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Old 08-06-2008, 07:06 PM
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Finally getting 25 mpg.

I finally figured out how to get 25mpg with these trucks. Take it to the dealer for warranty work and drive a Focus home for the night.
 
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Old 08-06-2008, 07:48 PM
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You fricken tease!
 
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You must have been hammering on that Focus if you only got 25 mpg.
 
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Low blow! I got all excited!!
 
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Lol good one
 
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Originally Posted by fireman28
how to get 25mpg.....drive a Focus
how are you doing that? I was lucky to get 23-24 mpg highway with the 05 Focus I had for 2 weeks.

I've found that most of those little POS cars don't get good MPG. I had an 07 Altima 2.5S back in Nov/Dec last yr for almost 1 month. That little POS got 19 mpg on the highway.
 
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Originally Posted by tylus
how are you doing that? I was lucky to get 23-24 mpg highway with the 05 Focus I had for 2 weeks.

I've found that most of those little POS cars don't get good MPG. I had an 07 Altima 2.5S back in Nov/Dec last yr for almost 1 month. That little POS got 19 mpg on the highway.
I have a 2001 Focus that gets 38 MPG....
 
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lmao, omg you got me i was so hoping it was foreal dang right now im mad over this. j/k but you dog on tease
 
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I'm getting 30 MPG with my '99 Focus...and I don't take it easy either.
 
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enough dag nabit....
 
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:43 PM
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Dat ain't nice!

Dang, I got all excited, and got reeled right in, hook line and sinker! But, it was kind of funny......
By the way Fireman28, are you a car salesman or something like that, on the side????????
 
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Old 08-07-2008, 11:05 PM
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what really got me to this thread the 1st time was because I thought it was another HHO thread
 
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Old 08-08-2008, 09:53 AM
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No car salesman here. You know this thread really took off. You know the 25mpg just isn't worth sitting on the ground and feeling like every soccer mom is gonna run over you on the road.
 
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That kinda stinks for a Focus. I thought they advertised 35mpg on the new one?! I have a 07 Honda Civic EX Auto and I get 36 every day to work on a 35 mile commute and there's some pretty steep hills which I take at 80-90. Shoot, if I really beat the crap out of it; it still get's over 30. What can I say the big three can't make a decent small car, and on the flip side, the Japs can't make a heavy duty truck.
 
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Originally Posted by tylus
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I've found that most of those little POS cars don't get good MPG. I had an 07 Altima 2.5S back in Nov/Dec last yr for almost 1 month. That little POS got 19 mpg on the highway.
Hmmm my 06 Corolla-S 5/speed manual did get 41 hwy and 32-35 local.
Kinda wish I still had that "little POS".
 



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