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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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my R takes about 23.8 mpg.. i just want to know if thats just about right? mostly freeway drive and dont really mash it. its all stock. i still think its a little low. i had a civic with gsr and it average 28 mpg.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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I averaged 32-33 MPG highway and city.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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i think its different for all car. depending on condition of injectors and so on. My old GSR with type R swap ran aroun 21-22 miles to the gallon. My current R runs about 25-26mpg depending on how i drive. this is when im going somewhat tame on he throttle. Also, invest in some type of GOOD fuel additive/cleaner...it seems to help.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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I get about 25 mpg on average...all around...but if i race around town i might only get like 15 mpg haha
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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i normally get about 28 mpg with normal driving around town or on the freeway. varies depending if i get on it a little getting on the freeway.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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I get around 27... but I drive like a d1ck.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:30 AM
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24-26 city
30-32 highway

23.8 is kinda low if you aren't beating on it.. you show look into cleaning out your system
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:38 AM
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I average 25-26 with b00st.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:07 AM
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25-26 mpg here.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:43 AM
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Upper 20's on the highway, 4.7 fd averaging 75-90mph.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Not sure is my math was off a little but moving thru the NV/CA desert on a straight shot from Dallas to San Diego, I saw ~36mpg @ ~ 100mph. Minimal throttle, steady for each tanks without any stops. Outside temp range was 80-10x degrees.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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About 26-28 in mixed driving, 30-31 if it's all highway.
92k miles, stock engine & drivetrain.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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I get about 300-320 miles per tank...I drove 800 miles with a burnt valve and no compression on cyl4 to get home, and even got around 30mpg. I would think 23-24 is low.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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dads been getting arund 33 - 28mpg hes 63 so hes not beating arund
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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what exactly do you mean when cleaning up the system? basic tune up? im really looking to improve my mpg. gas prices are going up
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2-slow &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what exactly do you mean when cleaning up the system? basic tune up? im really looking to improve my mpg. gas prices are going up </TD></TR></TABLE>

Perform the Prius upgrade... you know trade it in for a hybrid.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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I get 28 mpg mixed driving. I can get 30 mpg on the autobahn as long as I don't hit Vtec. Usually I like to cruise @ 130mph and get about 18 mpg.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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I get 28-32mpg (UK MPG) which is 23-26mpg (US) it was lower when i had the stock 96spec ECU fitted, probably around 20mpg (US)
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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26-27mpg
each oil change i use a treatment of concentrated techron for the fuel system.
j's intake/header/and fujitsubo exhaust.

~23mpg if i drive in a lot of traffic.
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