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STILL on 2nd tank - took a picture of my drive home

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  1. saminjax

    saminjax Member

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    Man, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this car! This is my drive to my son's school, then across town to his dad's place. The first segment is climbing up a large, intracoastal bridge. Once I started going down, my MPG started going up up up. I have a lot of jam-up rush hour traffic driving. I get to do a lot of stealth driving on my way home everyday and, while everyone else is idling at stoplights and in slow-moving stalls, of course, I'm ever so quietly waiting, using no gas... Woo hoo!
     

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    #1 saminjax, Mar 20, 2008
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    Your Doing Good on The MPG's
    Best Of Luck
     
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  3. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Doing great there Sam, you will only build on that as the weather warms up so for a second tank that mileage is very good.
     
    #3 patsparks, Mar 21, 2008
  4. saminjax

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    Well, I'm in Florida, so it has been mostly in the 70s & 80s, temperature-wise. When it is up around 100 degrees, I should still be up there, though, right?
     
    #4 saminjax, Mar 21, 2008
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    W have had temperatures topping 35 degrees Celsius(95F) every day for the last 15 days and my fuel consumption went up from my average of 4.3L/100km to 4.4L/100km (55 to 53.5mpg) This means my car used an extra litre of fuel per 1000km because I used the air conditioner, no big deal. At my average speed driving across town of about 40km/h or 25mph in stop start traffic my car air conditioner will keep me comfortable for about 20 hours on about a quart of petrol.
     
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  6. saminjax

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    Eeeeeexcellent... :thumb:
     
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  7. McShemp

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    Nah, at 100 degrees it's best to use the AC to keep you and the battery cooler. The AC use is typically corresponds to a 5-10% reduction in FE. Me and my car enjoy temps in the 60s and 70s.
     
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    After you complete a full tank of gas, don't forget to post it in the, "I beat the epa" thread :p
    nice going!
     
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  9. saminjax

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    Not an issue for me - I WILL be using the air conditioner...
     
    #9 saminjax, Mar 21, 2008
  10. blazer_5154

    blazer_5154 Heh, you said "member"

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    Must be either the Hart bridge or the Dame's Point, right? I do miss that "wintertime" weather in Jax, it gets way too cold up here.
     
    #10 blazer_5154, Mar 21, 2008
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