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Replying to: cougar7 (Nov 11, 2005 6:01 pm) ------------------------- How in the dickens are you getting 35 mpg in the city ? Was it rated at 29 mpg city on the sticker, which normally no one gets ? Don't you have any stop lights ? I have the new Civic EX coupe and starting out with 25 mpg city only driving and the lights are red real long here in my city, sometimes between 2 minutes up to three minutes...The window sticker said it might get 30 city and 40 highway, which I have not driven on yet.... |
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What year is your Corolla? I just bought a '99 LE manual and I'm hoping to get that many trouble-free miles from this one as well. It currently has 64.6K and it's probably just getting broken in. What kind of fuel economy do you get with your's? Is your's a stick or an auto? I'm hoping to see at least 40 MPG with mine on the highway. Because it's a manual, it should do a little better than the auto.
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| I know many vehicles don't get what the EPA ratings says they'll get, but there are exceptions to that. I had a '98 Intrepid that was rated at 28 highway, and I consistantly got over 30, and one time I actually got 36 with it. My '93 Tercel consistantly gets over 40 (and that's city/highway combined), and I have actually gotten as high as 52, and I doubt its EPA rating was anywhere near that high. Also, one of the secretaries who works at our office has an '03 Corolla with a stick which she says pulls a consistant 44-45 on the highway. I'm also expecting to get over 40 with my newly acquired '99 Corolla manual, but I haven't had it long enough to check the mileage yet. I will report my results when I do. | |
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Replying to: bottgers (Nov 14, 2005 5:08 am) |
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That's pretty good. Could I assume your strictly highway mileage would then be in excess of 40 MPG, or have you never checked that? I'm also guessing (because I haven't seen any published figures) the latest generation Corolla gets slightly better fuel economy than the previous generation? Toyota seems to be pretty good about not only increasing the power output of any given engine as it becomes more technically advanced, but they tend to increase its fuel economy as well. Honda is good for this as well.
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Replying to: bottgers (Nov 14, 2005 8:12 am) |
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looking at EPA estimates as they don't give you "real world" numbers. For example, the EPA highway rating for a new Corolla (equipped with a manual) is 41 MPG, but real world numbers are considerable better than that. I'd rather get the numbers straight from the horses mouth as I believe they are more representitive of what actually goes on.
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Replying to: bottgers (Nov 15, 2005 10:38 am) |
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....the mileage on my '99 5 speed. I drove 355 miles on my last tank of gas. 318 miles of that was all highway driving with the cruise set at 70 MPH. The rest was city driving. I averaged 35 MPG. I suppose you could 38 or 39 MPH out if you were to drive an entire tank on the highway with the cruise set at 55 or 60. Though I was expecting more than 35, I guess tha't not too bad and I can live with it.
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