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#31 of 87 Another pass at MPG by toboggan Jun 19, 2005 (6:33 pm)
Drove down to the twin cities from Duluth yesterday morning in the OBW. Once on the freeway (I-35) set the cruise at 78mph (still got passed a few times). 23.1mpg. There was little wind. Paid $1.98 per gallon at Sam's Club in Duluth. Gas was $2.15 a gallon in the cities - go figure.   6 hours later headed north on I-35. Set the cruise at 78mph - got passed a lot for the first 60 miles. Gassed up at the Duluth Sam's Club. Gas (with Sam's card) was now $2.06. It's still $2.09 at the rest of the stations.   With the 5speed, 78mph is 3700rpm. I should note that I use Amsoil 5w-30 in the engine with Amsoil gear lube in the gearbox and differential.   So far the head gasket repairs are holding (knock on wood).   MNSteve
#32 of 87 Yeah Baby by ateixeira Jun 20, 2005 (8:58 am)
On a roll here, last 5 tanks' average:   28.2mpg (with Bob driving to Valley Forge) 26.6 27.7 24.9 27.6   73k miles and running nicely.   -juice
#33 of 87 who said the '04 FXT was a guzzler by subearu Jun 25, 2005 (2:54 pm)
26mpg doing mainly 70mph with the AC in the hot Chicago heat. some traffic and mild wot runs (merging onto the Eisenhower).   -Brian
#34 of 87 i say it is, 15-18 mpg consistently by njswamplands Jun 26, 2005 (4:04 am)
but then again if your on a highway with cruise control, your not having fun with your xt Replies to this message: subearu (Jun 26, 2005 10:55 am)
#35 of 87 Re: i say it is, 15-18 mpg consistently [njswamplands] by subearu Jun 26, 2005 (10:55 am)
Replying to: njswamplands (Jun 26, 2005 4:04 am) I'd have to say I'm having plenty of fun with my XT, I really enjoy driving it.   IMO, Chicago traffic doesn't warrant safe use of the CC as you need to keep with the flow of traffic, which seems to speed up or slow down for even the slightest of curves or distractions. Forget about having a 2 second cushion between you and the drivers around you, it just doesn't happen on Chicago roads. I switched lanes frequently and was on boost (moderately mostly) during those lane merges. My average mph for the entire trip was 55.   Only time I'd figure to get anything below 18mpg is during the extreme cold winter (and reformulated fuel).   -Brian
#36 of 87 Colorado by twrx Jul 08, 2005 (8:20 pm)
I just returned from a week long trip to Buena Vista Colorado. (elevation 7900 ft.) My Subaru Legacy 2.5i LTD wagon auto got 30 mpg for 3750 miles according to the trip computer. Replies to this message: hypov (Jul 09, 2005 2:31 pm)
#37 of 87 Re: Colorado [twrx] by hypov Jul 09, 2005 (2:31 pm)
Replying to: twrx (Jul 08, 2005 8:20 pm) 30 mpg for 3750 miles on a tank?   -Dave
#38 of 87 Nope by twrx Jul 09, 2005 (4:57 pm)
I left one trip odo unreset for the whole trip and the other reset with each tank. My low was 27 mpg from Kansas to Colorado and my high was 34 mpg from Fairplay (elevation 9000+) to Canon City (elevation 6000). Talk about a downhill run!
#39 of 87 '02 Legacy L wagon stick shift by stantont Jul 17, 2005 (8:23 am)
28.8 mpg on a LOOONNNNG highway trip (1500 miles) all cruise control at 75 mph, a/c running full tilt (90-98 degrees outside). About 22 mpg around town, but city mpg is very hard to compare with others, because it is so dependent on trip length, traffic, surface street/freeway mix, etc.   Under the same conditions, our '01 Accord v6 got 26.5 highway, 19 city. Even the same brand/model of tires (Turanza LS-H). The mpg penalty for AWD seems to be small...
#40 of 87 '02 LL Bean by blackbean Aug 04, 2005 (9:28 am)
50k on 2002 Automatic H6   Usual conditions: Commute (50%) - backroads at 30-40 mph, few stops Travel (40%) - highway speeds at 65-75 mph City (10%) - avoid it if I can!   Fule Economy: Average - 22-24 MPG (23.8 most recent) Worst - ~18 (winter, snowtires, full car and roof rack, very coldk, snow & ice conditions) Best - 26.9 (Summer highway driving at approx 50-60 MPH - no roof rack)   Matt

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