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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 10:45 PM
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Poll question: How many MPGs does your vehicle get?
I drive a Honda Accord and get about 27mpg
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 10:46 PM
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1. I beat you to this earlier...
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 10:47 PM
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2. My truck gets about 25. My wife's car gets about 35
Guess which one we drive more. I haven't filled my truck in about 4 months.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 10:54 PM
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3. I have an Expedition and a Mini Convertible.
Do I get to average?
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:00 PM
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5. Can I steal your mini cooper?
my favorite car...what color do you have?
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:12 PM
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8. Cool Blue with white racing stripes.
It belongs to my partner. I wasn't too crazy about it when he bought it because I didn't think it was very practical...... Now it's nice out again and, suddenly, it's practical. Funny how that works. :)
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:18 PM
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11. I want the red with white top
and white racing stripes. By the time I can afford one it will be off the leases. Maybe then it will be affordable.
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 02:02 AM
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21. Is the car a spare?
Does it fit in the cargo compartment of the truck?
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 10:57 PM
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4. Can I average too?
Honda gets close to 30.

The truck gets about 9.

Yup. 9mpg. :blush:

It's a farm vehicle? We use it to haul livestock and it needs it's kick ass size and engine? Can I get a break?
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:03 PM
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6. Not what the car sticker said it would get, not even close.
We're supposed to get 19-26mpg, we get 15 at best. I'm so angry, I could spit nails. It has a reader on it so we always know. We do very little, "in city" driving - so we should be getting closer to the 26, yet we have never even hit 19, in over 2 years.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:10 PM
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7. 20-25 and its 38 years old, big and heavy, although slow
Edited on Fri Apr-21-06 11:13 PM by bullimiami
and underpowered by todays standards with only around 50HP.

But I like it.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:13 PM
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9. So I'm a freeper when driving in city traffic but ok on the hwy??
:shrug: :shrug:

I get about 9 mpg in the city and 15 on the highway
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SofaKingLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:15 PM
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10. Well, according to the poll, yes.
:rofl:
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:25 PM
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12. 2001 new beetle turbo...22mpg...mostly city driving
but when i get on the expressway- that thing can fly.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:29 PM
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13. I have a chevy Monte Carlo 22-29
it gets great mileage for the size car it is.
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craychek Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:31 PM
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14. 51 mpg on the last tank
I like my hybrid ;)

Random info: for those of you considering a hybrid, you have to change your driving style if you want to maximize the mpg. If you don't you will probably get something like 35-40mpg
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 12:18 AM
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16. that's why i won't be going hybrid-
i don't mind paying extra to go faster.
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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 11:33 PM
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15. Anywhere between 40 and 55 -- 2004 Prius (n/t)
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 12:20 AM
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17. Unfortunately, it's not going to be enough no matter what it is.
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gmaki Donating Member (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 12:27 AM
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18. 36 mpg Honda Civic.
That's per gallon equivalent of CNG. not gasoline.

$2.28/gallon as of today.
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TriMetFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 12:37 AM
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19. Will I drive a Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Metrix.
Since I do both highway and city driving the mpg I get is about 28, but if I just do highway driving I get about 35. I also don't let the tank get below half.
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 01:58 AM
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20. 42 most of the time.
Varies a little, depending on conditions and activities (things like hauling concrete, manure and topsoil tend to lower the mileage).

2001 Hyundai Accent 5 speed manual, no AC, no bells and whistles, no CD player. Has a Tardis box in the back seat. Can carry 2 adults and any one of the following:
- 2 children in car seats
- 1 child in a car seat and 3 suitcases and 2 cased laptops,
- 10 cubic feet of bagged soil or manure
- 120 pounds of dry, bagged concrete
- 6 suitcases or 4 suitcases, 4 laptops in cases, and 2 cats in carry boxes, or
- an apple tree, two lilac bushes, four rose bushes and two berry bushes,
- a lawn mower and a weed eater
- a bicycle
- a full sized treadmill
- a small, rattan sofa
- four dining chairs
- a wing chair.

But not all at once.

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 02:04 AM
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22. We sold the car and use public transportation and cabs.
So, that would be zero? lol
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