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Replying to: tsjay (Dec 27, 2008 6:03 am) When driven solely for my 35 mile commute, I get 33 mpg. When driven mainly on the weekends to haul my kids around the city, plus one day in the middle of the week to work to "exercise" it, I get 28 mpg. Even a modest amount of city driving drags down mpg significantly. On the other hand my Ford Focus now gets 34 mpg (stick shift) on the commute, since it no longer has city duty.
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Replying to: micweb (Dec 29, 2008 5:03 pm) I have seen as high as 33.9 MPG on long trips, but my normal driving mix, which is mostly rural two lane roads and a little bit of city driving gets me from 27.0 to 29.0 MPG, depending on how conservatively I want to drive. I have decided to be happy with the 27.0 and not drive like an old lady just to get the MPG up to 29.0. Once again, I do not drive in such a way as to waste fuel needlessly, it's just that I am no longer thinking about gas mileage every minute that I am behind the wheel. I am just enjoying having a fun little car to drive. I now have 10,970 miles on that little car, and I am still very happy with it. Tom Tom
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Replying to: tsjay (Dec 30, 2008 5:19 am)
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Replying to: just84wvu (Dec 30, 2008 7:33 pm)
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This has been a most helpful thread, because I'm hoping to buy a new car, probably a Cobalt, but the gas mileage was something I wanted more info on. Thanks for supplying it. A big reason we're leaning towards the Cobalt is that we rented one for our vacation and my wife and I found we really liked it. We got about 33 MPG on mostly open driving w/ the automatic. The fact that she belongs to a "GM family" and we get the discount helps also.
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Replying to: poncho167 (Jan 02, 2009 4:37 pm)
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Replying to: elias (Jan 04, 2009 11:09 am) It is easy to fall into the trap of considering only one aspect of a car's performance, like gas mileage, for instance. Yes, there are cars that get better gas mileage than does the Cobalt, but they would not necessarily have the affordability, ride, room, comfort, and acceleration of a Cobalt. Styling is a matter of taste, but in my book, the Cobalt's styling is another major plus. I don't know of any other car that would rate as high in all of these areas and still sell for such a low price. I could not be happier about my purchase of a Cobalt, except that, as I have often stated, I would sure like to have cruise control; I should have looked for one that had that feature, but I took the last one on the lot. I have nearly 11,000 miles on my stripped down 2008 Cobalt LS sedan with the automatic transmission, and I am well pleased with the car. Tom |
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Replying to: elias (Jan 04, 2009 11:09 am)
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Replying to: laserblue (Jan 04, 2009 3:43 pm)
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