I have a 1995 Mazda Protege 5 speed. It has 146k on the clock. I bought to 4 years ago and did not know how good this car would be. I live in Los Angeles area and use this car for my estimates. I had been using my work van. I drove like everyone else here and got 32 city and 38 hwy. My daughter wrecked her car and i gave it to her to use. After a while her boss gave her a company car and i got the car back about 1 year ago. I had read about something called Hypermilers and thought i would try some of the things they came up with. Last October i got 50.3 mpg after doing some replacement of worn parts, plugs, friction treatment in the oil, weight reduction(car, not me
) and using the things in the article. This was for a trip of 103 miles. I had just been driving and getting 47 hwy and 40 city. Now i will see how much i can get out of it with a goal of 55 mpg. My car holds 13.7 gallons. The low gas light comes on with 1.7 gallons left in the tank. I will see if i can get 600 miles before the light comes on.
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