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I could definently believe 505 if you were travelling at an economical speed without the airconditioner on and the windows closed.
Figure if I got 400 with 11 gallons, that's almost 40MPG. The light doesn't come on for 2 more gallons, that's 480 miles. And I was travelling at 90MPH with the aircon on.
Somewhere around 80MPH seems to be the magic number for fuel efficiency in my limited experience, at least for my car and purportedly a number of others with Zetecs/ATX too. Much higher than normal cars.
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well now I'm wondering what else is wrong with my car, I only get 300 max on a good drive. oh well back to the shop 
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Reborn: July 11, 2004 3L and gone again 12/13/2005
new ride: 98 Silver frost SVT with all my old goodies!!!!
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I got over 500 miles on one tank.   These cars get good gas mileage on the highway, especially with mods.
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2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
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Originally posted by johnny hennessy:
well now I'm wondering what else is wrong with my car, I only get 300 max on a good drive. oh well back to the shop
the problem is summer weather!!
this last tank is half gone and I hardly have 150 miles 
must resist urges to rev engine to redline... 
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My last fill-up was after 478 miles, and I used 13.5 gallons. Assuming that I had 1.0 gallon still in the tank, I could have theoretically driven 513 miles.
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If I run it to the light, I usually get between 350 & 370. I get in it constantly, too. That's on 87 - with my chip I have to run 91 and it seems I'll get about the same even though I regularly take 'er up to 7k
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Originally posted by brapple:
must resist urges to rev engine to redline...
Maybe thats my problem, by the way what is the red line in a tour? I have no tack 
Built April 18th 1998 #5770 of 6535
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28.8 mpg on the last tank 
My personal best (I think I had a tailwind  ) was 35.5 mpg.
edit: I know I'm in the "Zetec" forum...but I couldn't resist.
Last edited by Derk2000; 04/17/03 01:16 AM.
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When I had my zetec, I got 34.something on the way to and from Chicago. I think it was about 435 miles total when I got to Grand Haven, and I was not sputtering at all.
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