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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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damn...i get about 23mpg on a good week of just going to work and back (i4, most afternoons it's stop and go)...but averaging 20-21mpg...

but on the bike...averaging 39mpg
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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i wish i was getting 27 lol! i get from 21-18
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 06:50 AM
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i wasnt making this thread to talk about how good my mpg is, but to show how i increased mine alot alot, im gonna asumme that since one of my o2 sensors is broken, its harming my mpg
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by edmel89
i wasnt making this thread to talk about how good my mpg is, but to show how i increased mine alot alot, im gonna asumme that since one of my o2 sensors is broken, its harming my mpg
Yep... you can also lean it out for highway cruise without hurting anything. it's how they D16Y5 got 39MPG. It used a wide band O2 sensor.
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by pheobo
Yep... you can also lean it out for highway cruise without hurting anything. it's how they D16Y5 got 39MPG. It used a wide band O2 sensor.

wait wait, explain that to me again please!
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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wow thats kinda sad 28 mpg... Thats what i average @ 80 mph with the corvette!
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1vett97
wow thats kinda sad 28 mpg... Thats what i average @ 80 mph with the corvette!
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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now < wants a cookie lol
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1vett97
wow thats kinda sad 28 mpg... Thats what i average @ 80 mph with the corvette!
From experience, I know you're spot on. Witnessed 32 with a 06 C6 at the same speed.
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesH
ive lived in fl all my life and this is my first car ive owned with cold working a/c. i used to have to bring shirts to change into just because i sweat so much in this damn heat. i dont know what you people are talking about getting used to it. fuck that, you guys are crazy.
It's called genetics and the fact that I take almost all highway drives if I drive at all. I work less than a mile from where I live. I take i275 to go visit friends and family. Rarely use the A/c unless I'm ferrying coworkers to lunch spots around Tampa or i've got a girl in the car (rarely).

I don't really like driving with A/c on either, it ruins my whole shift-timing, rpms drop faster than normal with the A/c on and the clutch engagement feels heavier. takes me a few minutes to re-adjust myself.
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