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Originally Posted by MickRC3
2006 Limited G Automatic non-turbo:
Just got back from a 2000 mile round trip mostly interstate and with an average speed of 73mph got 26+ mpg. Usual in town mpg is 18-20.5 using regular gas, and about 2 mpg lower in the winter. I did notice a small improvement in mileage after I hit 25K on the odometer in the PT.
After the first few weeks of ownership I learned to never use E10 blended gas in this beast. It really kills the gas mileage - knocks 2-3mpg off. Totally not worth the dime savings per gallon. Last year I was on vacation and ended up in an area where they only had E10 gas (other pumps were dry) and sure enough, lousy mileage until I burned that tankload off.
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Yep same thing happens to the turbo cars who don't run premium in them.. You save on the gallon price but you pay so much more in lack of performance.. I did the math once it was less than medium latte at Starbucks. So buy a drip and feed it the good stuff..
One things I do on road trips is pack a couple bottles of octane booster, if you are in a place with sketchy fuel, boost it, it should help even out until you get to a big city.
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