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Old 03-14-2005, 01:19 PM   #11 (permalink)
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After about 5 fill-ups (I haven't see the fuel light yet): low was 20MPG, high was 24MPG. I've heard it get's better after the break-in period. Is that true or just a myth?
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Old 03-14-2005, 01:21 PM   #12 (permalink)
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On a related note, I put 89 octane in on Friday to see how it drove, and since it was 2.23 vs 2.37 a gallon. I would guess that I lost 3-5 mpg with it. My 60 mile round trip usually takes $6.00 in gas (93 octane). With the same $6.00 in gas, cheaper gas mind you, my low fuel light came on before I even got home, normally it lasts until the next morning on the way to get coffee. I could have been pushing it a bit harder, it's kinda hard in rush hour though, but it sure seems like it used a noticable amount of extra gas to get back and forth.
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Old 03-14-2005, 04:54 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Interesting. I consistantly got 22 - 23 mpg since I've owned my Redline, but after the PCM update it actually increased to 25 mpg. I have a mix of city and highway and get on it quite a bit.
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Old 03-14-2005, 05:08 PM   #14 (permalink)
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WOW you guys get great gas milage. I have yet to get more than 200 miles out of a tank and thats not beating on it. When I beat on it I only get about 160 to 170. I guess I better take mine back in and find out what is wrong.
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Old 03-14-2005, 05:35 PM   #15 (permalink)
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WOW you guys get great gas milage. I have yet to get more than 200 miles out of a tank and thats not beating on it. When I beat on it I only get about 160 to 170. I guess I better take mine back in and find out what is wrong.

Yeah, I would.

Mine consistently gets 250 mi+ out of a tank. The best I've gotten is 275 almost all highway w/ the cruise control set and the worst is about 225, and that's dogging the shit out of it every chance I get.
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Old 03-14-2005, 06:32 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I'm getting about 23-24 mpg....if i let the tank get down real low I can get about 280 out of it...most of the time I fill up when I get right around 1/4 with about 220-230 miles out of that....most of that is highway driving.
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Old 03-14-2005, 07:48 PM   #17 (permalink)
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lately 22pmg, personal best 24mpg, this is city/highway combined mpg.
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Old 03-14-2005, 11:50 PM   #18 (permalink)
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What RPM range does everyone shift in? I personally don't like reving the gears too high because the sound gets a little annoying past 4K (unless I'm hot dogging it which I don't mind the extra attention) I normally shift around the 3.5 K range for 1st and 2nd gear, I'll go 5K for 3rd gear but then I tend to shift directly from 3rd to 5th as an over-drive gear.
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What RPM range does everyone shift in? I personally don't like reving the gears too high because the sound gets a little annoying past 4K (unless I'm hot dogging it which I don't mind the extra attention) I normally shift around the 3.5 K range for 1st and 2nd gear, I'll go 5K for 3rd gear but then I tend to shift directly from 3rd to 5th as an over-drive gear.
You should be able to shift every gear around or below 3k rpms. I seem to do that and I'm getting 21mpg consistantly tank after tank, but I'm still stepping on it pretty hard when people wanna play.
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Old 03-15-2005, 10:04 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Wow. I usually end up putting about $10 in the tank every day. I guess that's just due to my driving style. I don't really like the idea of sacrificing acceleration to get better gas milage.
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