Long trip in the CL for the upcoming holidays?
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Long trip in the CL for the upcoming holidays?
Just curious if anyone is taking a long road trip in the CL for the upcoming holidays? I am taking the CL to Michigan from Illinois for the first time for Thanksgiving. Trip is going to be about 6 hours and got the wife and two kids in the car. Should be fun and comfy. Our other car that we usually take on longer trips is an 07 Infiniti FX35 and that thing is not comfy on long trips. The seats are hard and the suspension is rough. So I am looking forward to this trip and hopefully the MPG gods will be kind to me...
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that's not a long trip. I drive from MN to Michigan usually 2x a year 735 miles 12 hours each way with an average speed of 72. Minus 35mins for gas up. 30 mpg with a CL-S.
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Haha...nice...sounds like fun. But "long" could be different for everyone. My average commute is about 45 min each way for work...so a 6 hour drive is considered long. But I am hoping to get about 30mpg's too. Just got the tranny fluid changed and an oil change. I also added in the "fuel system" cleaner stuff...not sure if that will help on the MPG or not. But we will see.
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Yup...trying to confirm which seq I have from 1-15 but from the list that I have seen on this forum, I believe I have the first one of 15 according to my VIN. But who knows....The list could have been typed up. It does not matter really...just going to visit some family and enjoy the holidays. Hope there is no snow coming our way...so far, it looks mild but cold.
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My latest road trip was up to NY. On the way up I used 3/4 of a tank in about 390 miles. I filled up in Jersey right before the Outerbridge Crossing, used about 1/4 of that tank in NY over the weekend, then drove all the way back to Richmond and still had almost 2 gallons left. My personal best was 32mpg with the 3.6l coming back from Tenn with the a/c on and doing ~80 most of the way.
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Only 30mpg? Automatic? I average at least 34 doing that trip and have gotten as high as 37mpg heading to the upper P.
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The CL is indeed a great cruise. I drove for 12 hours straight with the cruise set to nearly 80 for the majority of the trip as well as the AC blasting and averaged 28.5 mpg. That's miles traveled / gallons in. Pretty happy with that.
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Have fun and be safe. I drove my CLS6 back from Long Island to Louisville, KY when I bought her. Talk about getting to know your car on the fly. I will probably drive her to the Keys on my honeymoon around late June this coming year. I love road trips in my baby, just hate piling the miles on her.
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Yo! This thread made my year! Headed out west in the Type-S in two weeks...was a little worried, but after seeing this, looks like things will be all gravy. Any tips besides obvious maint'c?
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My best half tank:
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Sadly traffic in Jersey and NY killed the rest of it. I think I still got about 30mpg on that trip though. That was with the 3.6l @80 most of the way with the a/c on.
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Sadly traffic in Jersey and NY killed the rest of it. I think I still got about 30mpg on that trip though. That was with the 3.6l @80 most of the way with the a/c on.
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Yea, but on average, I only get ~220-240miles on the first half tank. Ill need to find the receipts again, but I used the rest of that tank in NY and it still got me back into Jersey so I could save 20 cents/gallon on the fill up.
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unless you fill the tank up and get a reciept for the exact amount of fuel uve burned for the mileage uve driven then you're calculations are false.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
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unless you fill the tank up and get a reciept for the exact amount of fuel uve burned for the mileage uve driven then you're calculations are false.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
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I drive only 5 miles over the speed limit so technically I drive like that as well, I see no point in this mad dash on the E way I get in the right lane and do 5 over what the speed limit is, people always give me nasty looks but I could care less, I try to make it a point for myself to leave early for everything, when I used to have to drive to Bourbonnais from South Holland IL, I had to be at work at 7 AM I used to leave the hous at 5:45 AM always did 60 on the expressway and it always took me exactly 37 mins to get there.
I guess I am old school, I hate rushing and chances are when you rush in a car is when you get the ticket. Only time I really have to accelerate in my car is when merging or passing, that is about it. I have grown out of the speeding phase.
I guess I am old school, I hate rushing and chances are when you rush in a car is when you get the ticket. Only time I really have to accelerate in my car is when merging or passing, that is about it. I have grown out of the speeding phase.
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unless you fill the tank up and get a reciept for the exact amount of fuel uve burned for the mileage uve driven then you're calculations are false.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
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unless you fill the tank up and get a reciept for the exact amount of fuel uve burned for the mileage uve driven then you're calculations are false.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
a gas gauge is never accurate. so for any of you who look at the gas gauge and think it's accurate enough to get calculate your mpg you are sadly mistaken.
Your talking to him. If it yields over 30 MPG on the freeway and your not in a rush to get where your going, why not? With gas at 4.49 for premium, I make up for it. In fact, they should lower the speed limit back to 50 like it was in the 70's during the oil crisis. I bet fewer people would complain about the cost of gas.