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Old 06-06-2008, 10:57 PM
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Thumbs up What your cobalt mpg!!???

mines is 23.5 mpg the car has only 500 miles... what's yours ???
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Well, if I hammer it all the time, 28.5ish .

Normal mixed driving I get 34.5 right now.
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Well.... um... normal day to day driving around 26-27

Highway driving like my trip from KC missouri to North Carolina 36-38mpg!

270+ hp and 38 mpg! Who needs a ******* hybrid!
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On The Freeway Doin 65..i Get Bout 33-34.....doin 80 I Can Get Bout 29-30......in Town...hahahaha 17ish
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right now its at 23.8 on 95% city driving
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With mine I average 27 combined. I usually do 70-75 on the highway and have a lead foot from a start. If I hammer it all the time, it's about what your mileage is at, but if I take it easy I can average about 30. On a long trip, my auto will do about 34-35.
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wow there's only two cars with like 23.8 and mines with 23.5 why is that because is a brand new car or what ???my wife drives like 90%highway 24 miles a day ???
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Well I'm fully tuned, and running a very aggressive PE tune and a very conservative gas sipping part throttle tune!
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31-35mpg combined. 42-44mpg when strictly hwy, with cruise control set at 105-110kph, without a CAI, just a ss exhaust feeding into a 3" highflow muffler(Actual muffler, not a fart can). Like said above, who needs a hybrid? These cars are more fun!
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why my car has so low mpg do i need a tune ???
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after stage one im getting 28mpg. before was average 23. Oh and new engines need to brake in hence low mpg
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I have a bone stock LT 4 door auto,

Gage says my average is 28 however thats mostly city i would say 80%

When im on freeway thats another story. I hover around 37-42. Sometimes even 99 but i loose speed quickly. LOL


still would love a tune up for better MPG's.
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Driving the **** out of it usually gets me about 28mpg, driving it hard only on on ramps and running 80mph i get about 30-31mpg. I can't tell you about driving easy though, as soon as i hear that damn exhaust and intake my right foot gains about 50lbs
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city im around 20-22 highway its maily 32
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First fillup and 26.5 mpg.
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usually around 33. right now it's 34.7.
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...this is in the 2.2 section you silly LSJ guys GTFO
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Originally Posted by REIGN SS
...this is in the 2.2 section you silly LSJ guys GTFO

You STFU!
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Originally Posted by REIGN SS
...this is in the 2.2 section you silly LSJ guys GTFO
I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure this guy wants to compare his car to other 2.2's and not a 2.0 SC
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my wife car is a 2.2 not a 2.0 my is a 3100

i just place the post because her car is 23.5 and it supposed to be 30 something ?

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haha Okay first canadian to come in here and confuse u all average of 9.5l per 100km most city driving
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hehehe, meanwhile i'm sitting @ an average of exactly 25mpg due to lots of city driving, some highway driving, hills, and my foot. lol
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I've got a Black '08 LS Coupe XFE.

I've got a pinch over 800 miles on it, and my 28.2 is my average.

This is all city driving might I add, I haven't touched a highway with it yet.
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Never gotten under 32mpg on a tank, even when I play rough (I reset the thing every fill up).
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my gf gets about 27 ~ 28 all city in her ls


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