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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RainJ
Return trip from Virginia to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi - 33mph

have not even watched it for around town
That must have taken a loooong time at 33 mph.

We got 29.9 mpG for the 1800 mile trip from SoCal to KS in January.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
That must have taken a loooong time at 33 mph.

We got 29.9 mpG for the 1800 mile trip from SoCal to KS in January.

You are entirely too ALERT for this hour of night! haha

thanks for catching that for me.. yes, I meant MPG..

flush mounted the tail lights and spend 4 hours installing that performance hood seal tonight . HAHAHA give me a break!
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 02:00 AM
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ouch, you guys are hurtin' me.... I get 15.6 mpg on the regular and about 19 hwy.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 02:00 AM
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33 on the super speedway. 24 in the jungle.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 98NassauBluC5
ouch, you guys are hurtin' me.... I get 15.6 mpg on the regular and about 19 hwy.
You're not the only one, my lowest was 14 city- but only once it happened, I get an average of about 15-17, haven't driven it 100% highway yet so I don't know.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 05:55 AM
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I don't do TOO much stop-and-go driving in the city due to my work schedule, so I usually get around 21-22 in the city, to 30-31 highway. Friend of mine witnessed me getting 42mpg for over 5 minutes in Florida a few weeks ago (not going downhill). I was going around 50mph.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 06:38 AM
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My car's computer says the average over 5 years is 23.3 mpg. I usually drive it in town, and pretty fast at least once during each trip.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 08:26 AM
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With my six speed 04, it is rare if I get less than 20 mpg around town. On my first trip, Texas to Florida, with 300 miles on the car, the first tank was 30.4, and it went up from there. I did see 90 mph more than once. I had a 99 automatic, it also got right at 20 mpg around town, but stayed about 28 mpg on the road. When we go somewhere, my wife will ask what we are driving, (I have 7 vehicles) I'll say the economy car, and she knows it's the 04 Corvette.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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Depending on speed on the highway, I get anywhere from 32-27 mpg with my A4. In town, probably 18-20 mpg, but then I'm too busy watching out for soccer moms and their cell phones to pay attention to my mpg.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 08:58 AM
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In my 2003 6-sp I get 18-21 always in town and 29 to 32 on the highway. It is stock except for my K&N air filter. It is my daily driver.
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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim2003
My 2003 6sp gets 21 to22 in town, alot of freeway. I get usually 30 to 32 on the highway. Mine to bone stock except for a KN filter.

Mine is also bone except for the K&N, and I get exactly the same...
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Old Apr 16, 2005 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by BiggieBoy
18-19 mpg city, 25-26 mpg hgwy. A4 w/ 3.42 gears.
I get about the same with 3.15 gears, ... Sometimes its fun to watch the 'instantanious MPG' as I drive on the freeway and its cool to see it burst over 50MPG on the gentle downhills at 60MPH. I have a Haltech intake filter/airbridge. I'm hoping for more HP/Torque and a slight improvement in MPG when we install long tube headers, BIG cats, x pipe and so on. Anyone got any figures for before and after a free flow exhaust?????

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