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Old 12-29-2005, 10:51 PM
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471.6 beat that!!!
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Dang, that'* good. I don't think I've come close to that kind of mileage. I haven't really guaged my mileage with this car since we got her back.
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Originally Posted by SSE14U24ME
Dang, that'* good. I don't think I've come close to that kind of mileage. I haven't really guaged my mileage with this car since we got her back.
i coulda gone a bit further but the next gas station was 20 mi and i didnt feel like running out of gas.
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I think I could beat that, I got 3xx miles on 1/2 of a tank. But I haven't had the need to drive far away to rack up the miles, but I'm sure I could beat that, I'll find out next fall when I move to New York.

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doubt it, that was a completely full tank, and 98% highway drivin.
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I suppose if the car is running great and you use cruise control to level your speed it would increase your mileage. I wonder what the speeding ratio is. For example- I heard that for every degree over 68* your heating bill will increase by 4%.
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sonoma has beat that... he regularly gets over 500 per tank...

i on the other hand get half of that and proud of it
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Well, I may be mistaken. But my car gas tank was full when I left and I watched it SLOWLY go toward half and the miles was above 300 when it hit half. I don't know but I'm pretty sure it was over 300 at half

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If the 95 has the 2.84 FDR it could help out the mileage too. The 97 could only come with the 3.05 FDR IIRC.
Not saying 300 on a half a tank is really possible but it could get better than the 97. Ohh and the 95 is lighter too.
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the gas plummets when its below a 1/2. i got over 300 on a 1/2 tank but only like 150 on the second 1/2

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