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"SilverStude" <rfjohnstone@Cox.net> wrote in message
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> If anyone on this group owns an 05' or 06' RL? Can you tell me what
> kind of gas mileage you get? thx

If I get good gas ( gas from a rural area that does not have the smog crap
in it that is required in many locations) I have been getting about 31 mpg
at 75 mph (at around 4000 ft altitude). Just less than 30 mpg when going 80
mph (legal in far west TX). When I have the gas from the city my steady
highway mpg at 75 is typically 28 to 29.

When I do "normal" driving (mostly freeway with some surface street driving)
in a city like Richmond, VA or Dallas, TX I get about 20 mpg overall. In
stop and go traffic in Dallas I was getting about 15 mpg. At home I get
about 14 (ugh!) if all I do is go down and back up the hill. When I do more
"normal" driving at home I get a little over 17 mpg.

Wind of course can make a big difference. I was on a road trip in April and
I was getting about 40 mph for quite a while with a tail wind. I was on
another trip recently and I was driving into a headwind and I was only
getting 26 or so.