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Magnum RT Fuel Mileage
Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT.
With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, running 87 octane. YMMV. |
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Not great, but better than I thought. I'll stick with my Sebring LXi that gets
26-27 around town and 30-32 highway (2.7 V6). I can't remember the last time I even had her at half throttle...so she has plenty of power for me. "Dan" > wrote in message ... | Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. | With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using | the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding | back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. | | This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, | running 87 octane. | | YMMV. |
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Not great, but better than I thought. I'll stick with my Sebring LXi that gets
26-27 around town and 30-32 highway (2.7 V6). I can't remember the last time I even had her at half throttle...so she has plenty of power for me. "Dan" > wrote in message ... | Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. | With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using | the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding | back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. | | This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, | running 87 octane. | | YMMV. |
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Dan > wrote in message >. ..
> Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. > > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, > running 87 octane. > > YMMV. Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank hold? |
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Dan > wrote in message >. ..
> Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. > > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, > running 87 octane. > > YMMV. Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank hold? |
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"AntwainBarbour" > wrote in message om... | Dan > wrote in message >. .. | > Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. | > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using | > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding | > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. | > | > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, | > running 87 octane. | > | > YMMV. | | Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It | doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right | now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank | hold? He should do a bit better too...once the engine has "run-in" a few thousand miles. Still a bit more thirsty than my taste though. |
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"AntwainBarbour" > wrote in message om... | Dan > wrote in message >. .. | > Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. | > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using | > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding | > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. | > | > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, | > running 87 octane. | > | > YMMV. | | Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It | doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right | now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank | hold? He should do a bit better too...once the engine has "run-in" a few thousand miles. Still a bit more thirsty than my taste though. |
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Yes, it's about what I expected. I can live with 18 mpg around town.
The tank holds 19 gallons. I'm going on a road trip this weekend, and I'll report the hiwaay mileage next week. YMMV. One thing I didn't expect is that an oil change requires a full 7 quarts of oil if you change the filter. Using synthetic like I do, this runs up the cost of an oil change quite a bit. Dodge recommends 5W20, and the synthetic equivalent appears to be 0W20. How you get oil to be "zero" weight is beyond me. On 18 Oct 2004 13:14:03 -0700, (AntwainBarbour) wrote: >Dan > wrote in message >. .. >> Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. >> With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using >> the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding >> back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. >> >> This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, >> running 87 octane. >> >> YMMV. > >Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It >doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right >now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank >hold? |
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Mileage probably won't improve much. Car has about 5,000 miles on it.
It was a dealer demo, which is how I was able to afford the loaded RT model. On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:02:44 -0400, "James C. Reeves" > wrote: > >"AntwainBarbour" > wrote in message . com... >| Dan > wrote in message > ... >| > Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT. >| > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using >| > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding >| > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower. >| > >| > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6, >| > running 87 octane. >| > >| > YMMV. >| >| Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It >| doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right >| now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank >| hold? > >He should do a bit better too...once the engine has "run-in" a few thousand >miles. Still a bit more thirsty than my taste though. > |
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