I got 32mpg

[silvachris1]

So anyways. Last weekend I went to WVU in Morgantown WV from WVUTech in Montgomery. Long drive, uphill almost all the way. I averaged around 2500-2600 RPMs (I think my torque convertor is about shot). Anywho, I filled up the tank with 380 miles on it before I headed back to Tech. I got 31.9 mpg with the RPMs that high. I'm proud of her...she did good.

[Flowbee V6]

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[99camaro99]

nice :cool: I've gotten 38mpg no boost and doing 55-65mph the entire way. [img]smile.gif[/img] 114mi...car only took 3 gallons of gas. :D

[JusFlyinBy]

Are you sure you did your math right? I pull 29-30 mpg straight highway, NO city. Thats with 3.08's in an auto with a good torque converter at 21-2200 RPM, new plugs, wires, filter and oil, not uphill at 64 mph.

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P.S. 380 miles to a tank is 25 mpg.

[zlexiss]

I'll back him up. I routinely get mileage in the low 30's (31-33) with the cruise set at 80mph between Tucson and Phoenix.

[Flowbee V6]

B/c we all know guestimating mileage on our cars is accurate

[JusFlyinBy]

^^^ Exactly, thats why I am always iffy to believe these claims. Im not saying you guys guestimated, but did you? Mine was based off a pump to pump basis with a reading right off the pump give or take a 1/4 gallon.

[HokieBird]

I can get in the low 30s if the trip is mostly highway then very limited city driving to get to my destination. Thats with reading the gallons from the pump and the miles on my trip odometer that I reset whenever I fill up.

Why you would want to go to Morgantown I don't know though. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[rhouse21]

Here's fuel for the fire. Some of you might have seen this before, but here are my past 200,000 miles worth of mileage data.

http://home.comcast.net/~rhouse21/Ka..._Mileage_1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~rhouse21/Ka..._histogram.jpg

If you look at the mileage histogram chart, you can see three humps for the different types of driving I do. From the chart I've averaged roughly:
14-16 MPG for pure city driving,
20-23 MPG for mixed city/highway driving, and
26-31 MPH for straight Highway driving.

[Dojo2000]

I've gotten up to 31 MPG on the highway.
5-speed with 3.23s

Fill the tank all the way up, drive, then fill it all the way back up. That'll give you exactly how much gas you used, no guestimating.

[silvachris1]

Pump to pump. No estimates here. I went 380 miles on 11.89 gallons. I wasn't out of gas when I filled back up. I decided to go ahead since it was 25 cents cheaper up there. Anyways, I usually average 22-24 city/backroads. Maybe my TACH isn't reading right anymore, but DHP was showing the same readings too. Last time I checked full highway mileage, I got 27.5, but that was 3 years ago. And yep, filled the tank at a station just outside of the drag strip thursday night. Reset the trip meter, drove back to the apt, and then to Morgantown on Friday. Filled it back up on Sunday.

[dz]

I do mainly highway driving and I average around 28-29mpg. I'll vouch for him as well.

If you don't drive the car hard and just cruise, it's not a problem getting good mileage.

[ellik]

I know I average 250miles and require 14 gallons when I fill up. (needle just above empty) thats 18mpg all city.

The last highway trip I did in the bird ( over a year ago), I had already done the 3.42 gears and on purely highway driving, I got 31mpg. I just passed 440miles and filled up again with between 14.0 an 14.2 gallons. Thats 31mpg.

[MrCoffee]

I got 28 miles/gallon on a trip home from radford to dumfries, all highway (except maybe the last little bit). That was with a leaking EGR valve at the header. dont know if that hurt or helped.

[3.4 slow to go]

I average around 35/35 mpg on roadtrips in my GPGT. Last I checked it used the same engine.