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Some Highway and Mountain Driving
MPG Figures updated in Original Post of this thread. Also, note that I added a description of my "Commuter Miles" since my commute includes a good portion of highway speeds rather than typical "City Mileage". EPA style city driving is really a small percentage of my daily commute, although there is a significant amount of stop and go.
Spent Memorial Day doing some highway driving. I averaged close to 35MPG during this driving, which included mostly highway speeds between 65 and 75MPH. This also included about 50 miles of driving in the NC mountains in either sport or manual mode.
I have to say, the FR-S sticks to the road like its on rails! I was consistently holding a speed of 45 - 65MPH through two lane twisty roads that were posted at 35MPH or lower with constant left/right turns and switchbacks. In both Sport and Manual mode the AT did a great job of handling itself around the curves. Only real time I had to slow down was due to traffic.
The AT also does a good job of engine braking on the way down, but you have to manually drop it, it does not manage it well itself. No real surprise there, I don't think.
For those that know the area, I was driving the back roads around Lake Lure and Chimney Rock in NC.
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