Originally Posted by ding0k

You guys are all nuts.

I live in Houston, TX (pretty flat area) and I bought my CSRT-4 a month ago. Driving only on city roads (no highway), my tanks average 17-19 MPG. If I sprinkle in some highway here and there, my tanks average 21-24.

This 30 MPG that people are reporting is pretty nuts. You'd have to restrict yourself to 55-60 and do very slow acceleration. If you're like me, and you buy the SRT-4 because you actually *like* driving fast, you're not going to top 25 on a tank, ever. (That's averaging 80 or so on the highway, and not being cautious on the side streets.)

Those of you that are getting 35 with an SRT4, I ask you: why on earth did you buy a fast car if you're not going to drive it? I could get 40 MPG in a civic hybrid driving faster and more aggressive than you'd have to drive to get 35 in a CSRT-4.

These numbers I'm reporting are all from trip calc and fillups. I've tested the dash readout and it's always 1 or 2 MPG off. It biases toward the kind of instantaneous mileage you get when you reset.