Re: Gas poll* What type gas do you use?
Always 93 from day one in my 04 auto Limited. Just turned 20K.
Must be the air in the east, but I cannot get near the mpg some members claim.
Daily commute: 5 miles each way, 17 stop signs or red lights, max speed 35 mph = 20.5
Four fishing trips to the New Jersey shore over the last four weeks.
Back roads: 104 miles each way, average speed 50 = 26.7, best ever
Highway1: 104 miles each way, average speed 65 = 26.4
Highway2: 104 miles each way, average speed 75 = 25.6, includes 45 min stop in traffic
Highway3: 104 miles each way, average speed 80 = 25.4
Is there something wrong with my car, or you guys hyper-milers. I rarely drive the car hard. Several times I have tried really hard to get the best mileage I can for a tank full, all the hyper-miler tricks except turning it off at red lights. But it only give me another .3 mpg. 20.8 local.
Of all the cars I've owned, none has ever reached the EPA estimates. This one is right on par, maybe the closest to the real numbers.
What is the secret to 25-30 mpg every tank? You guys must be using that Tornado thing. Right?
Love to hear some answers from the 30 MPG guys.
Kurt