beat me to it. I have enough troubles getting my SC2 up some of he hills outside of Pittsburgh. If you live where it's flat, I'm sure it's fine. But where bones lives in WV, I'll bet it revs a lot and goes nowhere in a hurry

 

how did you saturn hold up on the tail? thought about going out there sometime

 

i average about 100-150 miles per 1/4 tank on my 02 sl2. thats no a/c with hills on two lanes and city driving. btw any one know what kind of hp a 3rd DOHC SL2 gets?

 

124hp

 

thank you derf, i wasnt aware that these little monsters had that much power being a 1.9

 

I just did 441 with the Saturn and it was just fine. However it did lose momentum on some hills making me wish for ten more HP. Then there was the little issue of the engine grenading while engine braking.
Also the long wheelbase made some tight turns worrying events.

 

With my 135 mile per day commute last week, I managed 41.1 mpg averaging 70 mph and no ac on. I'll take that any day considering the same size car won't get that today.

 

Yeah, cars here tend to use more fuel than in other areas... The S series we had(SOHC/auto) gave us just about 30-32mpg, and liked to be near 3k RPM...

The Chevy Cruze we had(1.4T/6T45) gave us an average of 28mpg, with lots of freeway at 75-80mph

Our Subaru Impreza gives us 31-34mpg under similar driving conditions(that FB20/CVT combo does friggin great), and the engine usually stays between 2-3k...

My L61 powered Malibu(with the 4T45 trans) only gives me 23-24mpg, but I usually drive 5-10 miles over the speed limit(except in town), cross three major hills between home and work, and that poor engine lives between 3-5k...

 

My SW2 is good for 35 mpg on the highway with the AC off. About 34 with it on.

 

My 94 SC2 would average 32MPG with A/C on Road trips. State Speed limit 75MPH. But it had to be run in cruise control and it is an automatic. With out cruise I could never get it to average that well.
At the same time a friend had a 1999 5 speed sedan that regularly got in the 40's on the same trips. I never figured the difference out other than the 5 speed was more efficient and probably GM got better at engine management algorithms.