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View Poll Results: MPG achieved? US galls
30+ 1 2.70%
28-30 6 16.22%
26-28 17 45.95%
24-26 13 35.14%
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Old 12-23-2002, 10:00 AM
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I consistently get 27/28 MPG on the road. "Patience" tends to stick closer to 26/27, while "ET" leans more to the 27/28 side.

As for gas prices, I'm paying 1.41 for 93 Octane Premium. I should've filled up in Bowling Green yesterday at 1.39.
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Old 12-23-2002, 10:03 AM
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I consistently get 27/28 MPG on the road. "Patience" tends to stick closer to 26/27, while "ET" leans more to the 27/28 side.

As for gas prices, I'm paying 1.41 for 93 Octane Premium. I should've filled up in Bowling Green yesterday at 1.39.
Wish I could get 92 or 93 out here!!
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Old 12-23-2002, 10:04 AM
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The followings are the MPGs for 3 cars that I had(have) while I had(have) them

Red 94L FWD - 25MPG
White 92 LS-L 29MPG
B. Pearl 94LSi - 28MPG

on avg.

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As for gas prices, I'm paying 1.41 for 93 Octane Premium. I should've filled up in Bowling Green yesterday at 1.39.
That's cheap!!!!!! 1.63 here.
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Old 12-25-2002, 07:04 AM
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Angry Re: Re: Premium

You are right Mitch, makes me mad!!.

However, glad you guys are getting value, even if you have to bomb somebody to keep it cheap

Getting bombed over here, slightly different meaning.

Yes, our prices are approx three times what you pay, and in the UK, it would be closer to four times. You can see it takes a dedicated person to drive an SVX over this side of the pond. My weekly gas bill is around $100 for my car, Ann's Civic uses about one third as much.

We use the Euro here in Ireland, and currently [pun??] the rate is approx equal to the Dollar.

Pounds Sterling in UK, approx exchange rate 0.62.

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Right now between $1.45 and $1.65 per gallon for 91 octane depending on the part of town you're in..... (I'm in...)

You see, if we don't get good gas prices, we bomb someone! Like Iraq or Iran....... I think you're paying 3 times that, right?

Do you use the Euro or the Pound?
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Old 12-25-2002, 07:23 PM
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Re: Typical touring mileage for SVX

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Folks, I would be interested in seeing what kind of variation there is for touring consumption in SVXs...
Ok, I'll confess to being the Ugly American; I've never measured the mileage of my SVX nor can I tell you the price or octane rating at my local premium pump. I just run the fuel card through the pump & fill it when it reaches about half on the gauge...
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Old 12-26-2002, 06:47 PM
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the us oil situation vs mileage

Informative audio report form NPR on US oil dependence:

http://discover.npr.org/features/fea...ml?wfId=890982

Fuel costs, mileage and vehicle selection in the US are part market economics and part US political and trade policy. It seems as long as these forces keep 92 octane on sale at $1.48 (at the place I buy gasoline), not much will change and I will probably still fill up without knowing the mileage performance of my SVX or noticing what it costs.
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Old 12-28-2002, 06:11 AM
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Thumbs up Good response

Thank you all for the great response. Round about 26 on US galls seems to be most typical for large numbers of people.

This is very good mileage for such a large car.

The SVX looks low, so does not appear to be large, but it weighs the same as an XJ6 Jaguar, a big, heavy four-door car. Also, it has the added energy sapping element of AWD transmission.

We will do another in the new year on worst consumption.

I find that the range between good and bad is very narrow. The worst I have got in city driving is about 18, open road about 26. I have had carburettor cars in the past which had a 12-15 mpg gap between steady speed driving, and city or fast driving. I put this down to the exceptional management electronics and the variable inlet, all these factors keep consumption in the low to reasonable range.

If only they could have given the car a gearbox worthy of the rest of the car!!

Joe
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On road trip to Colorado from Illinois I timed my "legs" between fill-ups and got a best of 27.8mpg @ 75.2mph.

That was from time/spot I pulled out of truck stop to time/spot I stopped in front of next pump.

Must have been through Nebraska or Kansas, was pretty flat.

Had one stretch just over 82mph...only dropped down to 26mpg.

Not bad for car that only gets around 16 in town!
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Old 01-14-2003, 12:02 PM
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While I have gotten 30+ on a few occasions, I caouldn't justify selecting it. Typically, I get 26-28.
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Mileage

I just drove my new 95 SVX on it's maiden voyage from seller's location to my house (310 miles) and I did it on one tank and got 26 mpg.
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Exclamation my mileage!!!

I have had my 1995 SVX for about 2 years now and out of the 7,000 miles I put on it about 6,000 are hway miles. I have never gotten over 23 mpg. what do you think is the cause for this???.... maybe it is my cruising speed. I usually cruise around 80-85 mph. ya think if I slow down I'll get better gas mileage?? what do ya think is the best cruising speed for the svx as far as mpg?? now that I think about it there was once or twice when I was traveling to Virgina Beach from Greensboro and cruised at about 95-100+. I got really bad gass mileage, about 19-20mpg. I guess speed does have a direct affect on MPG then.... how about you guys cars???
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I have found that the car has to be drive at least for an hour at a time to get 25 mpg or better. When I drive for 1/2 or less and then the car cools off in between, the mileage drops.
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Re: my mileage!!!

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I have had my 1995 SVX for about 2 years now and out of the 7,000 miles I put on it about 6,000 are hway miles. I have never gotten over 23 mpg. what do you think is the cause for this???.... maybe it is my cruising speed. I usually cruise around 80-85 mph. ya think if I slow down I'll get better gas mileage?? what do ya think is the best cruising speed for the svx as far as mpg?? now that I think about it there was once or twice when I was traveling to Virgina Beach from Greensboro and cruised at about 95-100+. I got really bad gass mileage, about 19-20mpg. I guess speed does have a direct affect on MPG then.... how about you guys cars???
I'll get 26/27 MPG cruising at 80-85 MPH average speed. That's in a 92 with nearly 200K miles. Perhaps it's time for new plugs and possibly an injector cleaning. Just a guess. Of course the SVX system is so "sensor heavy" there's no telling where your mileage may be going. I generally get 22 MPG in mixed driving.
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no worries

well i won't worry about it for the moment. the car is running excellent and nothing else to worry bout... thanks though
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