29.6 Mpg
01-28-2002, 04:39 PM
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29.6 Mpg
Decided to take a little road trip.
Livermore, CA to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and back. Some folks won't believe that Carlsbad is East of El Paso, Texas--about 163 miles ENE.
Anyway, five days, 2729 miles, 92.3 gallons of 91-93 octane. I run my tires (stock) at 35 PSI and use 5W20 Redline. Stock otherwise. Used the cruise control a lot and set it for 5 mph over the posted limit. Thank you Arizona and New Mexico for the 75 mph limits! I didn't mosey along nor did I drive hard--just fast and consistent.
The 29.6 mpg more than satisfies me that our TL-S can be efficient when we're driving it that way.
BTW, as I was coming up on Roswell, NM the New Mexico State Police decided to make sure what kind of UFO I was. Perhaps because I'm 56 and balding they wrote me up for an 80-in-a-70 warning. Nice, curteous, and professional.
Best tank mpg was 33.2 (downhill into Needles). Worst was 25.4.
Keep your rubber side down!
Livermore, CA to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and back. Some folks won't believe that Carlsbad is East of El Paso, Texas--about 163 miles ENE.
Anyway, five days, 2729 miles, 92.3 gallons of 91-93 octane. I run my tires (stock) at 35 PSI and use 5W20 Redline. Stock otherwise. Used the cruise control a lot and set it for 5 mph over the posted limit. Thank you Arizona and New Mexico for the 75 mph limits! I didn't mosey along nor did I drive hard--just fast and consistent.
The 29.6 mpg more than satisfies me that our TL-S can be efficient when we're driving it that way.
BTW, as I was coming up on Roswell, NM the New Mexico State Police decided to make sure what kind of UFO I was. Perhaps because I'm 56 and balding they wrote me up for an 80-in-a-70 warning. Nice, curteous, and professional.
Best tank mpg was 33.2 (downhill into Needles). Worst was 25.4.
Keep your rubber side down!
01-28-2002, 05:48 PM
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my friend who has a CL-S says his car's fuel economy improved dramatically after the second oil change...
i am a month away from the first oil change and i got a 20-22mpg with no hwy driving at all
i am a month away from the first oil change and i got a 20-22mpg with no hwy driving at all
01-28-2002, 05:57 PM
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I was very pleased with my mileage on my first trip of decent length in the new ride. It's got 3k miles on it and on a recent trip from Houston to San Antonio (3hrs ~190mi) I averaged an even 30mpg. All interstate I-10 and my speed average was around 75-80. Drove around town all weekend and when it was time to come home it took a measly $12 to fill up!
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