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Old 12-17-2005, 01:00 PM
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Fuel Economy

I bought a 2005 cobalt ss and i am getting horrible gas mileage and i was wondering if its me or if other people are having this problem. Right now i am lucky to get 400 km on a full tank and i'm not driving it hard at all and am shifting between 2500rpm and 3000rpm usually. So if you have the same car please tell me what your gas mileage is. Thank You
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ss/na or ss/sc, i have an ss/sc and im getting about 25 mile per gallon, and about 240 per tank, but i do a lot of small town driving with stop and go and im a lil spirited on the stop and go.
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I can get an average of 350 miles out of one tank of gas. I do mostly freeway driving at the speed limit with about 3 to 4 sprinted moments He He. I have gotten about 397 miles out of one tank before but it was really hard to do.

All amounts are is US sorry I do not know the translation.
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You will also get much better milage when the outside temp warms up



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i was over 400 during the summer.. but now winters here and im averaging 325ish
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wil im like 265 if im lucky but i only have like 700 miles so far
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The past two weeks have been terrible for me..... 210-240 miles per tank! And I don't speed... blegh
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I drive all stop and go - av like 24 km/h.

So far terrible mileage- 15 l/ 100km seems average- car has almost 2000 km on it.

I bought that blue one months ago that was sitting on Ottawa street.
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I get decent mileage, about 25 mpg average all city driving.
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Originally Posted by BeastlyTA
I get decent mileage, about 25 mpg average all city driving.
Yeah, I was averaging about the same when the weather was warm. Now that it's in the 20's and 30's I've been averaging around 23-ish. I'd never realized the temp had that much effect on mileage...
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I am thinking that my intake actually has been hurting my MPG's.... that or my CEL.
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I've gotten 21 mpg. I usually fill up at 1/4 tank. I have gotten around 215 per tank consistently. I make trips that are about 10-12 miles one way. No big trips yet...

btw its roughly 10k=6.2 miles and 3.8l = 1 gal and to convert my results to metric is beyond me right now
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Originally Posted by Doc
I've gotten 21 mpg. I usually fill up at 1/4 tank. I have gotten around 215 per tank consistently. I make trips that are about 10-12 miles one way. No big trips yet...

btw its roughly 10k=6.2 miles and 3.8l = 1 gal and to convert my results to metric is beyond me right now
21 mpg=11.2L/100km because I knew your Holidays would be ruined without knowing
you fuel consumption in metric.
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im gettin about 23 - 25 mpg. I did alot better when it was warmer out...the cold air makes gas milage suck.
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my 06 SS SC gets 25 mpg...shitty compared to the cavalier which is why i use the cav as my daily driver.
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There is only one 2005 SS. Your lucky if you get 400. I get about 300 now in the snow running on Ultra94.

Oh by the way I think i have the record gas compsumption 14.7/100km
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