Re: Gas Milage

[Robert Smith <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am getting high 40's doing 80+mph highway driving.

Burt Barrett wrote:

> Hi there fellow STERS
>
> I have just noticed that my 99 ST is getting an honest 50 MPG.  This
> happened suddenly.  I changed my oil at 4500 miles, from a partial synthetic
> (Motol) to a full synthetic (Motul300V)
> The next tank was about 43mpg, which is what I had been getting.(40/43)  The
> next tank was 49.25.  The next tank was 48 and some change, and for me to
> get 50-I would have had to drive 6 more miles-which I think Big Red would
> have done with no additional gas.                     Is everyone else
> getting 50mpg?  Is the milage increase due to the synthetic oil?  Or is the
> ST just getting broke in.  I had ridden it on a 150 Mile trip, speeds of
> 75/85
> with a head /cross wind. Gassed up at the halfway point, and noticed the
> 49mpg.  The next tank was the 48mpg tank.
>
> Burt &
> Big Red
>
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