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i have a serious lead foot so little red envelope is auto only gets about 16 - 18 mpg in the city suburbs at about 45 - 55 mph. luckily i moved closer to a freeway so now he gets about 18 - 20 mpg at 70 - 80 mph. my parents tell me i can get about 23 mpg on the freeway when they were driving him.

to keep down on the gas costs, i noticed most of my trips were out to get food so i stay in more to eat or i hit places on the way home. when i need to a certain area i do all of my errands there and try to walk from place to place if the distance isnt too far.

im going to go a little off topic, but for example, one of the shopping plazas here has a grocery store, 2 banks, dentist office, many restaurants, 2 beauty shops, a gym, & a cell phone shop. across the street is another grocery store, a gas station, longs, movie rental place, more restaurants, dry cleaner and on the other 2 are another cell phone shop, clothing alterations, & dept store, 2 drug stores, a kragen and more restaurants. all within a walking distance. sometimes i do get lazy so i hit the 2 sides to my right, flip a u-ey and hit the other 2 sides on the left before i go home. so i go in a giant circle. on the other side of the freeway (about the same distance as the other shopping area) is a community college and they are putting up new library and there are 2 shopping plazas and a little farther up the street are 2 hospitals.

i dont know if this is an option for you, but i walk to a lot of places from home too. just around the corner from me is a hardware store, many fast food shops, starbucks, gamestop, ups store, and few other places. i work in a grocery store so i bring groceries home on the way and there is a bank on the way home from work.

little red envelope is my first vehicle and i at first was discouraged by the gas mileage which is one of the reasons why i decided to move. i dont know if you are speed racer though, but if you are and are worried about spending a lot on gas, walking serious will become your best friend. i hated it at first but when i started this routine i realized that i only had to fill up only once a week or week and 1/2, as opposed to 2 times a week. i have better things to spend an extra 40 bucks on a week than gas and i get the exercise needed since probably wouldnt do it if i didnt save the money.

sorry about the winded reply, just hope it helps.