Gas Prices!! and thankful to own a 2.3

Discussion in '2.3L Mustang Talk' started by Lex, May 15, 2004.

  1. Lex Founding Member

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    Its nuts here in Halifax NS Canada with the gas prices and all. Makes me thankful to be driving a 2.3L instead of a 5.0L. It still cost tons to drive now but I couldn't amagine driving a 5.0L . I would have to give up drinking to drive anywhere :p .....
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    I just got gas in my 93' 2.3L LX the other day and spent 22.00 on fuel. The first few years I owned the car ( only owned it 4 yrs) I could fill up for 13.00 bux. Then it creaped up to 15.00-16.00 bux a tank and now its just a hair under what I would fill my tahoe up last year with :bs:
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    I get 18 mpg city and my buddy's 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII gets 24 :(
    and my other buddy's 5.0 get's 21 :(
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    If you drive like a normal person a 5.0L will get pretty decent gas mileage...but what fun would that be ;)
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    I wish it was that cheap here in Canada it would cost me about 50 bux CAD to fill my tank now thats about 35 USD. Posted price is $.91/liter :mad:
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    Buying gas in canada drives me nuts :eek: :crazy: When I was there it was like .75 cents a liter and its like 2.3 liters to a gallon.
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    Dude its not 2.3 litres/gallon its 4 so 91 cents/litre works out to 3.64 CAD per gallon or about 2.65 USD
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    Dude notice how I said its like 2.3Liters = a gallon :shrug: Heck it was a guess but I wouldn't guess more than 3L = a gallon. Anyone got a cheat sheet for me or a liter bottle I can borrow to messure with ;) I know its like ( again I use the word LIKE) mulipplying by .26418 but I get lost after that.
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    most people i know use more than the first two gears when driving in the city:rlaugh::rlaugh::rlaugh::rlaugh:
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    Nah, it's the 3.73 gears I tells ya :|
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    My car is getting excellent mileage. I fill my tank up once every three weeks, or about once every 350 miles. It costs about $22 or so. I'm glad to have gotten a 2.3 at this point.
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    350 miles a tank of gass...how in the hell are you doing that :( I tought I was doing good here lately getting 250-280 a tank :doh:
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    Honestly, I don't know. I don't ever drive on the highway, I floor it everywhere, and it doesn't exactly run that great. I must be doing good with the platinum spark plugs. :lol:
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    I use plats also :rolleyes:
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    Hmm...I honestly don't know why my car is kicking so much butt in terms of gas mileage. 24mpg...mmm sounds good. Hopefully my turbo version will do just as good.
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    I just cut back on my useless cruising around. I no longer take the scenic route anywhere. I just go from point A to point B :nonono:
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    My SVO gets really good gas mileage when I'm not standing on the pedal ;) I really need to work on my LX and see if I can get my mileage up a bit. What I really would love is better gas mileage on my tahoe :rolleyes:
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    yeah I wish I was still driving my 2.3. Regular just got up to $2 a gallon here. Which makes premium $2.25, my car (of unmentionible marquee) gets maybe about 13 MPG in normal cuty driving. I just can't help but open those secondaries, even if it is expensive.
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    I like driving my little 98 escort zx2 now. Not fast but 35 mpg is great during these times. Now when I bust out the stang on weekends the $ 2.23 for premuim killed me this week. $ 28 to fill the tank. Ouch
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    $2.06 here 20 bucks two week ago would put me past full no it puts my a little under full opec sucks

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