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Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
We just did an 1800-mile trip from SoCal and averaged 29.9 MPG at 80+ most of the way.
Edit - around town is about 20 MPG.
Edit - around town is about 20 MPG.
I drove my C5 from Chicago to Phoenix and averaged 29.7mpg... most of that at 75mph or more. Let's see that Toyota do that - maybe downhill being towed by a rocket! 
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In town, I usually get between 16 and 18 mpg. On the highway, 30+ is the norm.
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