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Old 04-28-2008, 05:22 AM
TonyK TonyK is offline
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Default back from 1800 mile road trip with 05 hah

Trip was great, no problems at all.

Car was loaded with a shoe horn, every available space was filled.

I use 5w-30 in all my cars, HAH too.

Driving from Orlando, FL to Paducah KY = 38.7mpg

Paducah to Orlando = 39.0


I will say I learned something that can only be believed and understood if it happens to you personally.

Here in town our mpg in the city is in the window of 27-30. Rarely out of this range.

In Paducah, even though no hills were encountered, the traffic lights and speed limits absolutely DO NOT allow good mpg at all.

There, I was struggling to get 21-22 MAX ! I now understand why some folks just cant get the mpgs some others are. Its very sad. I had not bought any of the 10% gas-a-hol while driving around Paducah. I did buy one tank full on way home though and noticed no change whatsoever.
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