas? in city? and in highway?
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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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With my crazy driving 350 miles /tank. But that'* only 19mpg, and that'* horrible. But, this is all city driving. I think once I get my car back on the road, I should be getting 450 [25mpg]. I know a lot of members have seen 30+ mpg on road trips. But, that'* feathering the throttle, and we all know how hard that is to do on our cars .


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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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I have a L27 and I have seen 32+ mpg,

I usally get about 275+ on the road for a half a tank
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320, full to empty on 98 ssei (all city)
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If I recall correctly, my old Bonnie did over 20 in the city, and close to 30 on the highway. I don't know the range.
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THere must be something wrong with our bonnie.

I haven't seen it get over 18mpg since our last road trip (which it got about 28 ).

But I guess that is to be expected when you have parents like mine who don't take care of the car.
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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Do it all, plugs, wires, clean the TB, and put in an O2 sensor. NOT BOSCH.
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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by willwren
Do it all, plugs, wires, clean the TB, and put in an O2 sensor. NOT BOSCH.
I have begun doing the oil changes myself because I couldn't get my mom to do them at 3000 miles...

anyway 17mpg equals about 260 miles per tank and 285ish if you push it so there are probably 2 gallons left.
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I get at least 400 miles to the tank with combined driving in winter....more in summer...i use synthetic oil.....makes a big dif...
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I get over 300 per tank in the summer. Now that it'* cold out, tho, I use the wussy button (remote start) too much, so my mileage has dropped accordingly....
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