Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:23:30 +1000 From: Peter Wilkins <wilkinsp_nospamnopsamail.com.au> Subject: Re: 9-5 Gas Mileage? Urgent
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:56:52 GMT, "RonM" <ronm001deletethispartnopsamail.com> wrote : >What's your 9-5's average mpg or kpg? > >I have a 2000 9-5 wagon that is coming off of lease in 7 days. I'm >considering buying it but I've always been troubled by the low gas = mileage. >Even if I baby it, I rarely exceed 19mpg in combined driving. It's = usually >at 17.5. Been that way since day one. > >The other day I had a 9-5 loaner sedan from the dealer and it got 25mpg = over >100 miles of mixed driving, including some bumper to bumper traffic, and= I >definitely didn't baby the car. > >Your answers will help me decide. > I've got a 1998 9-5SE sedan: Average country (freeway) driving 7.5 l/100km =3D 37.6mpg (imp gallons) (Tested many times over trips of 500 to 1000km at speeds around 110kmph) Average normal city driving 12 l/100km =3D 23.5 mpg (Tested many times over several months: it includes a couple of freeway trips each about 40km twice a week) Average very short trips city driving 15 l/100km =3D 18.8 mpg (Home to the shops and back) Incidentally, I've also tested the car computer readout of fuel consumption against actual speedo and bowser and it's amazingly accurate. --=20 Regards, Peter Wilkins
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