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#10 of 19 mpg v6 2.5 by casper3 Sep 10, 2006 (1:33 pm)
I have just bought a 98 sebring. For this tank I have 138 miles on half a tangk. I would hope this not normal, is it?
#11 of 19 Re: Chrysler Sebring Owners: MPG-Real World Numbers [KarenS] by mic11 Feb 26, 2007 (7:51 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jun 16, 2005 9:07 am) I have 99 JXi which averages only 24 highway and ;ess than 20 for regular driving. Replies to this message: joejxi (Apr 03, 2007 2:55 am)
#12 of 19 Re: Chrysler Sebring Owners: MPG-Real World Numbers [mic11] by joejxi Apr 03, 2007 (2:55 am)
Replying to: mic11 (Feb 26, 2007 7:51 pm) My 98 JXi gets about 24mpg local driving in the mountains of NC. On a 600 mi trip to FL I got better than 30mpg. Now if I could just get the oil light to go out!
#13 of 19 07 Sebring mileage 2.4 engine by cliff11 Sep 21, 2007 (3:34 pm)
I seem to be getting 23-24 mpg in the city (EPA 24). I get about 35-36 on the Highway (EPA 32)and I drive 70 or posted speed limit, not 60 like they do in the tests. I am VERY happy with the mileage and the car is peppy and passes well. I think too many people just love to hate American cars ( I have owned a few bad ones)and automatically downgrade the U. S. cars. Also, some raters seem to want race car performance - try setting your cruse control at 70mph on the interstate and watch the cars zip past you at 85-90 mph. No wonder their mileage is not so good!
#14 of 19 99 Limited MPG - mileage goes up as I slow down by norain99 Apr 17, 2008 (6:42 am)
I average around 24 MPG on my 99 Sebring with a fairly even balance of city/highway driving, if I keep under 65 MPH on the highway.   Here is approximate mileage based on speed:   70 MPH = 20 MPG 65 MPH = 26 MPG 60 MPH = 28 MPG   With gas approaching $3.50/gallon, cutting down on the highway speed makes a huge difference. Look at this example, based on my 13 gallon tank:   Driving 70 MPH - 20 MPG * 13 gallons = 260 miles/tank Driving 60 MPH - 28 MPG * 13 gallons = 364 miles/tank   Figure $3.20/gallon for gas (my last fillup), here is a per mile cost:   Gas Cost - $3.20 * 13 gallons = $41.60   70 MPH - $41.60/260 miles = $.16/mile 60 MPH - $41.60/364 miles = $.115/mile   To drive the same 364 miles at 70 MPH, it costs me $58.24. That's another $16.64 I give away to the oil companies.   To take this to another extreme, $16.64/week * 50 weeks of commuting = $832 per year I potentially waste. I can think of many other ways to spend this money. Replies to this message: methodermis (Jun 04, 2008 1:24 pm)
#15 of 19 Re: 99 Limited MPG - mileage goes up as I slow down [norain99] by methodermis Jun 04, 2008 (1:24 pm)
Replying to: norain99 (Apr 17, 2008 6:42 am) Sure you gain a few miles per gallon by going 60 instead of 70, but you are not throwing away your money when you drive fast, you are exchanging it directly for time. Driving 360 miles at 60mph takes 6 hours, at 70mph it takes 5:08. That 10mph difference just cost you 52 minutes.   My sebring (2006) gets 20mpg at 85mph and about 28mpg at 60, so if you are doing 60mph on a 360 mile trip and I zoom by you at 85mph with my radar detector on lookout, you arrive in 6 hours, and I arrive a full 1 hour and 45 minutes ahead of you, which means any extra fillups and even lunches are free time for me and I still get to my destination ahead of you.   You say you save $830 a year by going just a little slower, and this is no savings to brush off. But by the same math: that's 52 minutes per gastank\week, times 50 tanks\weeks, means you have wasted 43.3 hours of your life just by going 10mph slower.   How much is two full days of your life worth per year?   Just food for thought!
#16 of 19 Re: Chrysler Sebring Owners: MPG-Real World Numbers [KarenS] by mbranstner Jun 25, 2008 (12:16 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jun 16, 2005 9:07 am) I just had a 2007/2008 Sebring rental with a 2.4L and an automatic. Drove it about 5 hrs, mostly freeway at about 70 MPH with the AC on ... I was very pleasantly surprised to get an honest 33 MPG out of this very substantial car. It was not a dog to drive and I did not pamper it. If this car will get 33 MPG highway, where the hell are all the smaller cars getting 40+ MPG !?

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