Can I marry my car? <3<3

[desantim]

All kidding aside, I have posted before with just how in love with my car I am... But damn...

I live ~450 miles away from my fiance right now while I finish school and she finishes her masters and works. I drive the car in my sig. up to see her every couple weeks. During the winter I was seeing about 31mpg on the trip, which is nothing to cough at. But this last trip, I used the cruise control basically the entire time for a couple reasons. One, with the better weather, cops are out like a biatch, and the small towns I have to go through on the way, there's no reason to speed anyway.

For the entire trip I average 36.2mpg. No ****ting you. 36.2. Let me say again THIRTY SIX POINT TWO miles per gallon.

I checked the computer average with filling her up and dividing that by the total mileage travelled and also got 36.3mpg. So I did even better then the computer said.

I am rolling on the stock wheels, CVT, etc etc...

I don't know... With gas prices rising, I was just really glad to get back into town with over a quarter tank left which will get me through the rest of the week or more.

Any other great gas mileage stories?Mario

[alphapig]

Nice! 2.5 CTV FTW!

I live like 20 mins North of San Jose, and I actually made it to LA on one tank of gas, with room to spare!

I started out at a full tank and kept looking at my fuel range. It started out at about 380 and just kept going up. The max was 443 miles, I took a picture of it with my cellphone

I was blown away by the gas mileage. Glad someone else has experienced this!

[Hussain]

grrrr my only regret with the 3.5se lol i got to say though, using cruise control on the hwy did get me some really good gas mileage though. but when i got my 2.5" cat-back it dropped by like 10 mpg. odd thing is cat-back is supposed to improve gas mileage. i think it's cuz i got my cat-back done before these exhaust systems came out so i just kept the stock muffler. maybe too much air flow going to the stock muffler and messing up my MPG? but if everything goes well i should have new mufflers installed on my car next month. but ya, i really love my A/C. sometimes driving home from my friend's house at like 1 am, when the streets are empty, it just hits me, WOW! i really love my car

[desantim]

Nice! 2.5 CTV FTW!

I live like 20 mins North of San Jose, and I actually made it to LA on one tank of gas, with room to spare!

I started out at a full tank and kept looking at my fuel range. It started out at about 380 and just kept going up. The max was 443 miles, I took a picture of it with my cellphone

I was blown away by the gas mileage. Glad someone else has experienced this!

haha, I did the same thing, took a photo with my phone:)

Not the 36.2, but earlier on in the trip. It went up from there once I hit the flats:) It's Oregon, what can I say, we have a crap load of mountains:)

[Absolute Zero]

^^^ OP... the short answer is yes, but it costs alot and I would definitely sign a pre-nup.

[altimacoupelvr]

haha, I did the same thing, took a photo with my phone:)

Not the 36.2, but earlier on in the trip. It went up from there once I hit the flats:) It's Oregon, what can I say, we have a crap load of mountains:)

that pic is sooo funny to me.... i dont think ive ever seen mine say over 25 mph average.....since onpost the average speed limit is 25 and in housing 15!!!! even though i do drive off post i guess its not significant enough to change it much!! but my fuel range says 520 when its full and im on the highway cruisin!!

[SHIFT_COUPE]

A love life with your car might not be too fullfilling. Great gas mileage though!!

[D-Roll]

Gas mileage is great!

[NissNEZ08]

HAHAHA, I feel the same way you all do about my baby. We went to Northern Arizona this weekend with some friends to rent a cabin and just chill.

On the way back, we averaged at one point 97mpg @ 64mph. Then it went down to a lousy 78mpg at 71.2mph. YES, I do have the pics! Yes, I will post them for you. I went 200miles on a little more than a 1/4 tank. Granted on the way back, it was ALL downhill through the mountains. lol.

But I can't wait to post the pics for you. Got one with the celley and one with the camera of the two above-mentioned counts.

Ill post them when I get back. Right now, I gotta go take the car to get detailed and pick up my bodykit. OXOXO

Here is the first one. sorry for the lousy quality. It was hard to point and shoot the celley.

Here is the second one. Man, This is something I can definitely brag about. lol.
Modified by NissNEZ08 at 2:26 PM 3/12/2008

[squik]

I can do the same thing in my 96 ford explorer by going down hill.

[nogears909]

most i ever saw on my range was 860 kms, thats about 534 miles, and this was about a day after filling up

[cartersaltima]

I dont think i hotrod too much. But my 2.5s gets 21.4 city 23 highway. That normal

[Dexion]

This is what I can expect out of my 6- speed 3.5SE



Its missing 3mpg from the original poster but the 95 extra horses makes up for that loss if you ask me.

[generic808]

And how did you accomplish that? Mine only reads like that once I leave the gas station and hop on the freeway for an extended time. Once I hit stop and go, it's game over! I usually get about 22-23 with my 3.5.

[Dexion]

basically really low RPM shifting, once I hit 2k I shift and I try to maintain anything over 40 in 6th gear., the synthetic oil is probably helping too, it was a smidge higher but I stopped to take the picture and it started going down

[soldi3rappl3]

How did you do 97mpg?!?! i nvr seen mine over 24mpg and i got a 2.5s and i live in cherry hill where most of it is freeways!

[Dexion]

You can get infinite mpg actually it goes --- if you run down a hill long enough. Gravity is driving the car not combustion

[Idok]

The trip from F;aggstaff to Phoenix takes you from around 7000 feet down to less than 200 so it is almost down hill all the way( iused to live in Northern Ariz.). When I drive to work I can arrive and mpg will be 40.x then when I turn around and come home it is at 33.x to 34.8, depending on temp and winds. Ny altitude chane is around 2000 feet over about 50 miles.

[bina12834]

im torn between the 2.5S CVT (with SL package) and 3.5SL CVT.....with the prices of gas these days im leaning more towards the 2.5 to save some $$ .......does the 2.5 really get that much better gas mileage than the 3.5???

PS - i tend to have a heavy foot if you know what i mean.

[Dexion]

im torn between the 2.5S CVT (with SL package) and 3.5SL CVT.....with the prices of gas these days im leaning more towards the 2.5 to save some $$ .......does the 2.5 really get that much better gas mileage than the 3.5???

PS - i tend to have a heavy foot if you know what i mean.

If you have a heavy foot than it really won't make a difference, the 3.5 engine gets probably 3-4 mpg less than the 2.5 engine on the highway and 3-5 in the city.

[bina12834]

If you have a heavy foot than it really won't make a difference, the 3.5 engine gets probably 3-4 mpg less than the 2.5 engine on the highway and 3-5 in the city.

well i crunched some numbers and by the listed MPG for each engine, the 2.5 gets 60 city miles more per tank and 120 highway miles per tank more than the 3.5.

i read the threads where people talk about putting in premium vs. midgrade vs. regular gas in their 3.5 engines and really didnt get an answer on if putting in the higher grades is really necessary and better for the engine and for performance. That is the deciding factor for me because the prices between premium and regular gas is a big difference here in the Washington DC area.

I know people (and the manual) suggest you put premium in the 3.5 engine, but im not sure if its necessary. If i can put regular gas in the 3.5 then thats what ill probably go with, but if i cant, than ill probably stick with the 2.5 (which is what im leaning towards anyways)

[Dexion]

I'm just going by my picture vs their picture and yes I used premium in that shot, the 3.5SE gets better mileage and performance with the higher octane fuel since it runs cleaner and is more efficient for the VQ engine than regular.