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bluegt03

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Hi folks, i have the 03 sonic blue mustang, 12 gallons tank +/- , i can do 170 miles in the city and 220 miles on highway , my engine is 4.6L v8 automatic, this mpg is ok?

thanks all!
Sorry for my bad english, i'm still learning
 

COramprat

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300-320....all hwy. I don't do much city driving.
 

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lol, thats pretty sad, do u have a lead foot?

for me, alll city is about 250. All highway i can reach 340. Conbination of both is around 300 +/-
 

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180 miles with mixed city and highway plus I don't drive like a grandma.
 
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funny i just tried to check how much i got last week.
from full tank to completley empty: 270 miles. City/Hwy. Heavy heavy foot, 3:73 Gears. I thought this was bad but i'm glad to know i'm on track.
 

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170 miles on mine with the supercharger at best
 

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bluegt03 said:
Hi folks, i have the 03 sonic blue mustang, 12 gallons tank +/- , i can do 170 miles in the city and 220 miles on highway , my engine is 4.6L v8 automatic, this mpg is ok?

thanks all!
Sorry for my bad english, i'm still learning
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12 gallon tank?
 

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I would usually get around 200 all city. Mixed is closer to 300. All highway I have gotten 370, but that was sputtering (literally) into the gas station and it actually died as I was pulling into the station lot.
 

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I always get 240-250, filling up at an 1/8 of a tank.
 
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Pretty sure Mustangs have 15.4 gallon tanks, but I could be wrong. Most of the time when I fill up I get between 12-13 gallons. When I have done almost all city driving I get 240-250 miles, but on the highway I have seen 370 miles, but that has only happened twice in the last year+ that I have owned the car.
 

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I've got close to 400 on all highway (granted it was mostly 55 and 65 mph driving and pretty flat)

Usually I'm 150 or less on track days, non-track days I get around 220 per tank city/highway mix

HWY only I usually get around 320
 

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wow I feel something is wrong with my car after seeing all these numbers...mine is pretty much stock and I get maybe 170 city and around 230ish HWY.
 

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All city, I get 225ish. All highway at 80 mph is usually around 300. A good mixed is normally 270ish. And I don't drive like a grandma, especially now that I have an offroad midpipe....

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SjStang00 said:
wow I feel something is wrong with my car after seeing all these numbers...mine is pretty much stock and I get maybe 170 city and around 230ish HWY.
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Might be. when was the last time you changed your fuel filter and spark plugs or did a tune up in general? I have found the need for a tune up to be the most common reason for bad fuel mileage on mildly modded or stock cars.
 

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Thats probably what it is. Last year I was planning on doing a nice tune up before I headed off to college, but I never got the chance to do it. Now that Im in college (200 miles) away from home I dont have a garage or any tools to fix it up = /.
 
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About 30 if I keep my foot off the gas.
 

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240-250 so far filling up as soon as low fuel light comes on. 19.7 mpg the last tank of city driving.
 

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I'm at 270ish right now and probably a little below 1/8th of a tank.

Was hoping to break 300 on this mostly highway tank, but did some racing and that brought it down a bit.

Best I have seen is 320ish.
 

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Miles per tank is a bit of a useless number since we don't drive until the car runs out of fuel, dead on the road.

But mine gets a pretty consistent 20-21mpg in mixed driving. In all city, with short trips, my worst is around 17-18mpg. My best with all highway is 26-27mpg.
 

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You have a fuel cell?

mustang timmy said:
About 30 if I keep my foot off the gas.
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