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Gas milage? - 3/24/2003 9:49:44 PM

ANTICIVIC

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Is it just me or do all stangs get really crappy gas milage. I only get around 12 mpg city. Is it just my driving, or is it just how they are. The spec's say like 16 of 17 mpg.

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Gas milage? - 3/25/2003 1:06:40 PM

91GT5.0

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I figured out that for the most part I get 11.69 mpg, but I also sit in bumper to bumper traffic everyday coming home from work.

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Gas milage? - 3/25/2003 7:04:06 PM

lloydchristmas

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Try it with 4:10's

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Gas milage? - 4/16/2003 1:07:27 AM

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i commute 100MI round trip a day for work. 5MI is surface roads and rest is freeway. set cruise and forget it i can get 20-22 on a realy good day. around town it takes a dump on mileage.my dad borrowed it once for a trip to seattle and got 24MPG. i've never been able to duplicate it.

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Gas milage? - 4/16/2003 2:16:34 PM

spike306

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my in-town mpg sucks as well, i'm looking between 10-11 mpg

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/19/2004 5:33:41 PM

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If you drive it like an old lady she'll get a lot better gas mileage. I took my '95 GT for a 1000 mile ride and got over 26 mpg, didn't stand on it once though.
Hasn't happened to me since mind you.

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 12:16:57 AM

VertStangGT86

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Yea, I drive real conservative and relaxed (like an old lady

) most of the time and I get around 20 overall. My friend had a 90 and he got horrible milage too. He never wanted to come see me at school cuase it would cost him so much in gas. His used about twice the gas as mine.

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 1:04:41 AM

roundman

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it's that big heavy right foot u got.

bet you wear the hell out of your tires too! lighten up a little and the mileage will get better, but if you have to race it from stoplight to stoplight all the time, you're stuck with what you got!

bet you got a 5 speed too!

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 2:41:04 AM

TheGmKiller331

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I get anywhere from 7-12 depending on how i drive.But thats not too bad for a C4 and 3.73's with a 331 out front.

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 5:00:11 PM

71455olds

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i get about 19-20 highway 16-17 combined with 3:55's & 5spd best car on gas I have
98 grand cherokee 5.2 12.9 ave per on board comp
71 cutlass convert 455 6 mpg on a good day
85 cj7 360 about 10

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 9:43:12 PM

JohnL50V8

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I got 17.9 mph around town without exhaust. With exhaust, just under 20mpg. I just got the car (95 GT) a couple weeks ago, i was pleasantly surprised by that.

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/20/2004 11:34:57 PM

vfast

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well 71455 olds but a holley on it and you get 10-12

we get around 20-22 on the hwy and 16-17 in the city with 3:55..running threw all the gears is why your mileage sux....use syth oils will give you 20+ mptf(miles per tank full)
my S/C car gets about 16-18- on the hwy and don't know in the city

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/24/2004 5:45:27 PM

bobby

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ya i think its ur driving u shoudl get about 17mpg city driicing if u take it easy, also what kind of mods do u have?? some mods will hurt ur gas mileage.

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/24/2004 9:02:52 PM

MartyE12345

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I never owned a car cept my 86 convert with 3.73sand a couple mods but the other day i but 10 dollars when i had half a tank i drove for a bout an hour i got a lead foot and when i was done driving i had less than half a tank so to cruise for a bout an hour it costs me more than 10 bucks. Thats horrible

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RE: Gas milage? - 3/25/2004 12:10:03 PM

93payupGT

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I can say i get great mpg. around town it is about 16 on 87oct, and 18 on 89oct. on the freeway on my way up north I got 24-27 mpg. Stock gears thought for a 93 GT. I was surprised to get that great compared to my friends 92 LX stock.

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