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Joined: 10/20/2005 From: Seattle, WA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Yashar
i know but still my milage is horrible even if i do that i need a tune and a better exauste anything else help with milage?
oh and ps im sorta SUPER low in the cash area so low cost modsfirst?
for now you probably want to just drive...um..."slowly", if you really tone it down you can get these cars to around 20 in even city/traffic/suburbs driving
i would be SO happy if i could squeeze 20 out of it i tried going REALLY slow and everyhign again today i got as high as 18 which isnt that bad i guess
yeah, if you do mostly city driving these get kinda crappy mileage. I get 16mpg going 2 miles to and from work, with about 10 stoplights. It sucks, but what ya gonna do, I gotta drive my pony!
I get about 17... and I drive backcountry mountain roads (20 mi off them)... lots of twistys..
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2005 4.0 Black AUTO, Black leather - shaker 1000 Mods done:
-MRT Areo-Turbine Axle-Back -Air hog drop in -Dynamat X -Street Scene lower grile (Black Chrome) -Street Scene upr. W/GT fog lights (Black Chrome) -High Pro. Yokahomas'
I get an average of like 17mpg, i live like in a suburban neighborhood wit like 5 lights to school. on occasion i will have to admit that i open her up.
oh and My baby just turned 1000miles today. :) they grow up so fast lol, i've only had her a month.
In suburban driving, about half of that being during rush hour (stop-and-go traffic for 11 miles), I get about 17-18 regularly but I was happy to get 20 on my last tank. I got 24 highway on a road trip some time back. I didn't get 20 mpg on my last tank because of anything I did though, all the schools were on spring break, so there wasn't as much traffic and I didn't have to stop for school buses.
after putting my new exhaust on I'm getting 22.2 mpg even romping on it in the city(I like to hear those exhaust notes). Don't trust your readout MPG. Figure it by hand and it is much more accurate. Miles traveled divided by gallons used. The next time you fill up keep your receit and write down how many miles your car has on it. the time after that record your miles again and subtract to figure how many miles driven and then divide by how ever many gallons you just put in to fill the tank back up.
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Joined: 2/17/2006 From: Mundelein, IL Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Furinox
after putting my new exhaust on I'm getting 22.2 mpg even romping on it in the city(I like to hear those exhaust notes). Don't trust your readout MPG. Figure it by hand and it is much more accurate. Miles traveled divided by gallons used. The next time you fill up keep your receit and write down how many miles your car has on it. the time after that record your miles again and subtract to figure how many miles driven and then divide by how ever many gallons you just put in to fill the tank back up.
Oh and I use 87 octane without a tune.
I have to figure it by hand my car doesn't have the info center.
WickedPony -- You should have a trip odometer regardless. If you press the button that says "reset" on the speedo, the trip odometer will come up. If you hold the button down for a second or so, it will reset to 000.0. That's how I figure my mileage: take the miles travelled on the trip odometer, and divide it by the number of gallons of gas I put in the car. I have a calculator in my phone, so I can figure it right there before I even leave the station.
There was also a description of Blackfoot's method of gas consumption measurement in the latest Road & Track. Anyone unsure of how it compares to "mpg" should check that out - April '06 issue.
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Joined: 2/17/2006 From: Mundelein, IL Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: JStang78
WickedPony -- You should have a trip odometer regardless. If you press the button that says "reset" on the speedo, the trip odometer will come up. If you hold the button down for a second or so, it will reset to 000.0. That's how I figure my mileage: take the miles travelled on the trip odometer, and divide it by the number of gallons of gas I put in the car. I have a calculator in my phone, so I can figure it right there before I even leave the station.
There was also a description of Blackfoot's method of gas consumption measurement in the latest Road & Track. Anyone unsure of how it compares to "mpg" should check that out - April '06 issue.
Yes I know that . Thats how I figure it out. I'm just sad that I didnn't get the IUP.
i am getting 14 also. it was actually 13 but since putting the exhaust and K&N filter on..i have noticed it has gone up. I only drive 8 miles round trip to work and it is city driving. Highway thought I get about 20 mpg. Can't complain though..I had a 97 Ford Expedition and only got 8-9 mpg and had to fill up every 5 days or so. I can go 2 1/2 weeks on a tank now.
I know a lot of it depends on driving habits but I have been getting anywhere from 15-20 mpg. Hand calcs. I don't drive that conservative and I have the 4.6 with manual. I thought I was getting low mileage till I read some of your posts. I dunno....
You should be getting better milage than that. Put some fuel injector cleaner in your next tank and see if that helps any. You might also want to try the K&N drop-in if you don't have a CAI. They cost about $55, but i just got one two weeks ago and I'm getting 2 to 3 mpg better than I was. My wife and I drove from Mississippi to San Antonio last weekend and got 27mpg on the interstate @ 75mph average. I really think you should at least be getting 18 - 20 mpg
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