Whats your protege getting?

 

fo shizo

 

2002.5 Protege 5. My wife drives it to work which is about 6 miles of county roads with speeds of 45-55 and about 20 of highway with speeds of 70mph. She has the autostick tranny. There are 15" blizzak tires on the car and it's colder than ***** in Ohio. That all equates to about 25-26. I think that stinks.


My '01 Chevy Impala---company car---gets 30mpg with about the same drive and Kumho tires in the same weather.

My '93 SE-R averaged 33mpg on that same drive with heavy 16" rims and Nitto 450 tires in the summer.

Curt B. Shumaker

 

i get about 250 miles to the tank. I read on another thread that someone said they were getting 330 easy, how is that?

 

Ok---Are we basing it on how many miles, or what MPG we get? My wife gets 375 on a tank before the warning light comes on. Again, 2002.5 Protege 5, auto tranny, 15" Blizzak tires, cold as hell and the luggage rack is on too.

Curt B. Shumaker

 

 

I get around 25MPG, which is more than any car I ever owned previously.

I amazed at how concerned people are over gas milaege. Who cares, just drive the dam thing already...

 

When my other car produces 2.3X more HP and is a lot heavier yet has better gas mileage. . . that's a bit of a concern.

 

If you let it be........

 

With my lead foot, heavy wheels, and slow and underpowered engine, about 24-25 MPG all city driving.

I installed new spark plugs and wires about a week ago. Hopefully my mileage will go up but I haven't had a chance to check my mileage...

 

Not likely at all, unless your plugs and/or wires were in extremely poor condition.