Dodge: Magnum RT Fuel Mileage

Not great, but better than I thought. I'll stick with my Sebring LXi that gets
26-27 around town and 30-32 highway (2.7 V6). I can't remember the last time I
even had her at half throttle...so she has plenty of power for me.

"Dan" <net> wrote in message
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| Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT.
| With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using
| the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding
| back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower.
|
| This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6,
| running 87 octane.
|
| YMMV.

Dan <net> wrote in message news:<com>... 

Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It
doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right
now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank
hold?

"AntwainBarbour" <com> wrote in message
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| Dan <net> wrote in message
news:<com>...
| > Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT.
| > With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using
| > the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding
| > back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower.
| >
| > This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6,
| > running 87 octane.
| >
| > YMMV.
|
| Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It
| doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right
| now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank
| hold?

He should do a bit better too...once the engine has "run-in" a few thousand
miles. Still a bit more thirsty than my taste though.

Yes, it's about what I expected. I can live with 18 mpg around town.
The tank holds 19 gallons. I'm going on a road trip this weekend, and
I'll report the hiwaay mileage next week. YMMV.

One thing I didn't expect is that an oil change requires a full 7
quarts of oil if you change the filter. Using synthetic like I do,
this runs up the cost of an oil change quite a bit. Dodge recommends
5W20, and the synthetic equivalent appears to be 0W20. How you get
oil to be "zero" weight is beyond me.


On 18 Oct 2004 13:14:03 -0700, com
(AntwainBarbour) wrote:
 

Mileage probably won't improve much. Car has about 5,000 miles on it.
It was a dealer demo, which is how I was able to afford the loaded RT
model.



On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:02:44 -0400, "James C. Reeves"
<com> wrote:
 

> He should do a bit better too...once the engine has "run-in" a few thousand 

How is the ride? Smooth? Did you get interested b/c of the looks or
what? I'm curious b/c this car is starting to interest me quite a
bit. Thanks.

Dan <net> wrote in message news:<com>... 

Simple. 0W/5W/10W/20W/etc merely represent **ranges** of acceptable
viscosity at cold temps. There's no magic to it. 0W was a more or
less arbitrarily picked by the SAE to represent that range. Oil could
be thinner than 0W-20. By the time that happens, there might have to
be a change in the notation or perhaps -5W/-10W oil.

http://www.finalube.com/reference_material/SAE_Viscosity_Grades_For_Engine_Oils.htm

Castrol Syntec comes in a 5W20 I believe.

"Dan" <net> wrote in message
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| Yes, it's about what I expected. I can live with 18 mpg around town.
| The tank holds 19 gallons. I'm going on a road trip this weekend, and
| I'll report the hiwaay mileage next week. YMMV.
|
| One thing I didn't expect is that an oil change requires a full 7
| quarts of oil if you change the filter. Using synthetic like I do,
| this runs up the cost of an oil change quite a bit. Dodge recommends
| 5W20, and the synthetic equivalent appears to be 0W20. How you get
| oil to be "zero" weight is beyond me.
|
|
| On 18 Oct 2004 13:14:03 -0700, com
| (AntwainBarbour) wrote:
|
| >Dan <net> wrote in message
news:<com>...
| >> Just completed my first full-tank mileage check on the Magnum RT.
| >> With mostly in-town driving, I got right at 18 mpg. This was using
| >> the recommended 89 octane, brand X gasoline. And this was not holding
| >> back whenever I wanted to feel the "HEMI" horsepower.
| >>
| >> This is about the same mileage reported by a friend with the 3.5L V6,
| >> running 87 octane.
| >>
| >> YMMV.
| >
| >Is that about what you were expecting? Were you okay with that? It
| >doesn't sound too bad to me. In fact, I'd be happy with that right
| >now compared to what I'm driving. How many gallons does the tank
| >hold?
|