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99 ATX Contour 130k w/ a 21k tranny freshly installed
Secret Project in the works
Originally posted by unknown:
Never argue with an idiot, ppl may not be able to tell the difference between you.
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i would like to know. since there are alot of Ztecs running great numbers whats your secrect? because 300-350(on a really good day)per tank cant be right with mods?????? and its better to run 80MPH then 70 ??? oh well i will just deal with it. i still love my car. even if it dosnt have a tranny. 
Go Army My new home for awhile.
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Well.......I dunno really. I have some mods, and gas mileage has always stayed pretty constant. I could get about 350-ish / tank when it was new, I still get about 350-ish per tank after 109k miles and a decent increase in power. My secret? I just drive the hell out of it. It likes it. 
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Well i don't have a secret, and i have many mods. I've gotten the same mileage new as i do now w/ almost 100k miles.  And I drive the crap out of it also.
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Quote:
My secret? I just drive the hell out of it. It likes it.
I'd have to agree.
My 'Tour hates city driving. Gas mileage is horrible. But on the open highway, pushing it hard up to 90-100MPH (I drive fast), it handles well, purrs like a kitten, and rewards me with great mileage.
2003 Mazda6s 3.0L MTX
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Originally posted by sigma:
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My secret? I just drive the hell out of it. It likes it.
I'd have to agree.
My 'Tour hates city driving. Gas mileage is horrible. But on the open highway, pushing it hard up to 90-100MPH (I drive fast), it handles well, purrs like a kitten, and rewards me with great mileage.
So true! I can't wait to get on the road next weekend. Seven hours of fun. 
'95 GL White
I've got mods.
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Right now at 1/2 tank with 200 miles. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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Well it's not a 'Tour so I am dragging around 200-300 less lbs...
2000 ZX2 S/R with the VCT Zetec. 438 miles on 11.74 gal. most of it on a trip to Maine. Tank was filled to the top of the filler before and after. (37.3 mpg)
203 miles on 5.09 gal. on a round trip to Mass. I am less sure about the accuracyof the fillups on this trip than the one to Maine. (39.9 mpg)
Typically I get 33-35 mpg on highway trips if I keep the speeds below 73 mph and 27-32 mpg in combined local/highway driving.
Once I get above 80 mph the car starts drinking fuel with the fuel consumption dropping below 30 mpg.
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this last tank is half gone and I hardly have 150 miles 
must resist urges to rev engine to redline...  
lmfao. I know how you feel. On my last couple of trips, I got 420 to the first tank of gas, (flooring it like crazy off of the off ramp and driving on RT 301.
I got 480 to the second tank. I think I used about 14 gallons that time. And I've never seen a gas light come on. Guess its one of the newer things. My gas light came on last time when I ran out of gas. Damn thing said a quarter of a tank, then I went down the hill. lmfao.
95 Mystique GS Zetec ATX: Dead - Dec 5th, 2003
94 Accord LX 2.2L MTX Non-Vtec. Few bolt ons.
02 Escape XLT 3.0 V6 ATX. This thing has the CD4E in it?! What the hell was ford thinking?
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Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0:
Right now at 1/2 tank with 200 miles.
This morning I hit half a tank w/ 240 miles on the odo.
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