Thread: Gas mileage king ;)

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Look at the speeds we drove in the 80's ......55 mph on the hwy.

If you drove a 2007 model car 55 mph, I'm pretty sure it would get some pretty impressive mileage numbers. But who in the hell drives that slow.

My truck (2000 ford F250) gets 18 mpg at 55mph and 13 at 80. My commuter car (2001 toyota echo) gets 47 at 55mph and 39 mpg at 80 mph.

The best mpg car I ever had was a Honda CRX-HF. Miserly little two seater with a 1.5L engine and a 5 speed stick got 55 highway and 40 in town. Used to have shut off the a/c when passing on a hill. At 70 mph, it was turning 1400 rpm's and using only 13 of it's 65 hp.

The best American mpg car was my 91 Taurus, 3.0 L six auto. On a trip to NY via I 81 I got 31 mpg while using cruise control set at 70 mph. It was a good car that unfortunately died at the hooves of a big ass bambi.

We had an old Escort Wagon with the small motor. 1800 maybe 1600?? who knows?? That thing never got less than 30 mpg. Another 250,000 mile car. Never put anything but minor service..oil changes, tires, brakes in it. Wife traded it in on Saturn. Never saw the best side of 22 mpg. A generic 1/2 of a jelly bean. The most non descript car ever in our family.