I drive secondary roads almost all the time, speed mostly from 45 to 55 and have to slow down for towns along the way, get consistent 28 to 29 mpg in my 02 GT. I think the lower gearing helps in my case because the transmission stays in 4th gear and the TC stays locked up when I'm going up a hill, and there are lots of those in Maine.
I recently experienced the plugged cat syndrome and 20gtp02 is 100% right about noticing a difference...it was 5 mpg for me
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2004 Grand Prix, no mods.