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Old 06-19-2009, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
30mpg figure is not true. Search on here and you will find 24-25mpg is the norm for a 617.
x2 seventeen to eighteen around town and low to mid twenties highway is what I got. To get better you have to swap in a taller rear end. The wagon is at least two hundred pounds heavier than a sedan.

thirty highway in a two forty d is about the max under ideal conditions, mid to high twenties is more normal for one with a stick. with an auto it will be four to five less.

its really pretty good mileage for its day.
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