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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:45 AM
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Mine so far has been 26
 
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 12:41 PM
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24 for me.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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I am averaging 23mpg and I drive pretty aggressively...
 
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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All these are good considering what we drive
 
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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I have been driving pretty aggressively 24mpg is highway only, of course. In the city I am around 16mpg.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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14...lol...around town, stop and go, short distance.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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I drove it home (VA) from Minneapolis and averaged 30.1 mpg all highway.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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You can't ask any better then that
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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24 for me as well. I'm sure if I didn't "play" like I do, I could get better. But it sounds so good and runs great, it's hard for me not to.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 01:06 AM
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24 on interstate road trips, 80ish mph. '08 XKR.

That seems quite reasonable to me for a 420hp automobile.
 

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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 07:26 AM
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Yesterday, Port St Lucie to Ft Lauderdale 100.2 miles, average speed 71.6. Mileage: 29.2!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 01:11 PM
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Hutchinson, KS to Dallas, TX all interstate at 70-80 mph and I got 24 mpg. Day to day driving to work etc.. about 14.

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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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Update: on the roadtrip right now, best so far has been 28.9 in the XK average 70mph
 
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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2011 XKR175: Best was 25.6 with cruise set at 65 on a 100 mile trip. Overall average has been 19 in a mix of city and highway. If I drive it hard around town, it still gets about 15-16...pretty impressive for 510 hp. Normal highway mileage is about 22 ("normal" around here is 75-80 mph in light traffic).
 
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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Just back from a road trip to Chicago, 2500 miles round trip, 80mph ave...29 MPG... this I cannot complain...07 XK
 
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 01:05 AM
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Highway driving - 25-26mpg averaging around 60 (a little light traffic but a lot of cruising over 70). Had it up to 28mpg+ a few weeks back without any traffic driving 65-80 mph on a 10 mile highway stretch.

City driving around 14-17 depending on how I drive

My average as daily driver door to door is 18mpg as I don't tend to hit much open freeway. If I do have open freeway as part of my commute, not a problem to hit 19-21mpg door to door.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 07:42 AM
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I think these cars do fantastic think about what we are driving LOVE IT.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dd823
I think these cars do fantastic think about what we are driving LOVE IT.
exactly!
 
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 06:49 AM
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14mpg City. 20-ish Highway.

Sorry, I don't keep track of my best MPG readings. heh

Oops. Wrong forum.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 01:53 PM
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30 mpg driving home from pick up Tuesday in Philly. 487 miles.
 
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