A little help needed - can anyone tell me how to find the original mpg on an older model car?

Dover

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Fri Apr-02-10 07:08 PM
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A little help needed - can anyone tell me how to find the original mpg on an older model car?

My neighbor had a 1988 Mazda 626 LX Hatchback and says the fuel economy was excellent.

We were discussing it because I had recently seen one with low miles for sale in a used car lot and so wanted to see if this was true.

I tried to find the mpg for that model in a google search but came up empty. Can anyone help me with this?

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flvegan

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Fri Apr-02-10 07:10 PM
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1. Here

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/4589.shtml

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Dover

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Fri Apr-02-10 07:50 PM
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2. Lol! I actually posted a link to this site earlier today in this forum!

D'oh! Don't know why it didn't occur to me to use it.

Thanks!

That's not very high mileage even by the old mpg standards. I'm surprised and am gonna print this
out to show my neighbor.

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flvegan

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Fri Apr-02-10 07:55 PM
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3. Keep in mind, it's not WHAT you drive, it's HOW you drive.

26 mpg may not be that great, but if you drive conservatively, you're MPG will be much better. Not that I'm advocating hypermiling...which I find annoying in most traffic situations.

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sfwriter

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Sat Apr-03-10 01:16 AM
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4. The 1982 World's Fair was full of high MPG cars...

Many getting 44 to 50 MPG.

http://www.mpgomatic.com/2007/10/09/1982-a-banner-year-for-high-mpg-cars/

It was in my home town.

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OKIsItJustMe

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Sat Apr-03-10 02:11 AM
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5. Been there, saw that, still wear the T-shirts

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Kolesar

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Sat Apr-03-10 06:10 PM
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6. That editor disses my GM A-car, which never had a 4.3L V6 like he claims

The engines were 2.5L, 2.8L, and 3.1L in 1990.

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