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Old 02-06-2003, 03:05 PM
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So here in Minnesota the cost of premium gas is close a buck eighty a gallon or close to thirty dollars a tank-full. And the range of that tank (it varies) is about 300 miles. So it looks like a buck a mile for fuel. Nice easy number to calculate.
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Try a dime a mile.
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16.7 mpg isn't too good -- must be that cold-weather city driving.
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Thanks for the correction, it's late here.
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300 bucks a fill-up? You want the Escalade forum.
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Default Re: 16.7 mpg isn't too good -- must be that cold-weather city driving.

Better than the 15.5 mpg that mine is averaging. It has about 2,000 miles on it. Does it get better?
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mine's getting the same after 3k mi
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Default I'm getting 17.6 mpg @ 2200 miles

1/3 NYC driving, 2/3 highway/suburb
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so you could edit out the dumb stuff? : )
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Default Yet another point in favor of the 6 speed

The car shows I've been averaging over 21 mpg for the last couple weeks of in-town driving (which does include some highway miles) despite the cold (I'm also in MN).


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