Thanks for the welcome and advice
Yeah I think is car is doing pretty well. It's my first full fill-up since I have purchased the car. Right now it is sitting a little above the 1/4 mark at 295 miles this tank. I looked it up and my DX sedan has a 11 gallon tank, please correct me if I'm wrong. So by my math I think its about 33mpg and probably way optimistic
My commute is 75% highway, and much of that is 55mph construction zone which I take full advantage of. With this little dx I shift no later than 2k rpm unless merging, I am usually in 5th by 30-35. This is so new to me and fun!
I did turn off the car while driving for the first time (intentionally, well since I was a teen sneaking out of my parents house anyways). I coasted for perhaps 20 blocks then got caught at a light with the car off until it turned green. This is sort of addictive, at least when thinking these are free miles.
I removed my power steering belt at lunch today, car is a breeze to turn still. I'm going to leave it like this just in case I sell, all I have to do is put a new belt on.