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Old 27th April 2012, 16:29   #11
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I made 280 once, and it scared the be-jesus out of me how low the needle was. I hate running low, but there were no exits with service stations for almost 20 miles
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Old 27th April 2012, 16:55   #12
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The best I achieved was 392 miles on one tank of fuel in a 6 Speed between Maryland and Rhode Island.
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Old 28th April 2012, 07:19   #13
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You guys that got over 300 miles per tank, please change your on board computers from Km to Miles please. Thank you. hahahahah
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Old 28th April 2012, 07:21   #14
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they should have made p400 mode actually do something, like shut down a couple cylinders for highway cruising.
Or how hard was it to implement and start/stop system to help save gas on city driving? Fwy mpgs is ok with me, but city mpgs is the pits!
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Old 28th April 2012, 07:22   #15
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You guys that got over 300 miles per tank, please change your on board computers from Km to Miles please. Thank you. hahahahah

^I'm with JT on this one. I'm lucky to get 180mi, then again I'm never in P400...
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Old 28th April 2012, 15:33   #16
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^I'm with JT on this one. I'm lucky to get 180mi, then again I'm never in P400...
From what I understand, P400 does absolutely nothing for fuel economy. Not sure why it exists, for that matter.
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Old 28th April 2012, 17:28   #17
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I got 1165 miles from Sartonburg to Mass. on the back of a flat bed.....
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I got 1165 miles from Sartonburg to Mass. on the back of a flat bed.....
Unless someone's done the European delivery or similar I think you might be the winner. Haha
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I hit 303 once... have hit 280 with the supercharger :-)
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I test drove a m5 on p400....such a waste of time. lol
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