Just got a 98 ls... :d
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When you WOT your LS gas mileage will be around 10-11mpg, thats a fact.. highway cruising will be around 21 ish.. i drive very very aggressively.. so even on the highway i average around 18ish.. i just got the car, so i'm still on my first tank, but i've been testing what the engine can do and so far its around 10.1 haha.. my bud's got a 98 and the way he drives his gas mileage is even worse. I'm sure once i get bored of the car i'll start to drive it normally and i'll get around 18-19mpg
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On long Interstate trips at 65-70 mph, my 00 LS usually averages between 26.5 and 27.5 mpg -- sometimes a little less with a headwind and over 30 mpg with a stiff tailwind when driving from Tulsa to Kansas City.
By the way, "power mode" has no effect on either gas mileage or acceleration times -- well documented in automobile magazine tests of LS400's during the 1990's.
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well, i've never officially filled up the tank yet, it had about 1/10th left of the tank when i got it, i filled it up to half way and have been WOTing the car for awhile (just having some fun with it), i guess i'll fill it up and see how it averages under normal driving conditions. BTW I find it hard to believe that power mode does nothing, there seems to be a lot more aggressive shifting especially on first and second gear while under power mode. Also throttle response seems definitely more responsive which leads to a quicker 60 time, at least that is what it feels like. I was racing my friend's 2010 TL and with it off, we were neck and neck, under power mode i took him off the line and stayed half a length ahead.
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. BTW I find it hard to believe that power mode does nothing, there seems to be a lot more aggressive shifting especially on first and second gear while under power mode. Also throttle response seems definitely more responsive which leads to a quicker 60 time, at least that is what it feels like.
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Thanks for the input, i'll full up the tank, and report back! btw, i found a 1990 LS400 with 100k miles for 1800 near me..timing belt done at 80k.... tempting to get another really is..eesh ha, if insurance didnt' exist i swear i'd have 50 cars..haha
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