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View Poll Results: How good is your fuel economy? (MPG)
<20
10.48%
20-22
24.19%
23-24
27.42%
25-27
27.42%
28-30
8.06%
>30
2.42%
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How good is your fuel economy? (MPG)

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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 08:16 PM
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How many MPG are you getting?
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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 09:06 PM
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It really depends. Most of my driving is literlally half freeway, and half city streets, and I would say I drive pretty high in the rpm band. (Shifting at no less than 5500rpm most of the time at 7000rpm) In which case I usually get about 21 mpg for the tank. When I go to Las Vegas I'll get 30 mpg but I don't take my baby out there much. Only twice so far. I have yet to take her ( my car) to the track but I imagine mileage to around the very low double digits (Maybe 12-14 mpg) if I drove her to the limits for an entire track day.
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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 09:29 PM
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I drive 90% in the city and get about 21 MPG. I rarely vtec, still on 10W 30 Synthetic, rolling on Blizzak LM 22, and the weather is cold near 20F lows and 40 F highs.
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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 10:02 PM
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I've had my Prelude for over 4.5 years. I've driven 77,267.7 miles on 3,360.046 gallons, so that's 23.00 MPG. I do mostly freeway driving but have a hard VTEC habit to break. :-)
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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 11:31 PM
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last tank of fuel, I averaged 25.01 mpg.. of course I'm doing 140 miles a day round trip for work 75 miles is at 77 mph, and the rest averages out to 65 mph...
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Old Nov 25, 2002 | 12:21 AM
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I'm averaging 27-29 since a lot of my driving is freeway driving for work with no traffic. Before that, I was averaging 21-24.
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Old Nov 25, 2002 | 05:06 AM
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~23-25mpg Lots of traffic and vtec whenever possible
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Old Nov 25, 2002 | 05:34 AM
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Aside from a few tanks that were consumed entirely on the interstate, I can't recall a tank better than 24 mpg, with 20-22 being pretty typical. Frequently in the 18-19 range, as well. Fort Wayne has an interesting mix of high speed limits (I frequently travel through town going 45-60 mph) and frequent stop lights which is a killer on mileage. That, and the constant VTEC engagement!
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Old Nov 25, 2002 | 11:45 AM
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I average about 24-25. Mostly city driving as we have no "real" interstates here.
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Old Nov 25, 2002 | 12:17 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 808S2K
[B]I average about 24-25.
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