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matt that is pretty good, I hit around 300 coming back from spring zing with the gas guage that low

best I have doen with the car is 300 and that is all highway, lately I have been getting 230-240 at best, mostly local driving but I think my car is running very rich



that is the joint right after the cat, also that exhaust tip has always been really black, compaired to the svt exhaust I just put on the car

I went 453 miles on a tank. The T-Bird has an 18 gallon tank and I put 17.4 gallons in when I fueled up last Sunday. I drove from about 10 miles from the TX/OK border to Springfield, MO on that tank.

Fuel economy, 26 MPG.

TB

When I make my trips from Chicago to Ann Arbor Michigan I get about 330-370 depending on speed. I have gotten 370 miles once last year going between 75 and 80 most of the way there. And yes I do have a V6 ATX.

Think my record is like 345 or so. That was with a lot of highway driving, but I can only assume that it was a 0-90ish run on every merge... A good offense is as good if not better than a good defense right?

if i stay at 55, i could probably hit 500 per tank on the freeway...but i have a problem...




















i cant go that friggin slow!

I drive about 50/50 Highway and In town driving. I get about 225 a tank. I haven't seen 300 miles to a take in about 2 years even with straight highway miles.

Last September when my Contour was in the shop I rented a Camry to go to Washington and that was getting me about 550 miles to a tank.

I knocked out a half a tank of gas in about 30 miles.

225 a tank...something must be wrong otherwise you are flooring it every single time you step on the gas...lead foot?

i can do a quarter tank in that!