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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 04:00 PM
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I've measured the mileage twice on the '08 S I just bought and both times, I'm getting around 18-20 MPG ... is that what I can expect from it?

I really thought it would be much better than that???
 
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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Might be a little low - I believe the standard is 25MPG in the city?. Have you noticed it dropping lately? What's your commute like?
 
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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Tks for the feedback ... since I just bought it, I have no base of reference. I figured it might be a bit lower than I expected, since it's an S and it seems to run at a bit higher revs ???
 
Old Dec 14, 2012 | 01:16 AM
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Might be a little low - I believe the conventional is 25MPG in the town. . .Did u really observed that it is losing a bit.


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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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I don't really know if it is losing a bit, since I just bought it ... I'll continue to measure it and post the results ... tks, guys.
 
Old Dec 14, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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Do you know if it's stock? No tunes or anything?
 
Old Dec 14, 2012 | 03:14 PM
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I'm pretty sure it's stock or the Salesman where I bought it would have probably 'hyped' any extras ...
 
Old Dec 17, 2012 | 12:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure it's stock or the Salesman where I bought it would have probably 'hyped' any extras ...
Any receipts or records of when the MAF or O2 sensors were last replaced?
 
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 09:46 AM
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No receipts for that ... do you think that could materially effect the mileage?
 
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 12:08 PM
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Well we've seen pre-cat O2 sensors acting up and causing a number of issues in addition to poor MPG, such as a rough idle...if you know someone with a scanner, use it to pull any codes that might be stored but not lighting up the EML light.
 

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