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Old 01-22-2006 | 11:55 AM
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Good Lord people. The lowest we've ever gotten is around 280 per tank.
Old 01-22-2006 | 03:37 PM
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Seeing as though I'm a wimp and all, whenever that orange light says hi I usually go to the nearest station. any idea on how long it really takes before you REALLY get empty? I'd rather not get stuck on the side of the road testing this, lest I'd be abused by the wifey ;p
Old 01-22-2006 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Miros
Seeing as though I'm a wimp and all, whenever that orange light says hi I usually go to the nearest station. any idea on how long it really takes before you REALLY get empty? I'd rather not get stuck on the side of the road testing this, lest I'd be abused by the wifey ;p

About 30-35 miles of city driving, and 40-50 on the highway, I believe.


I can't believe that some people here are actually only getting 120-160 miles per tank, short drive to work or not.
Old 01-22-2006 | 05:18 PM
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most ever 303 ... with the enough light glowing brightly .... still had 1.6 gallons in the tank when I filled up ... enough for another 30 miles or so
Old 01-22-2006 | 05:31 PM
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16-18 MPG usual for me. I do drive rather fast too. Two tanks ago I averaged a little over 19 MPG driving mainly highway at slower speeds. Woo hoo!
Old 01-23-2006 | 10:39 AM
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301 here...drive 50 miles to work one way and back.Usually drive 75 mph-80mph......20 mpg is the best so far with my car only having 955 miles on her. I am hoping it will go up a little after break in......
Old 01-23-2006 | 10:50 AM
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i drive like the roads a race track and i end up with 10-12mpg...its what it is. Nnothing is wrong with my car. Highways are much nicer to my gas tank though.
Old 01-23-2006 | 12:47 PM
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I got 24 mpg last year on a long highway drive. Went 320 miles and the light had yet to come on so I filled up anyway.
Old 01-23-2006 | 12:54 PM
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From: I've shaken off the sands of SouthWest Asia and returned to Houston and Gulfport, MS
Originally Posted by ImPmpnU2
i usually average about 200 - 240 on a tank... closer to 240 if i travel about 100 on the highway. i would love to get 300+ on a tank, damn must be f'ing nice
Slow down to under 3500 rpm (70 mph) and you'll probably see 300+. 'Course there's nothing "f'ing nice" about driving that slow.
Old 01-23-2006 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by RotoRocket
About 30-35 miles of city driving, and 40-50 on the highway, I believe.


I can't believe that some people here are actually only getting 120-160 miles per tank, short drive to work or not.
These are pretty good numbers. I routinely drive well past the warning light, knowing that I should have 3 gallons left. But I have been surprised (and embarrassed) once or twice.
Old 01-23-2006 | 03:19 PM
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about 315km or 195miles per tank with 80%/20% between city/hwy...

so averages out to be around 15MPG...probably can push to 17MPG if I continue to drive w/ the fuel indicator ON...
Old 01-23-2006 | 04:37 PM
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i went to TN and back from florida last week, on one tank, I got 270 something miles to 1/4 tank, 11.016 ( 24.5 mpg ) gallon fill. ( to georgia ) and then from there to columbia SC, I got 307 miles to gaslight, 13.52 gallons.. ( 22.7 mpg ).. those were my trip best, as the return trip back i stayed near 20 mpg as I kept it over 100 mph for about 1/3 of the trip, and averaged 80+ mph...

on trips I usually fill till it overflows and spray out so it was FULL.... that's as close to accurate mileage as I can get.

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Old 01-23-2006 | 04:54 PM
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I just got 24 mpg on an all-highway tank. Most of that was between 70 and 75 mph (65 and 70 zones); windows up, no AC (obviously); best so far for me.
Old 01-23-2006 | 04:57 PM
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Work is about 1 mile from my home too.. I get GREAT gas mileage...


Ever since I started commuting to work by bike At 1mile you'll get there in about the same (or less time) and wouldn't have time to build up a sweat yet!

Originally Posted by lurch519
i used to get 20 plus per gallon, over 300 per tank, but that was when i was driving 50 miles to work, then 50 miles back, each day. now i am 1 mile from work, and get maybe, maybe, 120 per tank. oh well, now i am filling up less than twice every 2 weeks.
Old 01-23-2006 | 05:01 PM
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He's in delaware, driving 1 mile.. then shutting off. He probably lets it warm up for a few minutes before he leaves in the morning, etc.. you get horrible mileage for short trips..


When I drove to work I would get about 150 at 1/4 tank.
Old 01-24-2006 | 02:06 PM
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its called cold weather, i have a remote start that runs for 12 minutes then shuts off. so short trips, lousy winter fuel, and loving the sound of the aem every once in a while adds up to lousy fuel economy
Old 01-24-2006 | 05:10 PM
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I got 310 miles out of a tank once, and the light hadn't even come on yet! But we were in Canada, and it wa snowing, so we gave in and filled it up so we didn't strand ourselves somewhere.
Old 01-24-2006 | 05:28 PM
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Okay, I get all of that except the 'aem' acronym. a.e.m.? What's that? You mean the shift beep? The aftermarket exhaust note at high rpms?
his AEM cold air intake....
Old 01-24-2006 | 05:30 PM
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and i got 291 miles last night, filled up to 14.8 gallons, so just under 20mpg
Old 01-24-2006 | 05:52 PM
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the best i got on highway was 26 miles/ cdn gallons
Old 01-24-2006 | 07:17 PM
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Are those Metric miles?! I have about 1/8 tank left and just now hit 185miles.
Old 01-24-2006 | 07:56 PM
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a mile is a mile..... there's no metric miles.. now you could say use nautical miles. but most people use knots instead...


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