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Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on November 2, 2007, 6:53 am
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> I rented one recently and drove it on fairly long stretches and got between
> 40-45 mpg on the highway DOING 75-80 mph, these numbers mainly from the
> computer which by my surmise seemed pretty accurate. If you were doing say
> 60 it should be significantly better.
>
> The city mileage was better than that. I'd say about 45-50 mpg. At times
> better than 50. I was stunned at the city mileage in this car, it's an
> amazing thing to experience.
>
> I never saw 60 mpg though. 50 seemed fairly common, e.g. in the city.
>
> Car was FAIRLY HEAVILY LOADED ALSO, so take that into account with these
> numbers.
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> So for me, driving the car fairly hard, close to 80 mph on the highway,
> mileage was usually 45 average city and highway, quite impressive
> especially considering the highway would tend to bring down the number (at
> those higher speeds).
Yup. Exactly right.
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