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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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gas mileage and most efficient speed

post whats your gas mileage and most efficient speed and remember to indicate what type of transmission you have

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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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60mph-ish with an auto. you can still pull good mpg around 70-75mph.

370 out of a tank, which is 27ish. When it's warm and not using the ac.

My winter mileage sucks. More like 20mpg. Cold temps plus the winter blend of gas do that. that seems to affect my max more than it does my newer rides.

I'm real **** about my tire pressure. I check it twice a week.

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Old May 15, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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With the original tranny, my 2nd gen was pushing 27-29mpg. When I swapped to a 3rd gen 5-speed, it didn't get any better than 27mpg doing about 60-65ish.

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Old May 15, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by maximase86
With the original tranny, my 2nd gen was pushing 27-29mpg. When I swapped to a 3rd gen 5-speed, it didn't get any better than 27mpg doing about 60-65ish.

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Yea a 3rd gen tranny in a 2nd gen will do that due to lower gearing for bigger tires and such

if I can find the paper I wrote my gas usage down on for my trip I will post it but iirc I was getting high 20s driving 70-80mph (depends what state I was in) on I-40 from NC to NM fully loaded (to the point of rubbing the outside of the tires in the wheel well) I also have over sized tires 205 vs factory 195

sorry i have a 5sp
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