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2666 messages, Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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| Had it 5.5 years. Great car. Routinely gets 27 on the hilly San Francisco Peninsula. Regularly do 80+ on the freeway. Has never been worse than 25 mpg. Ever. I check mpg by the tank. Best ever was 34 driving back from Vegas. Fast (enough). Smooth. Roomy. Great car. Byron | |
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Replying to: jhinsc (Nov 09, 2008 6:04 pm) We regularly get 29-30 on the highway with our '08 V6 Sedan, 75 MPH, reasonably hilly roads with occasional heavy acceleration to pass trucks etc. 50/50 mix - get about 25 City only? About 21
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Replying to: ljgbjg (Nov 18, 2008 1:50 pm)  about 40 mph recently and it just kind of sat there for a 1/2 second before it kicks down and then only one gear just doesn't seem to have the kick it had. Bad tank of gas? I know it's rated for 87 octane but has anyone with VCM tried premium? Improve acceleration? C'mon somebody has had to try it.
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Hey all- Just filled up again. Good news it was $1.539, bad news my mileage was 22. Still trying to pay attention to acceleration and stuff like that, but winter blend is here and the necessity of using defrosters and the heater. Coupled with more short trips, I got a different job closer to home, about 6 miles now. |
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Replying to: dpmeersman (Nov 18, 2008 4:36 pm) Premium does have more additives (octane boosters) to help against Spark Knock, Pinging, and so forth. That higher octane can be useful with heavy loads in the mountains or towing heavy loads in hot weather when the cylinder heads and combustion chambers may get hotter than normal.. In a nutshell, Octane simply helps the fuel to "burn" extremely rapidly, rather than "explode". The higher the Octane, the slower the burn. Higher performance engines with higher compression and more advanced ignition timing may require Premium to ring out the extra power at or near red line. Oil company brochures will tell us that using Premium in a car designed for 87 octane does nothing more than cost extra money. Mileage may even suffer. Kip |
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...my mileage has gone sub-26 again. A little defrost, and of course getting the car running to clear off the windows in the morning. I've also been using 1,2,D3 as well as regular D to attempt to control the car in slippery conditions. It seems to work. The extra engine breaking helps slow me down so I don't go careening into the intersection. My last tank was about 25ish.
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Replying to: tankbeans (Dec 08, 2008 5:19 pm) 2 is useful for starting in slick conditions though.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Dec 08, 2008 6:30 pm) Gotta love snow. Pretty to look at, but not so fun to drive in.
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Replying to: tankbeans (Dec 09, 2008 4:54 pm)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Dec 09, 2008 8:12 pm) |
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