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Permalink Reply by Roland Schmitt on April 22, 2008 at 5:18pm

1st refill neted 37 mpg. Mostly city, a lot of hot rodding (to test performance & show off to friends)

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Permalink Reply by Jack Diehl on April 22, 2008 at 8:45pm

I like your style. How many cars can hot rod and show off and get 37mpg!?!? Drive fast...take chances...be smart! :-)

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Permalink Reply by SATO on April 23, 2008 at 7:21pm

just got back from a little trip down to melbourne, Fl from Jax.. one tank of gas there and back... you do the math.. I'm tired, the winds were awfull! I saw TWO semis on their side due to the wind! It was not nice driving....

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Coté on April 25, 2008 at 8:37pm

My last fill-up was with mid-grade (89 octane). Mileage on this tank was 43 MPG. We had been averaging 42-43 MPG so no appreciable change.

Car has 2500 miles. Driven exclusively in "auto" mode. Usually with driver and passenger. Not much stop & go. About half this tank was freeway miles @ 65-75 MPH. Most of the other half was in a suburban setting with lots of hills.

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Permalink Reply by Kay on April 25, 2008 at 10:54pm

With the 89 octane, did you feel any difference in pep? They told me at the dealership that the highest octane (93) was recommended but using 89 was o.k., just expect lower performance. Is that what you found?

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Coté on April 25, 2008 at 11:43pm

The car felt normal. No pinging. No loss of power. This was just 1 tankful but the results are very encouraging.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Bartlett on April 26, 2008 at 11:46am

I've had my smart for three months now and the mileage now is alot better than when it was brand new.
Feb. 34.92 MPG
March 37.52 MPG
April 38.11 MPG

The numbers show that after breaking it in the mileage will increase..

The longer I have my smart the happier I am that I got it!

Peter Bartlett

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Permalink Reply by geosynch on April 26, 2008 at 5:46pm

My first three tanks have been:

30.2
29.8
33.4

All city driving. The first two tanks where all in manual mode with the top down as much as possible. The third tank was all auto mode, and I only took the top back to its first setting.

I just got back from a 150 mile round trip, all highway miles trip, and all with the top up. I haven't filled up yet, but I don't think my mileage is much different than what I have already experienced.

Somewhere on this thread someone stated that the cabrio gets about 10% lower mileage. My experience, as compared to this board, is that it is more like 20%.

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Permalink Reply by Smart Mike on April 27, 2008 at 3:31am

Yeah, don't feel bad or that you got a lemon! I've got the exact same experience you have been getting. People are claiming in the 40's and I'm getting 33 at best. I live in L.A. and drive around with top down all day, lot's and lot's of stop and go. Lot's of errands all day. I don't "mash" the pedal like people are saying. I drive very softly and smoothly. These people must live downhill both ways with tail winds or only use the car to go down their driveway to get the mail. I'm on my 10th tank. I've also driven in both modes, but haven't tried keeping my top on. Maybe that will be the next test.

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on April 26, 2008 at 5:53pm

i'm going to road america next saturday for the cannonball, it's a bit over 150 miles each way (155 miles, 170 minutes by mapquest (54.7 mph average for trip, should be a good indicator of highway milage, i'll hit 2000 miles this week on my smart)), i'll fill up on 87 or 89 octane before the trip, should be interesting! the one tank i had a good amount of highway milage on was 46mpg, otherwise, i've been at 41-42mpg in my daily commutes.

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