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Old 06-01-2007, 09:58 AM   #1
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2004 Hyundai Elantra

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum and spent a few hours last night researching different threads and I must say it's very interesting.

The point of this post is on the way home from a trip my dad and I took yesterday, I decided to see what I could get for gas mileage on the return trip. I wanted to make it as accurate as possible. We filled up the gas tank 100% where it was actually overflowing a tad bit on accident. We drove 120 miles at 60-65mph and about 75% of the trip we were about 4 car lengths behind a tractor trailer. We did have the windows up and the A/C was running consistently the whole time. I got to our destination and immediately went to the gas station and filled up the tank. Again, I got a bit too excited and topped off the tank to where some overflowed. Either way, I got an astounding 46.2MPG. This is VERY high compared to the EPA for this car but I can't find any flaws in my calculations. Any input?
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:05 AM   #2
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Sounds about right. My car will plug out about 60mpg on a road trip.

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i think that that is great. i have not been on a all highway road trip yet so idk what my car does but 48 is damn good for that car
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Nice. Even with the slight spill, it is hard to say whether you really filled exactly the same, so you figure may be a little high or low. But still, a very good trip.
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That sounds about right. Is your car a M/T or auto?
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That sounds about right. Is your car a M/T or auto?
Manual Transmission. In 5th gear it was running around 2800RPM at 65MPH.
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