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have had persistently crappy mileage on my '91 900tc manual tranny; maybe 18mpg in rough city driving, 25-26 (max) on the highway. have replaced plugs, wires, vacuum hoses, o2 sensor, air filter, checked (and rechecked) timing, etc. with a little improvement, but certainly nothing dramatic. changing driving style resulted in less fun, but not better mileage. finally checked epa site, and the official mileage is 20/27, which i guess is about where i'm at. my highway driving consists of cruise control at ~80mph with a/c on. i'm guessing cv is less aerodynamic, i'm driving too fast, and i'm using a/c. maybe at 65 without a/c i'll be closer to 28+ (although i'll never know :). i keep seeing people saying they're getting 30+ mpg, but i'm skeptical. there should be less variation on the highway, but may be more b/t models. anyone have similar highway driving (in hot weather, with a/c) in a convertible with sig different mileage?
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Posts in this Thread:
- bad mpg--fact of life?, michael , Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:48:31 <-- Viewing This Message
- Check the manifold Vacuum seals, Steve Schwedland , Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:20:19
- done..., michael , Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:28:35
- Re: bad mpg--fact of life?, smartin, Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:00:13
- Re: bad mpg--fact of life?, vvackomatic, Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:33:42
- that's about what I get.........................but, JeffR , Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:01:26
- Re: bad mpg--fact of life?, burlybryan, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:03:35
- that doesn't sound so bad, JJJ, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:48:56
- Longshot, but...., DaveToo, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:59:50
- Re: bad mpg--fact of life?, Randy Thatcher , Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:17:40
- Re: bad mpg--fact of life?, MS, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:22:23
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