Thread: 13 mpg average?
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Old 03-10-2009, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.2L_Guy View Post
read further in what i said i put it in low range and reverse and can park on the steep driveway without needing a parking brake.......
I wouldn't depend on just that on a steep driveway.

Whether you have air quality problems or not, all I know is I get crap mileage on your gas. I can get 20+ on 85 octane mountain gas in Colorado and Utah as long as it doesn't have ethanol in it and as long as I keep it under 70. I've seen as high as 23. I have gotten as low as 12 on the highway - this was in West Texas fighting a headwind with the cruise set at 85 with the A/C on. This was on unbranded gas in a small town. I sucked through that tank REAL quick.

We have crap gas here in MO - it all has 10% ethanol by law. I get about 18 on it on the highway cruising between 70 and 75.
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