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Originally Posted by hotrod2448
I've got a 3.0 and I average around 17.5 city and 21-22 highway. I've noticed that my mileage actually seems to be worse if I try to be extra easy on the pedal away from a stop. If I accelerate reasonably and get to the speed I want to maintain lets say 55 within around 10 seconds (guessing) I seem to get my best mileage. I'm sure it has to have something to do with time spent accelerating and consumption not being linear to throttle application.
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Well, no doubt, the 3.5 turbo powertrain is more efficient, but that isn't far off.
And yes - that was my experience as well. I've even proved - very early on, from 2000 miles on the car - that at higher speeds, it does better. 70MPH on the highway gets me about 24.5MPG/avg. 80MPH gets me 26MPG/avg.
Same for city driving - 45MPH/avg yields about 17.5MPG, but 55MPG/avg yields 19.5MPG. (all are close estimates)
And even before it's broken in, when you get it "up to speed," you'll see it just glides smooth as silk over the roads. It no way does it seem designed for lower or "average" speeds. I agree completely.
03-12-2011, 01:28 AM
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