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#66 of 71 Re: Pontiac Grand Prix: Real World MPG [KarenS] by bond007mgm Feb 28, 2007 (12:25 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jun 30, 2006 7:01 am) My 1999 Grand Prix GT only gets about 19 to 20 MPG with regular driving on highway and city. I heard this is normal. On my trip though on the highway only I was averaging 25 MPG. Replies to this message: gearr (Dec 18, 2007 4:08 pm) cnw (Dec 18, 2007 5:52 pm)
#67 of 71 Re: Combined MPG [avangilder] by mygxp Dec 18, 2007 (11:52 am)
Replying to: avangilder (Jul 07, 2006 12:17 pm) it's called wind resistance. anything over 60/65 you are just pissing your gass money away
#68 of 71 Re: Pontiac Grand Prix: Real World MPG [bond007mgm] by gearr Dec 18, 2007 (4:08 pm)
Replying to: bond007mgm (Feb 28, 2007 12:25 pm) I have a 06 GT 3800 supercharge and I drive a lot of back roads  and I am getting 25 to 28 a GAL.      Gearr
#69 of 71 Re: Pontiac Grand Prix: Real World MPG [bond007mgm] by cnw Dec 18, 2007 (5:52 pm)
Replying to: bond007mgm (Feb 28, 2007 12:25 pm) I've got a 2007 GP GT, 7000 miles. When it was "brand new, fresh from dealer" and less than 2000 miles, we had one tank of gas--Albuquerque to Farmington--that we got 32+, hand calculated--not DIC readout. Average speed was 65 mph. We continue to get excellent mileage when out on open roads.
#70 of 71 Re: MPG [gxpjoeyp] by wiki May 01, 2008 (10:50 am)
Replying to: gxpjoeyp (May 25, 2006 12:51 pm) I've noticed the weirdest thing. I've had my 2007 GP for 6 mos now and drive ~ 42 mi total to and from work everyday (30hwy/70city) and was getting about 20.8 mpg (hand calculated) and I recently did my oil change and also bought a mountain bike. Since I live in an apartment, it's not very convenient for me to bring it inside, so I decided to just leave it in the trunk (w/ the back seat down, it fits very well, just have to be careful when pulling it out not to scratch the paint or damage any of the inside trunk wiring). Ever since I've had the bike in the trunk, my mileage is about 23 mpg same driving patterns, weird, isn't it? We're told that to help fuel economy we're supposed to remove any unecessary loads from the car, but in this case what gives? If anybody has an explanation for this, please let me know. It's not a rwd, so the added weight on the rear wheels is just an added dead weight (imho) I'd think. Or maybe it just evens the weight between the front and rear wheels and that makes it easier on the powertrain?
#71 of 71 Poor Gas Mileage by tonypeaches Jul 03, 2008 (6:54 pm)
I just bought a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GT and I'm a little concerned with the gas mileage. When I bought the car, the average mpg gallon displayed was at 20.8, a pretty low number but something I was willing to deal with. I wanted to see for myself the gas mileage I was getting so I reset it. After about 100 miles of driving the average was around 15 or 16 mpg. Sure most of my miles were city, but i dont think it should be that low. I had a problem with the car a week after i bought it. when i accelerated the car would somewhat pop and jerk and would stop accelerating for that split second. I brought it to the shop and they claimed they couldnt find anything wrong with it. So I continued driving it. I reset my mpg meter again and over the next week i averaged 19.4 mpg.Then the SES light came on. I brought it to the shop, they scanned it and a code showing a problem with the MAF sensor came up. They cleaned it out, saying it was clogged, and gave the car back to me. The mechanic also said that the clogged MAF sensor could have been causing the previous problem I had. Now that I have the car back, I am averaging 15 mpg. wtf is up?

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