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Old 09-19-2009, 10:02 PM   #39 (permalink)
Fr3AkAzOiD
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Cobalt XFE - '08 Chevrolet Cobalt XFE
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90 day: 41.1 mpg (US)

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90 day: 41.1 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Will View Post
Nice post. I know what you mean about the dealerships having no idea what a XFE is. I talked to several around here, and they looked at me like I was speakin Russian. I finally found mine used at a small dealership. They even had the wrong mpg on the window. They had it listed as 22 city and 30 hwy with a 25 average. Yes, that's the mpgs for the Cobalt SS.

I filled them in on their mistake after I bought the car.

lol, I have gone through the same problems.
When I went looking for mine they kept trying to sell me an automatic and I had to explain that the manual is more fuel efficient and has low rolling resistance tires.
Strait faced the sales guy then told me that I shouldn't have to worry about rolling over an automatic Cobalt.
I nearly died and had to explain to him what rolling resistance was in a tire.


Awesome run on the Cobalt, I was so happy when I had my first 45+ mpg run!



That is untill I found out it could do something like this........
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This was a 72 mile run to and from work after filling up on Labor Day morning, there was no one on the roads and I drove 42 mph all the way to and from work in perfect weather.

Rain and traffic on the following days lowered it but I still ended up with a 50 mpg tank.
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