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I've been kicking around the purchase of a Forester XT for some time now but I'm consistenly held up by the car's fuel mileage numbers. I'm looking at the manual transmission, hopefully an '05.
My refernence cars are the girlfriend's Saab 9-3 and my Ford Focus SVT. The 2003 Saab 2.0T gets 33+ mpg using regular gas (instead of the recommended premium). My 2003 FSVT can get 30-33 on the highway if I run straight highway at 65mph. Around town I get approximately 20mpg, so overall mixed-use I get 25 mpg (premium unleaded).
I was tracking the mileage thread on the old SF.com before it went down so i was hoping some return members could post their experiences in this thread.
I've also posted in the Turbo Tuning thread where there's some light discussion about the Cobb Tuning Economy Mode.
Thanks.
My refernence cars are the girlfriend's Saab 9-3 and my Ford Focus SVT. The 2003 Saab 2.0T gets 33+ mpg using regular gas (instead of the recommended premium). My 2003 FSVT can get 30-33 on the highway if I run straight highway at 65mph. Around town I get approximately 20mpg, so overall mixed-use I get 25 mpg (premium unleaded).
I was tracking the mileage thread on the old SF.com before it went down so i was hoping some return members could post their experiences in this thread.
I've also posted in the Turbo Tuning thread where there's some light discussion about the Cobb Tuning Economy Mode.
Thanks.