gas mileage on older Saturns

In article >,
"Steve" m> wrote:

> >> I had a 99 SL, SOHC, stick shift and usually got around 35 city and 40mpg
> >> on the hwy. Without A/C on I would get near 42 mpg on hwy.
> >>
> >> I have a 97SLI, auto and get around 31 city and 39-40 hwy depending on
> >> A/C
> >> being on or off.
> >
> >
> > That's awesome. A new hybrid can't do much better than that.
>
> Just imagine what an SL hybrid could do!

A VW diesel rabbit will do a lot better

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>>I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an
>>older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift.
>>What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway?
>>My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35
>>highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better.
>>With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't
>>see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ in a few years when the
>>batteries need to be replaced.


>My '02 SL SOHC gets me appx 46MPG (imperial) on the highway in winters
>and summers (with AC on) and 50MPG (imperial) on the highway in spring
>& fall (when temperatur is between 10-20 degress Celcius.
>One tip to help mileage is to overinflate the tires. I use 34psi.
>Also, keeping speed under 110KM/h and early shifting (shift @ 2000RPM)
>helps.


My 2002 SL1 SOHC 1.9 with Auto trans.
is getting me about 40 mpg (Imperial)
with mixed - but more highway - driving.
Winter time - about 38.
I suspect straight highway driving would still
be well short of 50. 44 maybe ?
jt

On Mar 30, 8:50 pm, _jj_ > wrote:
> >>I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an
> >>older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift.
> >>What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway?
> >>My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35
> >>highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better.
> >>With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't
> >>see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ in a few years when the
> >>batteries need to be replaced.
> >My '02 SL SOHC gets me appx 46MPG (imperial) on the highway in winters
> >and summers (with AC on) and 50MPG (imperial) on the highway in spring
> >& fall (when temperatur is between 10-20 degress Celcius.
> >One tip to help mileage is to overinflate the tires. I use 34psi.
> >Also, keeping speed under 110KM/h and early shifting (shift @ 2000RPM)
> >helps.
>
> My 2002 SL1 SOHC 1.9 with Auto trans.
> is getting me about 40 mpg (Imperial)
> with mixed - but more highway - driving.
> Winter time - about 38.
> I suspect straight highway driving would still
> be well short of 50. 44 maybe ?
> jt

i have a 97 sl, standard xmission. it has 136500 km.
i get 520 km with 40 liters ( more or less full tank; 75% hwy + 25%
city) .
i don't know equvalents to usa imperial, so i'll leave to you the fun
of working the equivalnet to mpg.
good luck.

danielr.

On Mar 30, 9:29 pm, "danielr" > wrote:
> On Mar 30, 8:50 pm, _jj_ > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > >>I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an
> > >>older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift.
> > >>What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway?
> > >>My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35
> > >>highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better.
> > >>With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't
> > >>see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ in a few years when the
> > >>batteries need to be replaced.
> > >My '02 SL SOHC gets me appx 46MPG (imperial) on the highway in winters
> > >and summers (with AC on) and 50MPG (imperial) on the highway in spring
> > >& fall (when temperatur is between 10-20 degress Celcius.
> > >One tip to help mileage is to overinflate the tires. I use 34psi.
> > >Also, keeping speed under 110KM/h and early shifting (shift @ 2000RPM)
> > >helps.
>
> > My 2002 SL1 SOHC 1.9 with Auto trans.
> > is getting me about 40 mpg (Imperial)
> > with mixed - but more highway - driving.
> > Winter time - about 38.
> > I suspect straight highway driving would still
> > be well short of 50. 44 maybe ?
> > jt
>
> i have a 97 sl, standard xmission. it has 136500 km.
> i get 520 km with 40 liters ( more or less full tank; 75% hwy + 25%
> city) .
> i don't know equvalents to usa imperial, so i'll leave to you the fun
> of working the equivalnet to mpg.
> good luck.
>
> danielr.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

sorry, forgot to add, it's a sohc.

On 30 Mar 2007 18:31:01 -0700, in rec.autos.makers.saturn "danielr"
> wrote:

>> i have a 97 sl, standard xmission. it has 136500 km.
>> i get 520 km with 40 liters ( more or less full tank; 75% hwy + 25%
>> city) .
>> i don't know equvalents to usa imperial, so i'll leave to you the fun
>> of working the equivalnet to mpg.
>> good luck.
>>
>> danielr.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>sorry, forgot to add, it's a sohc.

40l / 520km = 13km/liter = 30.5778958 miles per gallon (US)

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Steve, yea, I do have a heavy foot :-) but I was being conservative. Yes,
you can get a steady 40mpg average from a base SL, many have. In heavy stop
and go traffic like I had back home in FL, it went down though, where I live
now in the boonies, my mileage went way up!

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:50:32 -0500, njot > wrote:

> On Mar 29, 7:47 am, mrichards > wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:02:30 -0500, njot > wrote:
>> > I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an
>> > older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift.
>> > What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway?
>>
>> > My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35
>> > highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better.
>>
>> > With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't
>> > see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ in a few years when the
>> > batteries need to be replaced.
>>
>> I had a 99 SL, SOHC, stick shift and usually got around 35 city and
>> 40mpg
>> on the hwy. Without A/C on I would get near 42 mpg on hwy.
>>
>> I have a 97SLI, auto and get around 31 city and 39-40 hwy depending on
>> A/C
>> being on or off.
>
>
> That's awesome. A new hybrid can't do much better than that.

Right. I don't see the payback on the hybrids. Mostly payouts especially
when it comes to repairs.
MR