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The 3"s first out of state road trip...

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Old 12-11-2008, 02:15 PM
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Austin, TX to Texarkana, TX/AR... 6 hours. Farthest I've driven her so far. Got about avg 35 mpg while driving 70-80 the whole way and not always accelerating lightly.

comfortable drive too.

 
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Old 12-11-2008, 04:58 PM
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I did 477 miles in mine going to Virginia, it got 37.34 MPG, first time I ever made it to the 400 mile mark on 1 tank (425), and it does ride good.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 06:54 PM
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I had a full tank in Round Rock, and once I got to Texarkana I had just a couple notches under a quarter, so I still had a decent amount of fuel to go, and that was after 405 miles.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 07:42 PM
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Uh, Siber, how are you doing the fuel mileage math?37mpg just seems really high. I have hit 400 on a tank and it took 12.5 gallons to fill it back up. That comes to 32 mpg. If you getting 37 mpg hwy, that is awesome.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 07:56 PM
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With my trip I filled up 11.5 gallons at 405 miles = 35 mpg.

I know I'm not Siber lol just throwing in my 2 cents.

Well... I better log off... I gotta wake up early to work and then right after I have my 6 hour drive back to Austin in the morning. Later yall.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:01 PM
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11.5 gallons when I filled up at 427 and a few tenths. Now I normally get between 30-32 driving back and forth to work and about 28 on the tankwhen I go play on the Dragon.
BTW That was with the car loaded with my wife and myself in the car with most of the trip in Virgina with its 65 mile an hour speed limit, so I had the cruise set at 67 MPH. BTW The car was filled up both times on pretty level ground and loaded both times.
 
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This multiplying apostrophe thing is DRIVING ME NUTS!!!
Party over. Back to the pizzas, heh Gary? (It"s not delivery. It"s DiGiorno. )
 
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Old 12-12-2008, 08:15 AM
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That is awesome, Siber. I have not taken mine on a road trip, just back and forth to work. In fact, it'll probably never go on a real road trip, we would have to take the Taurus for that.

Anyway, I want to get over there and drive the Dragon. I think I am going to try and plan a weekend trip for just wifey and me to get over there and check it out. Probably late spring next year when the weather is perfect. I guess I'll want ot get the Eibachs out of the trunk first!
 
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Old 12-12-2008, 05:51 PM
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Let me know when you come up and I will see about going up there that day.
 
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ORIGINAL: Siber Express

Let me know when you come up and I will see about going up there that day.
I will definitely touch base with you when we are finalizing plans. Be cool to hook up and go for a drive.
 

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