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What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:16:48 PM

MrAWatts

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My 05 V6 has about 75,000 miles on it. My girlfriend lives 2 hours and 15 minutes away. I drive down there once a week, sometimes more, to see her. Every time I do, it uses a full tank of gas. I get back home and I'm on E. She just got an 06 V6 Convertible, with 40,000 miles on it. She came down to see me yesterday, and instead of using a half a tank of gas to get here, she used about a quarter of a tank..

That's a pretty significant difference. What could be causing my **** for mileage!?!?!?!

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:20:27 PM

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idk try cleaning your maf sensor i get 28mpg out of my 91 gt

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:24:03 PM

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i found it humourous how you used a complete variable like the time it takes you to drive somewhere, as opposed to how many miles away it is.

my guess for your problem is that you think your car is a gtspeedracerzoom! and your girlfriend just drives with a lighter right foot.
if you at least told us how long (being that a trip in your car is exactly 2 hours and 15 minutes) it takes her to do the drive, it would tell us a little more.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:25:47 PM

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Just get a new girlfriend who's closer to where you live.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:27:04 PM

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ummmm..... actually figure out what mileage you're getting

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:27:57 PM

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Well I'm not sure how many miles it is exactly. But it takes her the same amount of time to get here. It's on the turnpike, where the speed limit is 75. I go between 80 and 85, and so does she. I NEVER go WOT anymore with gas as expensive as it is. I stay in as low RPMS as I can. I'm not sure of the exact distance, but it takes us the same amount of time to drive there, both driving conservatively, and she uses WAY less gas. Plus hers is a convertible. Not that it would make a huge difference, but still a little bit of extra weight.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:28:24 PM

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Sell your car and get an SVO. Not only will you get better mileage, with almost zero investment it will be faster too

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:30:53 PM

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Well sunofabittch.

dont them thar fancy s197's tell you your milage on the dash or some crazy ****?

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:31:45 PM

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Sell your car and get an SVO. Not only will you get better mileage, with almost zero investment it will be faster too

I would get rid of this thing in a heartbeat if I could, but I'm pretty far in the hole right now so it's not an option =[ Otherwise I would be driving a Fox for sure!

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:32:28 PM

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your car is 3 years old and has 75,000 miles on it already?

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:32:31 PM

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Nope, they don't incorporate that nice piece of soccermom tech

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:33:59 PM

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Well sunofabittch.

dont them thar fancy s197's tell you your milage on the dash or some crazy ****?

Gooley I tink seh goober.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:34:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: ÅЯđồľŀễŗ

your car is 3 years old and has 75,000 miles on it already?

Yeah I got it in Jan 05 with 0 miles on it. Needless to say, I drive alot. I put about 35k miles on my 04 V6 I had before this one

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:35:31 PM

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pretty sure they do....

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:35:36 PM

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well theres your problem... you drive to ****ing much

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:36:00 PM

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maybe your float is bad.

its almost exactly 2 hours and 15min to get to school for me, and it takes me roughly between a quarter and a third of a tank one way. even if im hard on it the whole way, i dont go under 2/3 tank left.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:36:41 PM

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62 miles a day? goddamn.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:37:20 PM

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pretty sure they do....

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:40:06 PM

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Ok I used Mapquest and it's 144 miles from my town to hers. Takes me half of a tank, and took her just barely over a quarter to go the same distance.

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RE: What is up with my mileage? - 5/4/2008 2:42:58 PM

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tune up time- plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter

your car reminds me of the one some idiot has at my school

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