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Last week I gassed up the MO and ended up spending 30 bucks. Well, I'm a little light in the wallet so I decided to take it REALLY easy on the car and get the most out of my tank.
Well, one week of driving in DFW traffic, and I've gassed back up. My fuel average is 22.3 MPG! On top of that, I've got that with only 87 octane.
I drive 18 miles to work everyday and of course 18 miles back. I leave for work between 6 and 7am and come home at 4pm. That means I'm not in bumper to bumper traffic but there is a lot of slowing down and speeding back up. I also had significant driving on the surface roads. I made sure to not exceed the speed limit at all and kept a feather touch on the accellerator.
Right after I had gassed up, I reset the trip odometer and the fuel consumption computer. I then drove home from work and the consumption guage showed that I was getting 26.1MPG. There was little traffic on that drive and I pretty much maintained 60mph the whole way. I don't know how accurate that reading was but when I gassed up this morning, the consumption guage showed 21.9MPG. That's not too far off from reality.
While driving, I kept a feather touch on the accellerator. I didn't accellerate hard out of any stop. I was getting passed alot but it just goes to show that you CAN get good mileage out of this car if you want, and you can do it without premium.
Well, one week of driving in DFW traffic, and I've gassed back up. My fuel average is 22.3 MPG! On top of that, I've got that with only 87 octane.
I drive 18 miles to work everyday and of course 18 miles back. I leave for work between 6 and 7am and come home at 4pm. That means I'm not in bumper to bumper traffic but there is a lot of slowing down and speeding back up. I also had significant driving on the surface roads. I made sure to not exceed the speed limit at all and kept a feather touch on the accellerator.
Right after I had gassed up, I reset the trip odometer and the fuel consumption computer. I then drove home from work and the consumption guage showed that I was getting 26.1MPG. There was little traffic on that drive and I pretty much maintained 60mph the whole way. I don't know how accurate that reading was but when I gassed up this morning, the consumption guage showed 21.9MPG. That's not too far off from reality.
While driving, I kept a feather touch on the accellerator. I didn't accellerate hard out of any stop. I was getting passed alot but it just goes to show that you CAN get good mileage out of this car if you want, and you can do it without premium.