Fill your tank and just mildly accelerate up to a steady highway cruise speed, and then reset your SID display so that the mileage figure you are now showing is truly representative of the highway mileage. I would expect it to be above 25, but probably below 30. If your number is significantly lower under those conditions, you MIGHT have a problem, but I think that only steady state highway numbers are the type you should compare with others,including mine. When you compare what everyone calls "city" driving,you really don't know how the car is being driven and what each owner's definition of easy or hard is. My numbers? 2002 Aero with the "great" auto trans,about 26.8 overall, and usually 31.5 on the highway,obviously,premium fuel only. Those numbers are a combination of summer blend and winter blend fuel as well.Here in the northeast, the winter blended fuel knocks about 1-2 MPG off the numbers. For my overall number,I would have to say that I do drive with a very conservative right foot,and rarely put the pedal to the plastic. When the car was new,mileage was about 10 % less and it took about 10K miles for the mileage to get to the level it is at now. All of my prior Saabs took a long time to run in the engine.
Hope this helps

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• MPG, Mike, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:36:42
  • 99lpt, 24.5mpg at SID Avg Speed of 28mph, Ian Glenday , Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:47:08
  • 99 lpt stage II 22 town 35 highway, jim, Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:24:45
  • Re: MPG, Andy , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:19:35
  • Re: MPG, Josh, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:11:13
  • Re: MPG, Jason, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:43:05
  • I thought it was just me, Saabdude , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:30:29
  • 2000 Aero Wagon auto - 18-20.., Mike Lynch , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:23:13
    • Hey Mike, glad I'm not the only one getting low mileage, Pat Hurley, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:45:25
      • I got 25mpg going to Del Mar and back...., Mike Lynch , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:40:53
  • '99 2.3lpt w/ Speedparts Steg II ECU....avg 25.4 mpg nm, turbo5spd, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:23:02
    • oh ya, it's a 5spd, also (nm), turbo5spd, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:23:40
  • 2000 Aero 5-speed, KevinH, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:05:30
  • 18.6mpg w/75% city driving on '99 9-5 3.0T., DavidFL, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:47:42
  • 31MPG mixed, 34MPG highway (2.3LPT manual/87 octane), compaqted, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:12:56
  • goes up as it breaks in, TimBrown, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:03:50
  • Re: MPG, david, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 04:49:27
  • 20.6 MPG on average 26 MPH ......, CKC, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:18:57
    • Re: 20.6 MPG on average 26 MPH ......, CKC, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:31:13
  • MPG, DeanS, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:07:48
  • 30.5mpg, Sue, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:54:11
  • 99 2.3LPT wagon... get about 19 MPG, Pat Hurley, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:36:44
    • Ditto.....nm, Mike Lynch , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:23:50
  • Re: MPG, Woody, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:48:33
  • Try this, Lou, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:35:23 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: MPG, Steve Mac, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:31:08
  • Re: MPG, Eugene, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:13:18
    • Re: MPG, Lee, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:33:47
  • Re: MPG, Ganesh, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:57:26
    • Re: MPG, jeff, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:02:43

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