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gas mileage on older Saturns
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"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 -- Committees of Correspondence Web page: www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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gas mileage on older Saturns
>>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 $$$ in a few years when the >>batteries need to be replaced. >My '02 SL SOHC gets me appx 46MPG (imperial) on the highway in winters >and summers (with AC on) and 50MPG (imperial) on the highway in spring >& fall (when temperatur is between 10-20 degress Celcius. >One tip to help mileage is to overinflate the tires. I use 34psi. >Also, keeping speed under 110KM/h and early shifting (shift @ 2000RPM) >helps. My 2002 SL1 SOHC 1.9 with Auto trans. is getting me about 40 mpg (Imperial) with mixed - but more highway - driving. Winter time - about 38. I suspect straight highway driving would still be well short of 50. 44 maybe ? jt |
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On Mar 30, 8:50 pm, _jj_ > wrote:
> >>I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an > >>older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift. > >>What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway? > >>My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35 > >>highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better. > >>With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't > >>see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ 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. |
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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. |
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gas mileage on older Saturns
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) Calculations courtesy of OnlineConversion.com http://www.onlineconversion.com/ -- Money can't buy happiness, but it can let you rent it for a while... |
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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! -- marx404 |
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gas mileage on older Saturns
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 |
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