Gas Mileage Question
11-08-2003, 08:16 PM
#46
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Location: L.I., N.Y.
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Originally posted by NewbieWar
what are u making fun of people?
if i got 19-22 id be so happy
and i care about the second decemal because usually its always 12 so i wanna know if the decimal is increasing or not, weather im suffering thro hot heat w/o the a/c for no reason
what are u making fun of people?
if i got 19-22 id be so happy
and i care about the second decemal because usually its always 12 so i wanna know if the decimal is increasing or not, weather im suffering thro hot heat w/o the a/c for no reason
Newbie,
Do you read the posts you reply to?
What are you talking about?
11-10-2003, 07:45 AM
#47
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Location: North Augusta, S.C.
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I have read many posts about how much people are getting to the tank. However, the variable are never constant in people's posts. I can tell you that I get 220 miles to the tank. But here is how it breaks down.
1. Whenever the guage starts to read under the halfway mark, I fill her up. (approx. 11-12) gallons.
2. Write down the miles on the odometer and trip odometer and reset the trip.
3. I do some math and recording to keep track.
What I am saying is that I don't let my tank get close to empty to figure out what I am getting per tank. I don't care how many miles I get to the tank, I care about how many miles I get to the gallon. BTW, it calculates out to 19 - 19.5 mpg. Most tags I have ever seen on sports cars GENERALLY will say 17 city / 23 hwy. If I get anywhere in that range, I'm happy go lucky.
1. Whenever the guage starts to read under the halfway mark, I fill her up. (approx. 11-12) gallons.
2. Write down the miles on the odometer and trip odometer and reset the trip.
3. I do some math and recording to keep track.
What I am saying is that I don't let my tank get close to empty to figure out what I am getting per tank. I don't care how many miles I get to the tank, I care about how many miles I get to the gallon. BTW, it calculates out to 19 - 19.5 mpg. Most tags I have ever seen on sports cars GENERALLY will say 17 city / 23 hwy. If I get anywhere in that range, I'm happy go lucky.
11-10-2003, 04:42 PM
#49
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 28
I've actually been coast to coast in my car
I've gotten as much as 350+ miles and still had some to go. I did a tune up about two years ago when I got my car and if I do a lot of in town driving the gas mileage tends to steadily go down. After a lot of intown driving it takes an hour trip on the highway to get the gas mileage back up and clean everything out.
Just recently I filled up when I was between a 1/4 and E. My car was sitting on a pretty good slope passenger side low. I put almost 17 Gallons in and I couldn't believe it! I normally put in between 13-14 gallons and get anywhere between 180-250 on a tank city/highway.
Just some food for thought I can get 80-100 miles before the needle starts so come off the full mark
even doing 80-90mph average. Also its about 2 gallons to go at 1/4 and about 5 gallons at half tank. Roughly 10 gallons at the full mark. About 5 above the full mark. Just from what I've callculated. So basically at the 3/4 mark you should know what to expect on the bottom end of the tank.
I've gotten as much as 350+ miles and still had some to go. I did a tune up about two years ago when I got my car and if I do a lot of in town driving the gas mileage tends to steadily go down. After a lot of intown driving it takes an hour trip on the highway to get the gas mileage back up and clean everything out.Just recently I filled up when I was between a 1/4 and E. My car was sitting on a pretty good slope passenger side low. I put almost 17 Gallons in and I couldn't believe it! I normally put in between 13-14 gallons and get anywhere between 180-250 on a tank city/highway.
Just some food for thought I can get 80-100 miles before the needle starts so come off the full mark
even doing 80-90mph average. Also its about 2 gallons to go at 1/4 and about 5 gallons at half tank. Roughly 10 gallons at the full mark. About 5 above the full mark. Just from what I've callculated. So basically at the 3/4 mark you should know what to expect on the bottom end of the tank.
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