[V8] Real world V8 mpg

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

This is more like what I see...

Winter mileage is worse at 13 to 15 - but the motor loves cold air.
Summer mileage is 15 to 17.
My commute is about 10 miles with lots of stop and go.
These numbers may both go up now that I don't leak fuel onto the ground and I
have an 8 cylinder motor as opposed to a 7 & 1/2.


It has been a long time since I have done a road trip in the V8 - but low 20s is
probably what I get in the mountains and mid 20s on the freeway at wife friendly
speeds.

Quoting diemarthadie at aol.com:

> I'd back Tony on that... my 90 stock V8 auto on just 'to/fro work' miles (3
> miles) it's as low as 13, on high speed highway runs its been as high as 26.
> I ran from Baltimore to New Rochelle, NY on Rt95 and averaged 25/26 (better
> coming back) with a lot of time spent around 85mph. The car seems to really
> be happier at those speeds... or maybe its self-delusion... ;)  oh, and no
> A/C running in 99% of the cases... but I don't live in Vegas ;)
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> To: v8 at audifans.com; Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net>
> Sent: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:45:11 -0500
> Subject: Re: [V8] Real world V8 mpg
>
>
> Our 1991 3.6L stock V8Q Automatic has the 4-wire ford O2 sensor. It gets
> about 18MPG around town and 24-25MPG on the highway. That's my calculation.
> The computer almost always reads one higher than that. The A/C seems to
> change it about one lower as well. Oh, and we both drive a bit aggressive
> (I'm worse than the Wife!!)
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Lum" <tlum at flash.net>
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:51 PM
> Subject: [V8] Real world V8 mpg
>
> > Unka Bart wrote that 18 MPG for the V8 is not very good, but what is the >
> real world MPG for an automatic tranny on a V8 in good running condition >
> (no flaky O2 or engine sensors). This would be normal driving in city and >
> highway with my Speed Racer mentality carefully suppressed ;^D
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tony
> > no V8q-yet
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