New Contour owner. Bought it at a public auction for a great price. Not so great deal after having to get the transmission replaced, though!! Oh well, live and learn. Anyway, it's a '98 SE (2.5l Duratec). So far, I'm really pleased with the ride quality and performance, but DANG!!! it gets bad gas mileage. My commute is ~35 miles and I bought this car thinking it would be decent on gas. It is only getting 20 mpg. My old BMW 535is gets 25! and it's got a 3.5l !!
Is this normal fuel economy? If so, it's gotta go.
One small tidbit of info: The CEL comes and goes. I had the codes read at AutoZone and sure enough, it is indicating a problem with one of the O2 sensors (out of range-high).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to start nickle and diming this thing to try to improve mileage, if this is the best I can expect.
Thanks,
Jason
