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Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD
Joe, those are great numbers on the highway mileage,26 to 28 before mods is super good for a GT..........
My buddy that has the 08 GT, had to go to Virginia on business and went in the GT and told me he averaged 24 mpg on the highway cruising at 75 mph for the trip.... His car is showroom stock and only has about 4,000 miles on it right now, he did get it with the 3.55 rear gear and a 5 speed manuel........still not bad for a GT car......
David
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Mine is an 03 5 speed manual as well with 56K on it. I also forgot to mention I did the cursory change the air filter and I took up the slack on the throttle cable to bring the pedal up to almost even with the brake. Although no HP increase with that it did wonders for throttle response. I have no complaints. Before mods, I got the same gas mileage that we got in our old Focus 4 cyl.
I don't doubt some get better than I got in the 6, maybe I just had a crappy 6 and a really good running GT.
Edit: Forgot to mention that the 6 was a California car, don't know if it makes a difference on the 2000 like it did back in the day. The GT has been a great reliable car. Time for new shocks, struts, clutch job (throw out bearing is squeaking so might as well do the whole damn thing since it has 56K) and new tires soon.