Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Do duratecs really get that bad of gas mileage? The only time I ever checked my mpg was for a week when I drove my car really hard, and even then it was above 24mpg. I have a drive that is a bit over 200 miles and when I drive fairly close to the speed limit, I have half a tank left when I get to my destination.
all the duratec we have get about the same milage, mine has gone down over the summer as I made intake and exhaust modifications and thus got on the car more
as for my zetec I normally get around 200 a half tank, the more highway driving the better it is
at least for the two of us that posted graphs we are in fairly urban parts of CT, I am 40 minutes from NYC, and so there is alot more stop and go driving then say being in the mid west or down south were things are more open, this means there is less cruising because of stop and go which of cause is bad for mpg
I hit 34 mpg on my zetec driving from pittsburgh home
the two points that are high for my contour where when I was in NH, and did alot of highway driving, plus my car being from NH seems to really like NH gas over CT gas for some reason, or so it seems as I always get better milage
Last edited by brapple; 01/28/05 10:05 PM.
