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Old 08-16-2006, 06:17 AM
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572.4 gallons of gasoline

That's how much fuel I pumped into the teal SVX between August 16, 2005 and August 15, 2006, over the course of driving 12,382.7 miles, for an average of 21.63 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 31.65 MPG over a 66.8 mile run. Second best was 31.22 over 114.9 miles. Obviously, these were open Interstate runs with a top-off at each end. The worst was 17.11 MPG. That was one of two sub-18 instances; best I can figure is that I spent an inordinate amount of time idling mindlessly at the Taco Bell drive-thru.

On June 6 and June 19 of this year I drove the same 206.8 mile route and recorded 26.81 and 27.03 MPG respectively. That's consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Marathon, occasionally Racetrack. As to grades, I loaded 364.61 gallons of 93 octane, 107.17 gallons of 89 octane, and 100.62 gallons of 87 octane, which by my figuring works-out to a mean of just over 91. Running straight 93 octane in this car is like dropping a dollar bill at every trip to the pump and not bothering to pick it up.

I'm still working on my first tank in the silver. It'll be interesting to see how she compares.

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Old 08-17-2006, 11:12 AM
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579.3 gallons of gasoline
That's how much fuel I pumped into my SVX between August 16, 2005 and August 15, 2006, over the course of driving 12,508.8 miles, for an average of 21.59 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 27.03 MPG over a 361.0 mile run. Second best was 26.48 over 471.6 miles. The worst was 17.24 MPG. That was one of four sub-18 instances.

On November 24 and December 1 of last year I recorded 21.83 and 21.89 MPG respectively. That's consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Husky, occasionally Mohawk. As to grades, I loaded 40.58 gallons of 92 octane and 538.72 gallons of 94 octane, which by my figuring works-out to a mean of 93.86. Running straight 94 octane in this car costs me no more than regular 87 octane due to the deal I get at this particular gas station every thursday.

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Old 08-17-2006, 02:31 PM
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85.84 gallons of gasoline
That's how much fuel I pumped into my SVX between August 16, 2005 and August 15, 2006, over the course of driving 1,963.0 miles, for an average of 22.87 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 26.19 MPG over a 306.2 mile run. Second best was 23.76 over 375.1 miles. The worst was 21.08 MPG. That was one of two sub-22 instances.

On May 16 and August 06 of this year I recorded 22.19 and 22.84 MPG respectively. That's consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Sinclair. As to grades, I loaded all 85.84 gallons of 91 octane .

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Old 08-17-2006, 05:29 PM
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Only about 500 gallons more than I put in mine and the race car over that time. I'd say I averaged about 12mpg between the two though. Sitting does wonders for dropping your mileage.
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Old 08-17-2006, 07:55 PM
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196342 Gallons of gasoline

That's how much fuel I pumped into the pearlie SVX between August 16, 2005 and August 15, 2006, over the course of driving 2031.2 miles, for an average of 6.43 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 11.65 MPG over a 66.8 mile run. Second best was 11.22 over 114.9 miles. Obviously, these were open Interstate runs with a top-off at each end. The worst was 3.11 MPG. That was one of two sub-4 instances; best I can figure is that I spent an inordinate amount of time driving to work and back.

On June 6 and June 19 of this year I drove the same 206.8 mile route and recorded 6.81 and 7.03 MPG respectively. That's consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Esso, occasionally Shell. At $4.98/gallon it's a great deal!

For what it's worth...

ddm

*Numbers may be fudged to reflect my horrible, horrible gas mileage which hovers between 11-15 mpg. Nothing like going 140 miles on $60 worth of gas.
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Old 08-17-2006, 08:26 PM
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291.365 gallons of gasoline
That's how much fuel I pumped into my SVX between August 17, 2005 and July 28, 2006, over the course of driving 5241.45 miles, for an average of 17.989291785732672077977794176 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 20.16 MPG over a 301.2 mile run. Second best was 19.6 over 276.6 miles. The worst was 15.1 MPG. That was one of ten sub-18 instances.

On November 03 and November 17 of last year I recorded 18.2 and 16.9 MPG respectively. That's not consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Chevron, occasionaly Chevron. As to grades, I loaded 145.6825 gallons of 90 octane and 145.6825 gallons of 90 octane, which by my figuring works-out to a mean of 90.00. Running straight 90 octane in this car costs me no more than regular 90 octane due to the deal I get at this particular gas station every thursday.

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Old 08-17-2006, 08:32 PM
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That's how much fuel I pumped into the pearlie SVX between August 16, 2005 and August 15, 2006, over the course of driving 2031.2 miles, for an average of 6.43 MPG.

The best mileage I recorded was 11.65 MPG over a 66.8 mile run. Second best was 11.22 over 114.9 miles. Obviously, these were open Interstate runs with a top-off at each end. The worst was 3.11 MPG. That was one of two sub-4 instances; best I can figure is that I spent an inordinate amount of time driving to work and back.

On June 6 and June 19 of this year I drove the same 206.8 mile route and recorded 6.81 and 7.03 MPG respectively. That's consistency.

I buy the cheapest gas around; usually Esso, occasionally Shell. At $4.98/gallon it's a great deal!

For what it's worth...

ddm

*Numbers may be fudged to reflect my horrible, horrible gas mileage which hovers between 11-15 mpg. Nothing like going 140 miles on $60 worth of gas.
I just can't stop laughing. Now that's funny!!

And I'm with you. I averaged 15mpg on two separate SVX's, and still averaging it.
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Old 08-18-2006, 05:43 AM
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I'll try to keep more thorough records on the silver.

15 MPG? Yikes...

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