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PHOEBISIS · 05-13-2004, 02:07 PM

SmokeSE,don't worry about it,those are just the typical very conservative manu. recs.The main mpg break in concern was the ring to cyl bore breakin.With the latest tech there is very little break in seating going on there,not like the old days when it was a big deal to break it in just so,or the car would be a gas guzzling dog because the rings never seated properly,and maybe the cyl glazed.Now the fit is so close,and hatching so fine,it is no big deal.
Black Titan-
Your 15 mpg sounds just fine if you are doing maybe 50-50 city-hy.I got 19.3 mpg on the 550 mile drive home(doing 73 mph).Now that I am doing just city driving,I am getting 12 mpg-about what I expected.Those getting 17 mpg probably aren't doing much city,they are probably in small to mid sized citys,or in rural towns...City for us,is maybe 5 or more stops or extreme slowdowns(to 5 or so mph) per mile,and average trip length of maybe 2-3 miles,and maybe 35% of the trip time is spent idling at a redlight..My 4400 lb Honda Pilot got 21.5 on the trip home,but it gets ~14 in city driving.Luck,Charlie

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PHOEBISIS Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Won't hurt-there really isn't much ring to cyl break in anymore SmokeSE,don't worry about it,those are just the typical very conservative manu. recs.The main mpg break in concern was the ring to cyl bore breakin.With the latest tech there is very little break in seating going on there,not like the old days when it was a big deal to break it in just so,or the car would be a gas guzzling dog because the rings never seated properly,and maybe the cyl glazed.Now the fit is so close,and hatching so fine,it is no big deal. Black Titan- Your 15 mpg sounds just fine if you are doing maybe 50-50 city-hy.I got 19.3 mpg on the 550 mile drive home(doing 73 mph).Now that I am doing just city driving,I am getting 12 mpg-about what I expected.Those getting 17 mpg probably aren't doing much city,they are probably in small to mid sized citys,or in rural towns...City for us,is maybe 5 or more stops or extreme slowdowns(to 5 or so mph) per mile,and average trip length of maybe 2-3 miles,and maybe 35% of the trip time is spent idling at a redlight..My 4400 lb Honda Pilot got 21.5 on the trip home,but it gets ~14 in city driving.Luck,Charlie Last edited by PHOEBISIS; 05-13-2004 at 02:11 PM.