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  1. 12-10-2003, 11:17 PM #1
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    Gas Mileage...

    I know guys & gals (if any gals own a MM). If you want performance gas mileage shouldn't matter. But, for some strange reason it does to me. I drive round trip about 60-65miles a day to & from work here in the Atlanta area. My current car is a 03 Protege 5. I fill it up about every 4-5days. When I make the 8 to 10hour trek home from Atlanta to Homestead FL (26 miles below Miami) I stop once for gas. That's a near 700 mile trip. I sorta have a lead foot. Can you all tell me what you're averaging & if you take it on road trips what your mileage is on that also. The MM runs on Premium gas too, right?
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  2. 12-10-2003, 11:27 PM #2
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    IMAX, every driver's mileage varies obviously, but people have reported some pretty good mileage result on long trips with the Marauder. Do a search and you'll probably come up with quite few related threads
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    An interesting side note: this isn't the same forum I used to post on for years, and I've been doing a lot of reading over the past 48 hours on both sites. Looks like there's been a serious splintering. I never thought it'd be possible for this to happen to a group of owners of a car model that sold no more than 14000 copies over 2 model years. Kind of scary, when thinking of the scale. Makes one think that maybe it'd be a good idea to do some introspection and think about what each of us needs to do to build a solid community, analyze what it is we're all honestly looking for by belonging to this community.
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  3. 12-10-2003, 11:33 PM #3
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    IMAX,
    I've put on 2450 miles since new Oct 20th.
    I consistently get 18-19mpg city, and 26-27mpg highway.
    I had a 2002 CV Sport (before MM) that got 16-17 city, and 24-25 highway.
    I was quite surprised that my MM is more fuel efficient than my CV Sport was. Go Figure, aye !
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  4. 12-11-2003, 02:14 AM #4
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    I just drove mine on a 2500 mile road trip. We got between 22 and 24 MPG. When I filled up the other day I was getting 18MPG city/highway.

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  5. 12-11-2003, 07:41 AM #5
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    I took mine on a 2,000 mile trip starting with 150 miles on the odometer. The best mileage I got was 24MPG at approximately 75MPH.
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  6. 12-11-2003, 10:35 PM #6
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    From new, I was only getting 13-15 mpg in suburban stop-and go, but I work at home and most of my trips are short, so the engine barely gets warmed up. Mileage has improved after I passed 3500 miles, and now I'm getting 17-18, which is about what I got in my previous car, a 89 Pathfinder.
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  7. 12-11-2003, 11:42 PM #7
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    I just filled up for the 4th time since I bought the car, and I averaged 21. Good mix of town & country.

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  8. 12-12-2003, 04:01 AM #8
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    Last Tuesday (12/9/03) I got my best mileage ever OTR, 24 MPG, cruising an avergage of 85 MPH, as tracked by my GPS. I never would have thought I would see this kind of mileage, "winter blends" maybe?
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  9. 12-12-2003, 06:59 AM #9
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    18 TOWN , 21MPG AVG. HWY. FOR ENTIRE 40,000+ MILES . OUTSTANDING IN MY BOOK . CHEERS!!!
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  10. 12-16-2003, 06:55 AM #10
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    Just checked mine around town only!!! 213 miles and 11.3 gallons....slap full!!

    18.85 MPG!!!!!

    No complaints here!!! I had a 1970 VW that didn't do that well!!! Maybe that's why they discontinued them!!??


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  11. 12-16-2003, 11:00 AM #11
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    For my first tank of gas, I got about 16mpg with combined 50/50 city and highway driving.
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  12. 12-16-2003, 11:30 AM #12
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    I get about 20 miles to the gallon on average. But WHO CARES?
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  13. 12-16-2003, 03:35 PM #13
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    I'm getting 17-18MPG with 750 miles on MM and mostly stop and go driving. Very pleased-this is MORE than my Windstar!!
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    Originally posted by SergntMac
    ...my best mileage ever OTR, 24 MPG, cruising an avergage of 85 MPH
    That car never ceases to amaze me! I wonder if the cool windy weather...this is your first winter with #1, is not?

    I average 22.5 hwy if I keep my foot out of it.
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  15. 12-16-2003, 04:10 PM #15
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    I don't drive to get good mileage or baby my boy, I just averaged 18 miles per gallon which included an assortment of driving of normal highway driving, 90 - 100 mph highway driving, some stop and go and around town stuff. Oh yeah, there were also 10 quick quarter mile hops mixed in there two!

    Compared to my gas loving Durango (10-11 mpg, no matter what), I can't complain.

    If you want better mileage, take the bus!
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