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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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Maybe its my old age but my 07 ES 350 seems to be getting less mileage after two years than a year ago. It is still respectable. Maybe its the winter fuel formula or a dirty air cleaner but it has 24K miles on it. Onn a trip with three in the car it gets around 27 mpg at 70. Around town it is 20 mpg. Last year in similar driving it got 22/29 respectively. So it dropped about 2 mpg. Has anyone else experienced the same results?
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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Maybe its my old age but my 07 ES 350 seems to be getting less mileage after two years than a year ago. It is still respectable. Maybe its the winter fuel formula or a dirty air cleaner but it has 24K miles on it. Onn a trip with three in the car it gets around 27 mpg at 70. Around town it is 20 mpg. Last year in similar driving it got 22/29 respectively. So it dropped about 2 mpg. Has anyone else experienced the same results?
We just returned from a trip to FL and were getting 30-32 mpg at 70-80 mph with two people and a full trunk. Most of it was closer to the 30 than the 32. This was per the cars computer. When I've checked it manually, it's usually about 1 mpg less than the computer.

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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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When comparing current gas mileage with previous you should keep in mind the increasing use of alcohol in new gas. Alcohol blends will deliver poorer mileage than straight gasoline.

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