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Old 10-19-2006, 11:16 PM
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Default Re: Maximum Speed and Speed Limiter

I had a similar run though not at 120 mph but was amazed to see NORMAL numbers between 90-100 mph. That means, if you are "cruising" at 94 mph and have, say, 20 mpg instant FE and you head down a slight hill then the FE zooms up to 60 mpg. I was really surprised to see this rather than most Automatic cars that rev so high at higher speeds that FE suffers. I can't remember what the RPM was at 100 mph but it was NOT 5,000 RPM. I seem to recall that it was around 3,000-4,000 RPM though I can't remember for sure.

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--> Averaged 685 miles/week and 49.0 mpg in first year (35.7k miles from Aug 7, 2006 to Aug 7, 2007)
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