gas mileage on older Saturns

I am facing driving a much longer commute and would like to get an older Saturn (1991-95) with a stick shift. What kind of gas mileage do these get, city vs. highway?

My brother has a 92 sl2 with an automatic and it gets 25 city/35 highway. I would think the stick shift would be even better.

With the price of gas so high, I think this is a good option. I can't see buying a new hybrid that will cost $$$ in a few years when the batteries need to be replaced.

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njot
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'95 SW with DOHC 4-cyl & automatic. I'm getting about 27-28 mpg in city driving. Of course, it's construction season here in San Antonio (and has been for at least ten years), so there is a lot of stop-wait-and-go driving involved.

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William Hughes

Base SL or SL1 will yeild an average of 40mpg on the highway and 25-30 in the city, ours did. DOHC expect 25-35 mpg.

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marx404

I had a 99 SL, SOHC, stick shift and usually got around 35 city and 40mpg on the hwy. Without A/C on I would get near 42 mpg on hwy.

I have a 97SLI, auto and get around 31 city and 39-40 hwy depending on A/C being on or off.

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mrichards

That's awesome. A new hybrid can't do much better than that.

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njot

Wow, you all must use a "heavy" foot. My '94 manual SL averaged just under 40 mpg *total* (perhaps 60% highway, 40% city) in cold weather and better than 40 mpg total in summer.

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Steve

Just imagine what an SL hybrid could do!

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Steve

My '02 SL SOHC gets me appx 46MPG (imperial) on the highway in winters and summers (with AC on) and 50MPG (imperial) on the highway in spring & fall (when temperatur is between 10-20 degress Celcius.

One tip to help mileage is to overinflate the tires. I use 34psi. Also, keeping speed under 110KM/h and early shifting (shift @ 2000RPM) helps.

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Joe Blow

Be careful with MPG figures on the web ... Canadian gallons are quite-a-bit bigger than US gallons. (like the football fields) The miles are the same ... they just seem longer in Canada. jt

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_jj_

I have a 95 SL-1 with auto. When I first got a number of years ago, it got 38-40 on the highway. Mid 30s in town which doesn't have a lot of stop and go

We love it.

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anutforyou

A VW diesel rabbit will do a lot better ;)

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Nick Hull

My 2002 SL1 SOHC 1.9 with Auto trans. is getting me about 40 mpg (Imperial) with mixed - but more highway - driving. Winter time - about 38. I suspect straight highway driving would still be well short of 50. 44 maybe ? jt

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_jj_

i have a 97 sl, standard xmission. it has 136500 km. i get 520 km with 40 liters ( more or less full tank; 75% hwy + 25% city) . i don't know equvalents to usa imperial, so i'll leave to you the fun of working the equivalnet to mpg. good luck.

danielr.

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danielr

sorry, forgot to add, it's a sohc.

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danielr

40l / 520km = 13km/liter = 30.5778958 miles per gallon (US)

Calculations courtesy of OnlineConversion.com

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William Hughes

Steve, yea, I do have a heavy foot :-) but I was being conservative. Yes, you can get a steady 40mpg average from a base SL, many have. In heavy stop and go traffic like I had back home in FL, it went down though, where I live now in the boonies, my mileage went way up!

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marx404

Right. I don't see the payback on the hybrids. Mostly payouts especially when it comes to repairs. MR

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mrichards

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