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Old 06-11-2009, 12:06 AM   #8 (permalink)
Mustang Dave
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Trigger - '07 Ford Mustang V6 Premium Coupe
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90 day: 32.76 mpg (US)

Big Red (retired) - '89 Ford F-250 4wd Custom
90 day: 18.13 mpg (US)

Big Red II - '13 Ford F-150 FX4
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MPG is more a matter of how you drive than what you drive.
It's also a matter of where you drive and which route you choose.
Freeway driving up a grade into the wind is worse than driving lower (speed limit) speeds up gentler grades into the wind.
I've done some testing with my Scangauge (and some fillups) and determined that freeway driving doesn't always give the best MPG
My Mustang may not look quite as cool as a Corvette, but it cost less than half as much.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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