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[CO ZX2]

Originally Posted by CO ZX2

103 MPG segment 11/16/06.

Since I may never see a 100 MPG round-trip, I decided to post what I did yesterday. Pretty proud of this in my ZX2, EPA rated 25-33 MPG.


103 MPG for 32 miles. This was on a rural road near my home. Light traffic. Up and down terrain. Managed to hold a reasonable highway speed. EOC and P&G. Used my injector shut-off often.

My return over the same route lowered this to 70.4 MPG for the 64.2 miles. I may have done better with more favorable conditions (see weather report at bottom of ScanGauge report).

Hope you can read the figures. I need to find a better way to snap pics of SG2. Too dark with no flash and reflections with flash.

Metro, when I can impress you, I'm proud of myself. Thanks.

39 MPH avg for 32.1 miles, the 103 MPG leg. I did not reset for the return trip. I took picture at the end of round trip, but couldn't see it on pic and SG2 had shut down. However I had written it down in my notebook. 35 MPH avg for the 64.2 mi roundtrip.

A comical? event happened on my return. I came whizzing over the top of a hill all ready for a good coast and had to throw on the brakes and stop. Cowboys on horses were driving probably 150 cattle on the highway. Just like the old west. The cattle were going the same direction I was, completely blocking the road. The cowboys just looked at me while I waited for sombody to make a move. In a bit one of the cowboys just motioned me forward. I just looked at him in amazement, wondering what the heck he wanted me to do. He was some distance off to my right. Never a word was said. I sat there a few seconds and he motioned me forward again. So I started creeping forward till I was practically bumping the cattle, weaving my way thru them. I drove fairly close to a bull and realized he could destroy this car if he took a mind to. I got thru them without any contact but drove thru a number of cow pies. I heard the goop sling around in the wheel wells after I got going. Lost probably 10 minutes, lost my momentum, missed a good coast, crept 10 minutes in 2nd gear, and damn sure lost my concentration.

How's that for a true gas mileage story.