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Daox · 10-15-2008, 10:19 AM

The Paseo is currently out of comission due to the exhaust being totally rotted out. I have a new stainless OEM replacement on the way, but until then I'm driving a 93 Ford Taurus. Not the image of fuel efficiency by far! The EPA ratings for it are 18 city, 27 highway, 21 combined. So far, I've put down 1.5 tanks in this thing.

The first tank was abour 200 miles and I was just settling in with the car. I drove the speed limit and learned how it shifted. This tank got me 26.5 mpg. Not too bad, but disappointingly not even EPA, though not far off either.

The second tank was a full tanks worth of driving, 400 miles. With this tank I tweaked my acceleration techniques, did the speed limit steadily and started doing some neutral coasting with the car. This netted me 28.5 mpg.

I'll likely need to fill up at the end of this week and we'll see what P&G with engine on coasting got me with the current tank.

10-15-2008, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Daox Administrator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 11,203 CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E 90 day: 51.49 mpg (US) Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius Team Toyota 90 day: 49.53 mpg (US) Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight 90 day: 64.33 mpg (US) Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE Mitsubishi 90 day: 56.69 mpg (US) Daox's Volt - '13 Chevrolet Volt Thanks: 2,501 Thanked 2,587 Times in 1,554 Posts	Daox's Taurus adventure The Paseo is currently out of comission due to the exhaust being totally rotted out. I have a new stainless OEM replacement on the way, but until then I'm driving a 93 Ford Taurus. Not the image of fuel efficiency by far! The EPA ratings for it are 18 city, 27 highway, 21 combined. So far, I've put down 1.5 tanks in this thing. The first tank was abour 200 miles and I was just settling in with the car. I drove the speed limit and learned how it shifted. This tank got me 26.5 mpg. Not too bad, but disappointingly not even EPA, though not far off either. The second tank was a full tanks worth of driving, 400 miles. With this tank I tweaked my acceleration techniques, did the speed limit steadily and started doing some neutral coasting with the car. This netted me 28.5 mpg. I'll likely need to fill up at the end of this week and we'll see what P&G with engine on coasting got me with the current tank. __________________ Current project: A better alternator delete Last edited by Daox; 10-16-2008 at 10:50 AM..