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{I do hate spam, but that isn't really part of my email address. Remove the string ?HatesSpam? from the email address ?BobHatesSpam@blaylock.to? to email me. No advertisements. Spammers will be dealt with very harshly!} ------- Moonlight Blue 1996 Mercury Mystique GS , Zetec engine, ATX. No mods. (Well, OK, one mod. Before I got rid of my previous car, a 1994 Tempo, I swapped radios. I liked the Tempo's radio better. That counts as a mod, doesn't it? I also kept one of my Tempo's wheels to use as a spare. I hate those stupid ?compact? spares that come with modern cars. Does this count as a mod? If so, I guess I have two mods. Replaced burned/melted blower switch and connector on 19 February 2002 with a 1P3T toggle switch from Marvac and a Molex connector from Rat Shack; I guess this now makes three mods.)
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I'm getting 19 with my Zetec in mixed driving conditions, HWY-City.
Hopefully spark plug wires come soon so I can do a tune-up.
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I'm getting between 25 and 32 mpg. The cold really doesnt help. I do need to replace O2 sensors, so I cant blame it all on the weather. Oh yea, I also have 150,000 miles now on the z-tec. Just got some bosch wires, and they seem to help smooth out the motor in the cold.
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99 Sport SE Z-tec 75000km (46500 miles)
ave. 24 mpg, a few less in the winter
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'96 LX V6 ATX, 19-20 mpg. Sucks ass IMHO. Our GTP weighs hundreds of pounds more, has a bigger engine, and is supercharged, will blow the frigging doors off this car and pulls down 19.5 in daily usage. 
Pacific Green '96 Contour LX V6, loaded
'98 Grand Prix GTP 14.88/91 bone stock, awaiting new times from 3.4 pulley, CAI, U-bend removal but it's creeping up on the...
Calypso Green '92 Mustang LX coupe, 13.56/101
3-time local class champion autocrosser
Racing school whore
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99 V6 ATX - winter loop to work = 19mpg
- summer loop to work = 22mpg
Since winter type weather has arrived in Michigan...mileage drops.It takes about 3 miles of driving to get engine warm.
99 SE Sport..ATX
SVT exhaust
SVT zip tube and air cleaner assembly
Tinted windows
17" Cougar Zn Wheels
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98 V6 MTX - custom dual exhaust, KKM, custom ram air, 60 mile commute, 95% motorway, Canadian weather = 19.4mpg or 220 miles to a 11.25 gallon tank or 12.8L/100Km or 350 Km to a 45 L tank. My 5.0L got better mileage... 
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I usually get 17-19 mixed.
I have seen as high as 31, and as low as 15.
| Aaron | 1999 SVT E1 | silver | 147 of 2760
| If you want to throw away your license in about a week, this is the car for the job | car and driver
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I get 22-24 city and 28-30 highway...seems pretty much in line with everyone else.
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1999 Black SVT ("The Moose")
assembled in Kansas City on 12/4/98
number 624 of 2760
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I have been getting 21 mpg in cold weather and I got about 26 mpg in warm weather. That's on a 97 Zetec Mystique. I would think that a 4-cylinder would get better mileage than that!
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