Average mileage for a stock 3.2 S?

[Michiganstar]

Originally Posted by shadrach74

Greetings folks,

I've seen a few of 986 S owners on this board claim avg mileage in the mid to high 20s. I've run about tanks through my car and have never done better than 19.5mpg. O2s have been replaced as has the air filter. What do you typically average?

Wow thats low! Is this purely town driving and no longer runs? I easily see 27-29mpg on average. On a recent trip at a fairly constant 90-95mph it still returned 28.8 over the whole 140 mile journey. Mine is a bone stock 260 lump run on 98 Octane Super Unleaded.