"since it doesn't have a lockup converter"

Why do you say that?? Almost (maybe) all modern Auto xmissions have TQ
lockup. It just unlocks on a strain (up hill or calling for power).

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"Tom" <tjwitman@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Matt,
> You know I really didn't pay much attention to the RPM's because they vary
> up and down grades since it doesn't have a lockup converter.

> st it for you. The hills in Va and W. V. are pretty impressive too.
> "Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
> news:30kJh.3104$Oc.171753@news1.epix.net...
>> Tom wrote:
>>> To add to the oft asked question about fuel mileage for Sonata's, I just
>>> completed a 1400 mile trip with almost all of it on interstates through
>>> the mountains of Virginia and W. Va. as well as S.C., N.C, and Pa. I
>>> have a 2006 Sonata LX 4 cyl Automatic. I topped off when I left and
>>> returned and kept records of intermediate fillup amounts. Using GPS, I
>>> took the actual mileage covered and divided it by the actual gallons. I
>>> came up with 33.91 miles per gallon. Surprisingly, the on-board
>>> computer said 34.0 miles per gallon, which is darn close. My 'traveling
>>> average speed' was 67.9 mph. My tire pressures cold were set at 35psi,
>>> which is higher than recommended but that's another story about
>>> 'recommended' tire pressures. Don't want to start that up again. )
>>> Anyway, that's what you can expect under the conditions above. I went
>>> from Georgia up to Reading, Pa. It was cold up there and I even got to
>>> shovel some snow....... I thought I left that crap behind me when I
>>> moved south..
>>
>> Tom, about what RPM are you turning at say 60 MPH? I've never gotten
>> above 32 MPG on the highway with my 4 cylinder with manual transmission.
>> I'm wondering if the overall drive ratio is a little lower in the
>> automatic. My trips have all been on I-80 in western PA which is fairly
>> hilly which probably costs me 1-2 MPG as well.
>>
>>
>> Matt
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