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Old 07-18-2024, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BenFenner View Post
I have more updates coming of course, but I just wanted to point out that I have finally recorded at least 20 fuel tank fill-ups (22 actually) for city driving so I'm going to stop recording city fuel economy as I feel I have enough data now. I'm confident saying my vehicle gets ~13.5 MPG in city driving. I have mixed and highway economy figures to flesh out still.

Here is what things look like at the moment:
Not bad, you're on top of your car's (cars') performance, with accurate record-keeping, I see. In my case, not so much. I just see the gas mileage number on the dash display go down, as I either fiddle with the X in the driveway, or drive slowly/occasionally/seldomly to the Dr. or to local stores.

I wish I could
  • 1) drive mine more, overall,
  • 2) run it less time, at idle while testing, at home, and
  • 3) drive it more often at highway speeds
to get a better picture of what my M54 is capable of achieving, mileage-wise.

I've only driven mine about 1600 miles in the almost 38 months I've owned it, and probably only filled the tank 4.5 times, per my calculations, based on the 15.1-15.4 mpg number (sometimes dropping to 14.9 after testing at home for hours), usually on the aforementioned display.

With 10% Ethanol gasoline (91 octane Top-Tier Premium from QuikTrip) sitting in the tank for months, I have to use "STA-BIL 360 Protection Ethanol Treatment & Fuel Stabilizer" and also "Liqui Moly 2007 Jectron Gasoline Fuel Injection Cleaner", just to keep it running. Someday, I'll get some Ethanol-Free 93-octane Premium gas, and go out on an extended road trip, someday....
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14 Lexus ES350,3.5L-U660E
09 HHR Panel,2.2L-4T45E
04 Chevy 2500HD,6.0L-4L80E
98 GMC Sierra 1500,5.7L-4L60E

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66 Chevelle Malibu 2dr ht.,327>441c.i.-TH350>PGlide/transbrake
08 Cobalt Coupe,2.2L-4T45E
69 & 75 C10s,350c.i.-TH350
86 S10,2.8L-700R4
73 Volvo 142,2.0L-MT4
72 & 73 VW SuperBeetles,1.6l-MT4
64 VW,1.2l-MT4
67 Dodge Monaco 500 2dr ht.,383c.i.-A727
56 Chevy 210 4dr,265c.i.-PGlide
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