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Originally posted by Stryker:
i can do a quarter tank in that! 
yeah, but can you do that by only staying under 55 mph, never going more than half throttle and never going above 4000 rpm's?
Jim Hahn
1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04
3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
364 whp, 410 wtq @ 4,700 rpm
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Zippy Zetec on his last legs.
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no...  foot ont he floor, worryig about blowing the motor as i take it to 35 in first at every light...
Regards, Cole.
Relegating to troll status sometime this week.
New Whip: 1990 Lexus ES250.
Old Hotness: 1995 GL MTX Zetec *IN TRIAGE*
"I had a little friend once, but it dont move no more...  "
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Yah... i normally get 190 to the tank, but thats mostly city driving, but now with my stock intake... i seem to be getting 225 and im at 1/2 Tank now... But thats with a mixture of 70 miles on Expressway, and rest City driving.... 
Former owner of a 1995 Ford Contour GL w/ 2.0L ATX
Proud owner of a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L V6 Vulcan 
--Looking for Commodore stuff (Drives, Units, Amiga, games, etc)If anyone has any of this laying around and wants it gone, lemme know --
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I continually run my Escort into the ground as far as gas is concerned. Yeah it's probably not the greatest thing for it as far as health is, but just coming off of high-school and having a lot of medical supplies and college tuition to chip in on, I can't exactly afford to fill up when I just feel like it. Last time I filled up this past week, I believe I got 300 miles out of it, but that was only with leadfooting it once or twice. I've run through an entire tank, from when gas was running down the side of the car to the point where it was on fumes and gotten 175 miles out of it. 
Troll. 1997 VW Jetta MkIII GLS 5spd
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I've got over 400 miles on a tankful quite a few times(the most being 420-not bad for a 2.5ATX). I used to always drive until the light comes on(and them some-once drove 45 miles with it on!). I pushed it too far last fall and ran it out of gas. The g/f gave me a dope slap and now I fill up right when the light comes on(and even sometimes before!). Almost 120K miles have past, and despite my mad obsession of extracting every last drop from the tank, I still have the original fuel pump!
Martin
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2000 Contour SE V6 ATX 170K miles
Hecho en Mexico
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1997 Volvo 850 Wagon 146K
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I've run out of gas. Twice. Almost did it again several other times. I usually take it alllll the way down.. Maybe that's why I need a new fuel pump now
The Spickle
New Car: Infra Red '04 FSVT
Former Car: Black '98 CSVT, #3137/6535 "The Unluckiest car.. ever"
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This weekend I got 350mi on a tank. My speed was around
80Mph all the way.
SVT 99 #526 of 2760
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I fill up some where between 1/8 and a 1/4 tank, just replaced my fuel pump last November, but it was giving me proplems before that. That means my fuel pump lasted 6 years.... If I were to lose my fuel gauge and had to use the odometer when I needed to fuel up it would depened on the driving. i.e. was it city or hwy or both. 300km combine, 400km hwy and 200km city. I may have lots of fuel left in the tank, but I wouldn't run out!
1996 2.5LT V6 Contour ATX My Tour+help/info pics
E0 rims, Gutted Pre-Cats,CTA Custom Exhaust & Intake, Diablo Chip.
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From pump click to yellow light, my record is 312 highway miles. 75 to 85 along the way, 3 people + luggage, AC. I've had the car since 19k and have never gotten big mileage liek some of you have & do.
Bless our servicemen & women overseas.
L.Cpl Ian Malone, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, R.I.P.
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low fuel gauage light
contours have those
I have put in 13.8 gallons of gas in my 95 lx v6 tour which has a 14.5 gallon tank and have never seen the a low gas guage light come on.
guess earily production models did not have such lighted guage.
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