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Just did a round trip from Harrisburg, PA to Raleigh, NC. 837 miles in 12 hours over a 36 hour period. Made the 396 mile trip down to my friend's

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Just did a round trip from Harrisburg, PA to Raleigh, NC.
837 miles in 12 hours over a 36 hour period.
Made the 396 mile trip down to my friend's house on Sunday morning in 5 hours and 42 minutes. 6 hours flat if you count the gas/pee/food stop. Google maps told me it would take 6:58. Ha!
Trip home took a little longer because I hit the DC area around 5PM. Decided to pull off for dinner while I was stuck in lapped traffic.

Really, this car is a delight at cruising speeds on the highway.
Is it as plush as my wife's Mercedes? Hell no. But it's a lot more fun.

Mileage seems to suffer a bit when you're cruising over 3,000 RPM, and I made several visits to "the danger zone". All in all, I don't think 25mpg is horrible for this kind of car.
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Just did a round trip from Harrisburg, PA to Raleigh, NC.
837 miles in 12 hours over a 36 hour period.
Made the 396 mile trip down to my friend's house on Sunday morning in 5 hours and 42 minutes. 6 hours flat if you count the gas/pee/food stop. Google maps told me it would take 6:58. Ha!
Trip home took a little longer because I hit the DC area around 5PM. Decided to pull off for dinner while I was stuck in lapped traffic.

Really, this car is a delight at cruising speeds on the highway.
Is it as plush as my wife's Mercedes? Hell no. But it's a lot more fun.

Mileage seems to suffer a bit when you're cruising over 3,000 RPM, and I made several visits to "the danger zone". All in all, I don't think 25mpg is horrible for this kind of car.
You must have been going really fast Im usually up in the 28-30 zone
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You must have been going really fast Im usually up in the 28-30 zone
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You must have been going really fast Im usually up in the 28-30 zone
On my highway trips, I'm lucky to hit 20mpg. My city is 16mpg. Then again, I don't like to drop below 4k RPM...ever.
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