fuel economies?

[BerniniCaCO3]

Hi!

I thought I remembered much better fuel economy when I bought this car 4 months ago and drove it 250miles from pittsburgh. Low-mid 20s, doing all highway.

I've since done many improvements, and it feels like it runs better. However, I finally made sure to reset my trip odometer after the last fill up to see what I was getting in the way of fuel economy, and... I only got 15mpg mixed :-( Hard to say, that's a combination of highway, highway on rush hour, and city driving at 30-40mph.

Is that normal, what everyone else is getting here?
Are there systems I can look at fixing up to improve fuel economy?

[sly]

I get low 20s on the highway in my 88 MGM. in town I only manage about 13. Mixed about 15 on the normal commute similar to your combination.

[johnunit]

these things do get WAY better mileage on the highway than city. It's often worth going 20+% farther on a trip if it means you're on a road with no stop lights and a 50+Mph speed limit, in terms of fuel economy.

[91waggin]

these things do get WAY better mileage on the highway than city. It's often worth going 20+% farther on a trip if it means you're on a road with no stop lights and a 50+Mph speed limit, in terms of fuel economy.

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mixed city gets me 14-15, but I've seen 24 on a full highway tank...doing 80!

[Glen]

These cars are made for highway, they suck in town.

[Southern_Pride]

I get 13 or so around town. And its a much faster ride than a stock one. I rarely downshift out of 3rd.