> Just got back from a 800 mile highway trip for which I rented a Monte Carlo
> from Alamo. The car had the 3.5L OHV V6. Trip was half expressway @ 70 mph
> and half two-lane highway @ 60 mph.
>
> The car averaged 34.5 mpg which amazed me. Such a big barge with a fairly
> simple engine getting such excellent mileage is really good. GM does some
> things very well.
>
> My daily driver is a 2003 330i BMW and when I took it on the same trip two
> years ago it did slightly worse (33 mpg) with a lower weight, smaller engine
> (3L), and a manual transmission working in its favor. Plus I kept it at 65
> mph on the expressways instead of 70 mph.
Nice! My best GM mileage is in a Cobalt with 34 mpg on flat straight freeways, 70 mph. The somewhat lighter Chevrolet Malibu Maxx with the
3.5 engine normally gives me around 26 mpg. Last month I had a regular Malibu with the 4 cyl at 33 mpg on the freeway. The Monte with the 8 cyl gave me 19 avg, 16 in town, 24 freeway.