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Old 10-10-2010, 11:44 PM   #16 (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)

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My 07 Mustang GT is rated 15/23, and right now I'm running ~21-22 mpg on my daily commute. Highway trips easily hit 26+ mpg at 70 mph. The 31 highway mpg of the new v6 means 35+ mpg is within reach easy.
Absolutely! My '07 V6 is rated 17/25, and I've only gotten under 25 ONCE! And since May, 2009 (when I found ecomodder.com), I haven't had a fill under 29 MPG (strictly commuting to work; road trips are another story...). I believe I could easily get 35 MPG out of an '11. I'm just not willing to pay for the depreciation on my '07 to prove it.
People have a hard enough time believing that Ive squeezed over 31 out of my '07. (without any mods or extreme hypermiling techniques)
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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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