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Highway 31mpg; City down to 23mpg. Rarely get it under 23 (but the racetrack awaits.....).
Best ever: 39mpg
No mods to engine / exhaust.......
(Old 4cyl Mondeo- best was only 42mpg........but i was doing around 90mph for about 5hours straight....)
Dont know kerb wt of contour, but V6 mondeo with me + stuff on board approx 1500kg.
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At one time I was getting ~27mpg. Lately (past 6 months?), it dropped to ~22/23. I thought it might be the plugs, so bought a set. Unfortunetly, I haven't been able find the time to put them in. Anyway, this weekend I found that the parking brake cable was binding and therefore never fully releasing the parking brake. I think the drag induced by the parking brake wasn't helping my milage.
If your milage doesn't seem that good, you might consider checking the parking brake cables.
I noticed that there was a lot of chafing on the brake cable housing; the plastic housing was rubbed off exposing the metal housing. I suspect it was chafing against the Fwd Tie Rod being the tie rod had a flat where the cable would touch(this is the left side of the car, BTW).
Hopefully, the milage will go back up, but I still need to put in those plugs!
98.5 SE Sport
Model T
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In the zetec: last tank of gas - 454 miles, filled up w/ gas; she took 13 gals. You do the math. 
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Originally posted by horseydug:
Originally posted by path914:
I believe the tanks are 15.4 gallons or so. There seems to be debate over the size ...
Actually tank size varies; e.g. my '97 - 14.5g US (55L), my '98 - 16.3g US (61.5L).
Note: Metric in brackets.
like he says i got a 16.3 gallon
another question what all should i check that would effect the mileage cuz it really sux filling up like every 4-5 days
98.5 Black SE ATX
S&B filter, SVT MAF, optimized SVT TB, mesh grille, removed orange reflectors, painted rear reflector, gutted pre-cats, optimized SVT LIM, 19lb injectors, resonator removed
cant afford an svt but lookin for 1 in nc
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I get 175-200 miles to my tank!! I have the 2.5 duratech with 83k ...What can i replace/check?
Jason
00 Audi S4, 2.7 Bi-turbo quattro 
01 S10 Xtreme, 4.3l
98' Contour SE with some mods
96 Cavalier (beater)
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15-17 mpg on a duratec atx, 100% city driving (delivering pizzas) with excessive idle time while making a delivery, and a very heavy foot and clogged precats
Russell
Oval Port 3L Nearly Done
MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete
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I was hoping to get an update on the plug/wires issue. Now I've got it. Congrats Ken! I hope it continues to serve you well.
JimR
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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ok, so this all kinda answers my thoughts on mpg. i get about 19 mpg on my 00 svt, about 6 miles shy of 80k. My boyfriend just recently cleaned the UIM, and I know the spark plugs need changed, as it still has the originals  And I'm sure I'll need an air cleaner, an O2 sensor and various other items soon, b/c the first owner didn't seem to take very good care of it 
~*~Bonnie~*~
Amazon Green 00 SVT Contour, #? of 2150, born 2/00
(bought 7-16-03)
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last winter when I first got the tour, I was getting 17-19 mpg, 200 a tank (mostly 4 mile trips from house to school, or 2 mile trips to work). this summer it hopped to 20-21 mpg, with 250-275 a tank. now, it seems to be dropping back down to 18-19...I wouldn't doubt I need new plugs and filters, which I should probably do soon enough...
btw, my V6 2.5L SE has a 14.5 gallon tank, says so right on my handy-dandy manual.
1995 SE
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I get about 20 to 22 mpg or 260 (give or take 15) miles per tank, usually filling up with a little over 13 gallons. To guage how much city driving that is... 15 miles one way trip to work takes about 30 minutes (25 if im rushing). I rarely ever take any of the 1.5 highways here in tucson unless im going to phoenix. It goes up to about 23 to 26 if its all highway mileage.
Oh 73K miles on it
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