[s-cars] Fuel mileage questions

[Sean Douglas]

Jason wrote:

>> I have been getting around 18 mpg which includes quite a bit of city
driving and about 40 miles a day of highway driving.>>

>>As far as O2 sensor I get no black smoke that I can tell.>>

Seems a touch low but not unreasonable.

I see about 10-12 litres/100 km (metric) which converts to 19-22 miles
per US gallon with 50/50 city highway.

As Chris said, a new O2 sensor can make a small difference and black
smoke is not a tell tale sign of a bad O2 sensor.

Sean Douglas
1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Jason Butler
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:58 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Fuel mileage questions
> 
> 
> I have owned my 93 S4 for 3 months now and am wondering what 
> kind of fuel 
> mileage is normal.    With 
> gas prices going up so much here in Denver I would like to 
> maximize my 
> mileage.  the S4 is completely stock with 180K miles on it.  
> Any thoughts 
> on what will maximize mileage?  I don't drive it too hard 
> because I know 
> when you get into high boost it sucks gas.
> 
> Thanks
> Jason
> 93 S4
> 91 90 Quattro 20v
> 90 Coupe Quattro (parting out)
> 86 5ktq
> 
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