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Sean, the ECU will come out of the dash and twist your nuts into oblivion if you try to drive at those RPMs. You would have to be going at least 70 to even get into that range, and nearly 90 mph at 3k in 4th gear. So, unless you are locked in third gear (hence the ECU butt-kicking), I doubt you'd see those revs.
You're right to keep the engine around 2k. The little fart of power at 2500 rpm before a shift is useless and puts more wear on our lemur-designed transaxles.
Do you drive in town a lot? I drive 80% country highway and get decent MPG figures from it (when the dang car works right... merf). The Taurus, with its .30 Cd, was built for the highway and can return 30 MPG. However, I've seen lawnmowers get better city mileage...
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