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How much better gas mileage?

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posted by  Chemical Spill on  Fri Nov 29 13:15 CST 2002
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On a recent trip I took, my 960 got 31mpg over a distance of 700 miles with cruising speeds dialed in at 75mph, have never seen mileage that high before. As far a around town I haven't done the math but I can tell you the trip odometer which I reset at each fill up is reading much higher than I'm used to. Oh yeah, I use premium in all my car too. I find that both Volvos will not develop maximum power on anything less and both get lousy mileage on regular. The 240 is especially sensitive, it's a dog on regular, no pinging though. I'll bet most latter 240 drivers are not aware their cars are ready for the highest octain and don't know what they are missing.
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