"GTCL" (GTCL)
06/11/2014 at 20:52 • Filed to: None
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edit....the winner is The Transporter. The car averaged 27.3. I was really amazed. It was also extremely comfortable and an overall pleasure to drive.
So, as I noted in my earlier post I did 360 miles in a mustang GT today. It is a 6spd 2013 with the coyote. How well did she do in the mpg department today?
Winner gets this sweet bus I saw today. Actually I saw 5 just like this today.
Brian Silvestro
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:53 |
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18.6 mpg.
That bus is insane.
thebigbossyboss
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:54 |
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9?
V8 Rustler
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:54 |
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Mine always says 18 or 20 MPG. I think the fuel economy gauge is useless
Alfalfa
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:55 |
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I'll say 22
Sn210
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:57 |
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24 mpg, I'm feeling confident
feather-throttle-not-hair
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 20:59 |
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26mpg, you featherfoot you!
itschrome
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:07 |
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24.77
The Transporter
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:07 |
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27 mpg
Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:15 |
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25
PatBateman
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:17 |
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31.
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GTCL
> Brian Silvestro
06/11/2014 at 21:19 |
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yeah, there were a few we saw in a caravan. I had to take a pic.
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GTCL
> The Transporter
06/11/2014 at 21:19 |
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Here's the closest. I averaged 27.3 for the trip. I was surprised big time.
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Brian Silvestro
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:20 |
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HOW IS IT 27 MPG
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GTCL
> feather-throttle-not-hair
06/11/2014 at 21:20 |
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close, it was 27.3
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GTCL
> PatBateman
06/11/2014 at 21:20 |
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I was trying, but didn't quite make it.
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PatBateman
> itschrome
06/11/2014 at 21:23 |
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You have to be exact. No rounding allowed.
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The Transporter
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:24 |
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Ha, knew it! People just don't know how fuel efficient modern engines are.
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The Transporter
> Brian Silvestro
06/11/2014 at 21:25 |
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Ford's kraut space magic.
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GTCL
> Brian Silvestro
06/11/2014 at 21:25 |
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I took it pretty easy. I ha the car packed with stuff and I was following my wife in her odyssey most of the way. I actually started getting better mileage after I started leading though. I think I'm more Jenson Button on the throttle and she's more Lewis Hamilton when we are on the interstate. She jumps and drops the speed a lot.
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GTCL
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/11/2014 at 21:27 |
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not far off. It was 27.3.
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Brian Silvestro
> The Transporter
06/11/2014 at 21:29 |
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The same magic that made my car! The Germans have discovered magic. Hopefully they make it reliable.
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GTCL
> thebigbossyboss
06/11/2014 at 21:29 |
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nice. I've never been Lower than 17 I think. It is actually really good on gas. It does about the same as out old 2006 odyssey did daily, and obviously way better than that on the highway. Our new '13 odyssey did 27.8 today.
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GTCL
> Sn210
06/11/2014 at 21:30 |
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I've actually done better than that daily, but most if my former daily commute was on the highway.
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Brian Silvestro
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:31 |
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Yeah sounds about right. Smooth is always best.
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Sn210
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:33 |
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27.3, nice! The best I've got in my TL is 26
Taylor Hedgie
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:37 |
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27.3...
...Really?
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GTCL
> Taylor Hedgie
06/11/2014 at 21:38 |
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crazy, right? Go Ford!
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thebigbossyboss
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 21:41 |
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27.3???? Are you kidding me? I drive a 140 hp 4 banger car that is only 11 years old and it only does 23. Mind you that's city, so highway I'd probably be close.
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GTCL
> thebigbossyboss
06/11/2014 at 21:50 |
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It gets really good mileage, and it doesn't even have cylinder deactivation or direct injection.
You know it's funny you mention the 4 banger. I had a 91 crx for 10 years. Before I started modding it the car would get 43 -45 mpg highway all day long. Funny it too manufacturers another 20 years and hybrids and diesels to do what they did in the late 80s and early 90s. Safety regs ruined fun to drive efficient cars.
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thebigbossyboss
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 22:05 |
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Safety reg = complexify and add weight.
Jonathan Harper
> GTCL
06/11/2014 at 22:49 |
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You must have been on the highway the entire time, and verrrrrry light on the throttle.
Luken10
> thebigbossyboss
06/12/2014 at 04:49 |
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Same here. I am doing a bit of a road trip tomorrow and I am aiming for 30. Amazing how something with 3 times the power and more weight is getting close to the same mileage.
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GTCL
> Jonathan Harper
06/12/2014 at 06:39 |
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It was all highway except for a gas/food stop and two rest area stops. I pretty much was just in 6th the whole time except for a coupke of downshift passes. I really was trying to see how well I could do. I was laughing thinking that I was hypermiling a mustang.