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Old 04-18-2014, 10:25 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Miller88 View Post
My Taurus was a bit of an anomaly. I took it on many trips and had many, many tanks of gas on the highway.

It would do 34MPG at 70MPH. 65, 60, 55 were all 29. Never understood that.

I have exact numbers, but can't remember. The Focus seems to be:
55: 48
60: 45
65: 40
70: 35
That bottom-bracket first-gen Taurus could be a long-legged cruiser. With the four-pot and the five speed, once you got it up to speed - eventually - you could motor along in the fat part of the torque band and have a pretty relaxed trip.
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