How’s your gas mileage?

[Back2Gas]

everything past the first sentence is wrong

But the manual does say 87 is okay lol

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[Stratman397]

If I'm not mistaken, I saw a caption on a @All Terrain NAtion video where they got 24 highway MPG driving their car from MI to TN.

That's right about what Ford advertises.

Depends on how you drive it. If you put cruise control on that helps

 

[Stratman397]

I just cracked 450 mikes on my Mustang GT yesterday. It’s been a combo of local driving with a bit of highway mileage. Yesterday I made a roughly 160 mile round trip drive that was primarily two lane highways. When I got home I looked at my average gas mileage and I was sitting at 20.8. Frankly I’m really happy with that number.

That’s what my 6 cylinder jeep grand Cherokee averages

 

[Stratman397]

Personally I would bump it up it up to at least 91 or 93. Manual says 87 is ok. It is a high performance engine and over time will be detrimental to your engine. This was discussed thoroughly in June and consensus was the higher the better. Try a tank or 2 you will feel the difference.

But the news confirms that the Dark Horse is the most powerful non-Shelby Mustang ever. The original first look review continues below. the 2024 Mustang Dark Horse requires premium unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 91 or higher.

 

[Stratman397]

news confirms that the Dark Horse is the most powerful non-Shelby Mustang ever. The original first look review continues below. the 2024 Mustang Dark Horse requires premium unleaded gasoline with an octane rating of 91 or higher.

What gas does Ford recommend for Mustang GT?
91 octane is recommended and for best performance both power and economy wise as the coyote is a high compression engine which yields benefits to efficiency when it can utilize its maximum compression.

 

[Stratman397]

I’m not sure what the dealership put into it at delivery, but I’ve used 89 octane the two fill ups that I’ve had to do so far

What gas does Ford recommend for Mustang GT?
91 octane is recommended and for best performance both power and economy wise as the coyote is a high compression engine which yields benefits to efficiency when it can utilize its maximum compression.

 

[Stratman397]

I just rolled my 24’ GT to 657 miles tonight. I’m averaging 17.6mpg, I’m doing a lot of stop and go driving as well as I’m not being super gentle on the car throttle wise. Not saying I’m mashing it everywhere but if the roads are curvy I definitely get speed going and play like it’s meant to play. Figured ford said run it how it should be ran, no break in needed so I’m holding them to the test lol.

I will still do a break in

I just rolled my 24’ GT to 657 miles tonight. I’m averaging 17.6mpg, I’m doing a lot of stop and go driving as well as I’m not being super gentle on the car throttle wise. Not saying I’m mashing it everywhere but if the roads are curvy I definitely get speed going and play like it’s meant to play. Figured ford said run it how it should be ran, no break in needed so I’m holding them to the test lol.

everything I am reading says ford says you should do break in on them. Either 100 city or 1000 highway. I will do a break in, as hard as it may be, considering I only put 7000 miles on my Audi in close to 2 years

 

[Stratman397]

I find these numbers a bit disturbing. My 96 GT gets around 22 miles per gallon in town and the run between Los Angles and Phoenix I was able to get an even 30 miles per gallon. The RPMs for a given speed will pretty well match up with my new Dark Horse.
Now I am an easy driver. I set the cruse control at the speed limit and don't touch the brakes or gas unless traffic forces me to. I would have hoped in that in 27 years Ford might have improved the milage at least a little. I will find out in a few weeks when my car shows up.

On new ones they say don’t use cruise control for first 1000 miles

 

[Arno_ecobeast]

No, the new engine is almost 2.5 times more powerful. The original 4.6 GT engine output just a little over 200 horsepower. It was a lot and earned you higher insurance rates but even economy cars generate that much or more horsepower today.

well then you've answered your own complaints right? same mileage, but 2.5 times the output.... lol amazin

 

[friscoaggie]

I just rolled my 24’ GT to 657 miles tonight. I’m averaging 17.6mpg, I’m doing a lot of stop and go driving as well as I’m not being super gentle on the car throttle wise. Not saying I’m mashing it everywhere but if the roads are curvy I definitely get speed going and play like it’s meant to play. Figured ford said run it how it should be ran, no break in needed so I’m holding them to the test lol.

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From online 2024 Mustang Owners Manual.

Breaking-In


Your vehicle requires a break-in period. For the first 1,000 mi (1,600 km), avoid driving at high speeds, heavy braking, aggressive shifting or using your vehicle to tow. During this time, your vehicle may exhibit some unusual driving characteristics.

 

[Carter1776]

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From online 2024 Mustang Owners Manual.

Breaking-In


Your vehicle requires a break-in period. For the first 1,000 mi (1,600 km), avoid driving at high speeds, heavy braking, aggressive shifting or using your vehicle to tow. During this time, your vehicle may exhibit some unusual driving characteristics.

I read the whole thing but to be honest I'm sure I was word blind when I hit that portion, I've not had a dingle hiccup so far, just rolled 700 miles earlier

 

[friscoaggie]

I read the whole thing but to be honest I'm sure I was word blind when I hit that portion, I've not had a dingle hiccup so far, just rolled 700 miles earlier

What's weird is I downloaded the PDF when it came out and I don't find anything on break-in except for tires, but if you search for "break" in the on-line version you will see what I quoted. So maybe they updated it, I have not downloaded the PDF lately.

 

[Carter1776]

What's weird is I downloaded the PDF when it came out and I don't find anything on break-in except for tires, but if you search for "break" in the on-line version you will see what I quoted. So maybe they updated it, I have not downloaded the PDF lately.

Yeah I could have swore I didn't see it at first

 

[Aramis76]

Yeah I could have swore I didn't see it at first

You're not crazy. I reached out to Ford support when i noticed it wasn't in there and they admitted it was missed on the first revision and seem to have added it now.

 

[Carter1776]

You're not crazy. I reached out to Ford support when i noticed it wasn't in there and they admitted it was missed on the first revision and seem to have added it now.

we need as a whole to start a petition to get our strut cross brace GT badges, i included have seen a lot of people saying they are missing that badge.

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