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I was up over 27 for a while, but then we drove around town while at the beach, so the tank average dropped to 24.2mpg. Not bad for mixed driving. We hit a lot of traffic coming back but we still brought the average back up over 27 again. What I like is that the tank holds 21 gallons so I can go about 4-500 miles between fill-ups. That helps a lot, especially when gas prices keep rising. |
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Replying to: marine2 (Feb 22, 2008 10:23 pm) Now I not only used the over head computer, I also used a hand calculator. The overhead computer was much closer than I thought it was. I'm very happy to see what I got. Most manufactures inflate the mileage the vehicle gets. It's nice to see that I was able to get at least 4 mpg over that. The 3.8 ran very well. My Brother said he hasn't got that much on his 3.3 minivan.
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Replying to: marine2 (May 29, 2008 2:52 pm) I don't think they have any say in the mileage testing or release of the estimates...it's the EPA (gov't) that does the testing (which revised their tests for 2008). Your 2005 GC (3.8) has been re-rated at 2008 specs at 16/23...so you did pretty good
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Replying to: ivan_99 (May 30, 2008 5:14 am) I don't think they have any say in the mileage testing or release of the estimates...it's the EPA (gov't) that does the testing (which revised their tests for 2008). Your absolutely correct on that. My mistake. I knew better. |
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Our mileage for 60,000 miles has averaged 24.2mpg. We have had several tanks while on the highway traveling at 65...70mph with average mileage of 26...27. In the winter around Mesa our mileage drops to around 21...22mpg. Highway driving at 55mph will usually yield greater than 27mpg. We travel a lot and often will have loads of 500...800 pounds in either luggage or people plus my wife and I. Jim |
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Got 25.0 mpg going to the beach. Got 26.6 mpg coming back. Must have been an westward wind both times. Speeds were 55-70 mph both times, A/C cranked, 4 people plus a dog and light luggage. |
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We rented a Toyota Sienna for our beach trip this past weekend. 6 people. light on luggage. But we kept the AC ON the entire trip except for the first 100 miles. Total of 580 miles with 29mpg average. I did the manual calculation, fill, reset, fill, calculate. I am impressed, I never thought it could be that good. I kept it within +5 of the limit most of the time, used cruise control as much as I could and basically tried all efficient driving practices.
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Replying to: hakunam (Jun 30, 2008 2:41 pm) Good for you. Where did you rent the Sienna? I saw some available in Florida but they ran $600 a week while other vans were half as much. I'm just glad it doesn't cost double to purchase one!
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jul 01, 2008 11:31 am) |
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Replying to: hakunam (Jul 01, 2008 12:36 pm)
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