fewest miles on one tank of gas? :)

[buttdart]

my first tank of gas was gone in 2 days and i only managed to drive 220 miles before the light came on. ooops.


the last 3 tanks have lasted about 260-270 miles before the light comes on.


well?

[Shane5425]

Mine last about 260 miles before i fill up, and i fill at at
1\4 of a tank

[wisniaPl]

120 is normal in my car city driving...I usually get 160 in city

[Shane5425]

do you drive iwth you foot in the floor everywhere you go?

[MS3077]

You guys are getting like hybrid gas mileage.

I'd rather stomp on the loud pedal burn some fuel and have a good time. What's the fun in shifting at below 3 grand?

[MS3077]

120 is normal in my car city driving...I usually get 160 in city


This man drives his car! (cool)

I think I get around 200 miles before the fuel light comes on. But I'm like you I don't pussy foot this thing to save gas. I would've bought a civic for that.

[Shane5425]

hey, i beleive in fun driving, but on the highway, once you get to 60, and no one there to pass.. you tend to just cruise

lol

[Antoniogut]

hey, i beleive in fun driving, but on the highway, once you get to 60, and no one there to pass.. you tend to just cruise

lol

+1

I'm still on my first tank and I'm at around 250...I love the speed rush dont get me wrong but whats funny is that...I've always wanted a quick car...and now that I have it...I kinda..well dont use it unless 'needed'...its nice to know I have it but I dont necessarily need to (drive2) everywhere I go...

[FrequentFlyer]

120 is normal in my car city driving...I usually get 160 in city

I think you have a hole in your tank. (poke)

[wisniaPl]

do you drive iwth you foot in the floor everywhere you go?

no this is economic driving mostly...sometimes flor it...if i really try to go easy under 3 k rpms i can get 160 170 on the tank Once i was driving like crazy and i did 100 miles on whole tank :P
and yes no highway miles just city stop and lights hat I love:p

[Shane5425]

dude, something in wrong with your car... if i shift under 3000rpms, i get 260 to 280 miles a tank..

[GhostMercury]

i get like 300 miles per tank.

This tak i have floored it around alot so im at 130 miles at half. so like 260 the whole thing so i guess its still better then you guys.

What i have found it that "spirited"(a median between fun and chillen) is when i actually get the best mileage. I press the peddle to accelerate just before boost, and then it doesn't jug the engine and keeps momentum to maintain good mpg.

[major error]

It also depends on how much ethanol is in the gas...

[buttdart]

You guys are getting like hybrid gas mileage.

I'd rather stomp on the loud pedal burn some fuel and have a good time. What's the fun in shifting at below 3 grand?

i don't drive in the city too often. most of my driving is done in 4th/5th gear at 50mph.

i do get on it often, just depends on my mood i suppose. i'm sure if i hit boost on every shift that i could blow through a tank in 120 miles too. :D

[wisniaPl]

I tank 93octane and dont do any highway miles i dont know whats wrong but i would like do get 200 per tank i ussualy get 90 at half tank and im trying to drive slow

[SPEED305]

i just filled up yesterday, with 190.
and I work only 4 miles away!! every morning it sees some heavy loads!!

[Savate]

OMG! I just saw $3.89 a gallon. gonna have to treat my baby like an old lady now. (encourage

[Super Unique]

i just filled up yesterday, with 190.
and I work only 4 miles away!! every morning it sees some heavy loads!!

I would be very careful with that short commute and dropping the hammer on a regular basis. That's not far enough for it to warm up completely. Fuel in the oil is BAD BAD BAD.....

[aaronc7]

~300 a tank pretty consistently.

[Mspeed3]

with city driving a behaving I can get 240-260, but with highway only I've hit 320. If Im on it in the city 180-215

[redspeed3tk]

220 normal every day 200 if someone eggs me on and long trips im only at 250 ha i guess that open road just begs...if u get 320 a tank you forgot the speed part of the car ..mitas well trade for a regular 3

[dkswim]

well i normaly can get 220 out of it i fill up from 1/4 to full. but i think the more inportant Q is what everyones calculated MPG is, not what the car displays, that display is off.

[Je5ter]

The lowest I ever got was 160 miles per tank. On average though I get 187 miles..... All inner city dirving...

[Mocoso]

Lowest I ever got was 130 and that was after a full track day - average close to 300+ but Im doing mostly hwy nowadays...

[wisniaPl]

wow im pissed my best in city was 180

[clos561]

You guys are getting like hybrid gas mileage.

I'd rather stomp on the loud pedal burn some fuel and have a good time. What's the fun in shifting at below 3 grand?

i shift below 2k! lol this bitch averages 27+ when i granny it....

[GhostMercury]

dam some of you must floor it EVERYWHERE. cause you guys gets some shitty mpg

[chacon101]

I got like 170 once but it was within the first couple of months. Normal for me is like 220 but the longer I have this car, the better gas mileage I am getting. My last tank was 253 which included "spirited" highway driving.

[ill_eagle94]

Mid 200's per tank on average. I've gone over 300, but only with a bunch of highway and no spirited driving.

[MS3077]

If you're getting over 20mpg in this car unless your driving is mostly hwy there is some serious pussy footing going on.

Yes the MPG display is totall crap! If it says your getting 20MPG substract 3MPG at least. 20 = around 16-17mpg.

[LaCroix08]

Heh, I also get around 300, maybe more.
My ms3 is my daily driver and I only fill up once maybe every 3 weeks?

[MS3077]

I think I spend about $200.00USD a month on gas

[wisniaPl]

Its pointles to save gas in my case i dont care its a sports car....

[FrequentFlyer]

Its pointles to save gas in my case

I'm sure that's what all the people driving Hummers and Escalades as daily drivers say too.

[07SilverSpeed6]

I am only getting about 260 out of a tank on average. I have been "playing" with a RSX Type-S that a co-worker and I have been working on and I am about to hit 180 before fill up. Of course he reminds me he is getting 27 mpg right now. Damn Hondas (gun) I return the favor by letting him only see the taillights of my car. (first)

[MS3077]

I am only getting about 260 out of a tank on average. I have been "playing" with a RSX Type-S that a co-worker and I have been working on and I am about to hit 180 before fill up. Of course he reminds me he is getting 27 mpg right now. Damn Hondas (gun) I return the favor by letting him only see the taillights of my car. (first)

+1

[wisniaPl]

I did 140 on whole tank this weekend,Ithink is pretty good :p

[iredremix]

the fewest i got was like 220.. highway, city and flooring the hell outta my car

[MS3077]

the fewest i got was like 220.. highway, city and flooring the hell outta my car

Are you sure you got a Speed 3?

Also, you aren't going off the display in the car are you?
If you are subject about 3-3.5 MPG

[GhostMercury]

no the thing in the car is correct. you just don't look at it when you are accelerating up to speed. Going at a set mph it is correct. But if you stop alot you dont go from 0mpg to 30. you know what i mean

[MS3077]

no the thing in the car is correct. you just don't look at it when you are accelerating up to speed. Going at a set mph it is correct. But if you stop alot you dont go from 0mpg to 30. you know what i mean

Dude, the MPG display thing in the car is way off!

[unicef]

uhhh i don't know if they make them different in the US, but i just picked up my MS3 today and had 510 KM's (320 Mi) and the gas light wasn't even on yet... weird?

[Super Unique]

have any of you guys figured out the real mpg your getting?

Mine is brand new, but I have gone 100 miles, filled it and figured out the mileage to be 25mpg. This is on a brand new car, many times into the boost, and some mix of city / highway. According to my calculations I will be able to get somewhere north of 300 miles per tank @ this rate. Not bad for all the fun involved :) and much better than my old jeep, which got 200 miles per 16 gallon tank on a good day. 11 mpg was the average for that pig on wheels.

Time will tell what I get once it's fully broken in, rings seated and full power potential has been achieved....

[Nliiitend1]

I probably average about 180-200 miles before the light comes on, but there have been a couple tanks of exclusive "spirited" city driving where I only got ~135-140 miles before the light illuminated.

Driving exclusively on the highway, my actual mileage falls between 23-27 mpg.

[wisniaPl]

did 190 on mine this weekend but i drove like granny

[buttdart]

did 190 on mine this weekend but i drove like granny

190 and you drove like a granny?!

[AutoXRacer]

I get on average 260 miles per tank...or in between fills. Though I fill up every 3 days... :(

I'm spending over $300 a month on fuel; definitely well over $300... (bang)

[Super Unique]

I get on average 260 miles per tank...or in between fills. Though I fill up every 3 days... :(

I'm spending over $300 a month on fuel; definitely well over $300... (bang)

Thats cheap. I had a jeep before the speed3, and was spending over $600 a month on gas. (bike)

[GFish]

Thats cheap. I had a jeep before the speed3, and was spending over $600 a month on gas. (bike)

yea i have a jeep grand cherokee and i get 11mpg and have to put 93 into with all the modifications i have done to it. I get 209 miles for 19 gallons of gas i cant wait to get my ms3 delivered in june.

[wisniaPl]

190 and you drove like a granny?!

yea like granny city driving only and I always warm up the car for 10 minutes or so depends how much its needed

[Nliiitend1]

Wait, you let your car idle for 10 minutes, or you just don't pound on it for 10 minutes??

All of that idle time can add up, and can definitely adversely affect your mileage...

[GhostMercury]

weather affects my mpg for sure. colder it is the worse i get. (now this is only to a point, when im saying cold i mean 35 and below)

[wisniaPl]

when I star my car first time at the morning I always let her idle for a few minutes until I warmed up and evey other time I start her I let her idle for 30 seconds atleast and before I turn her of I alway let ehr idle for 1 min

[4thStroke]

I would rather lose a couple miles on a tank and let the car warm up properly. Idling a few minutes on start up may only lose a few miles on a tank. Your foot to the floor can go through mch more gas than idling for a few minutes.

Although... my brother in law slept in his Tundra one evening because he had been drinking... it went through a good 2/3 tank before he woke up.

Thats when you know youve let your car idle for too long. (doh)

[Silver Ecstasy]

I'm real eager to see how many miles I can get. My first tank I got 260 miles with 4 gallons still left.

[Nachtsturm]

I took a huge plummet in gas mileage when the winter hit.

I went from getting about 250 to about 180 a tank.

My commute is a little over a mile away. And don't drive it any different than any other car.

So I get about 16-17mpg. It is already doing better since the weather got wamer however. I have 130 miles on a half a tank.

I have had my car for almost a year and I am still under 2000 miles and bone stock.(band)

[tiegt]

so i drove it like i stole it on the way to my sisters house 430 miles away open highway middle of no where zipped up to 130-140 mph a few times got 18 mpg and on the way back i set cruse control and got 27 miles per gallon

[MS3077]

so i drove it like i stole it on the way to my sisters house 430 miles away open highway middle of no where zipped up to 130-140 mph a few times got 18 mpg and on the way back i set cruse control and got 27 miles per gallon

Is that what your trip computer said or was it your actually milage?

If it was what your trip computer displayed substract (-) at least 3mpg.

[tiegt]

its what i calculated

[Skipunk11]

when I first got my 2008 MS3 I was getting about 260-280 a tank anddriving it break in style. After 1000 miles I was hitting 5000-5500 RPMS and getting about 250-260. I had a wild hair and saw how it was if I did NOT drive normally and kept it under 4000 for one tank...did that and I hit 377 miles !!!! The fuel line WAS way under the Empty line too......about one tick mark worth under the "E"

[D_Roc7822]

The least Ive ever gotten was like 220, I also had 87 octane and did a lot of stop and go city driving. The highest Ive ever gotten was 283 with 93 octane, a lot of stop and go city mixed with a lil bit of highway/back road crazy driving.

[chacon101]

My new all time low.....163 out of one tank. I think dinosaurs rolled over in their graves (drinks)

[GhostMercury]

thats what i think im gone get this tank cause im half way andonly have gone 88 miles

[Super Unique]

are you guys hitting the boost for 100% of your driving? wow, thats some really bad mileage.

[wisniaPl]

why you bough turbo car to drive it like a granny in 2.0 toyota corolla ?? this how it accelerate if not hitting bost....

[MS3077]

Haha! I certainly don't drive mine like a Toyota Corolla. I get to work about 5 minutes sooner than I use to when I had a 07 civic si.

If I really tried I bet I could go thru an entire tank (14.5 gallons) in 90miles on the fast (laugh)

[MS3077]

why you bough turbo car to drive it like a granny in 2.0 toyota corolla ?? this how it accelerate if not hitting bost....

Good point the corolla would have been a lot cheaper as well.

[wisniaPl]

exactly normal person is not buying sports car to save on the gas

[FrequentFlyer]

exactly normal person is not buying sports car to save on the gas

Not true. I guess it depends on what you consider a "sports car", but the MS3 is somewhat of an economy wagon that happens to have a alot of power. Take the turbo off of it and what do you have? An $18k economy wagon. If one were buying a Ferrari F430 or Porsche Carrera GT, conserving gas would probably be the least of their concerns, but we're talking about a $22k wagon here. I'd like to be able to haul the bacon when I need to, but this car has done as well as it has because of practicality and I think good gas mileage should be one of its strong points. Nothing wrong with driving cilivized every once and a while! :)

[stephani3]

About 220 LOL

The most I've gotten was 412 (all highway though)

[MS3077]

Not true. I guess it depends on what you consider a "sports car", but the MS3 is somewhat of an economy wagon that happens to have a alot of power. Take the turbo off of it and what do you have? An $18k economy wagon. If one were buying a Ferrari F430 or Porsche Carrera GT, conserving gas would probably be the least of their concerns, but we're talking about a $22k wagon here. I'd like to be able to haul the bacon when I need to, but this car has done as well as it has because of practicality and I think good gas mileage should be one of its strong points. Nothing wrong with driving cilivized every once and a while! :)

You're talking like it's just a bolt-on turbo special and nothing more.
So you think that the Mazdaspeed3 is just a Mazda3 with a turbo?
Try just bolting on a K04 to a regular Mazda3 and see what happens...

[wisniaPl]

Yeaa I want save some gas I think I will buy and sti
(laugh)

[GoFast]

old thread revival....
this past sunday 68 miles full to light light on

[dkswim]

did you go to the drag strip or play on the dyno????

[Super Unique]

somebody stealin your gas

[mmills416]

88 miles thats when the light came on and it hickuped... It was on the track I was getting about 8 mpg..

[MS3077]

88 miles thats when the light came on and it hickuped... It was on the track I was getting about 8 mpg..

Got to love a guy that drives the car the way it was meant to be driven (alright) I bet you really enjoyed those 88 miles of spirited driving! I pity those that are getting 300miles a tank because those must is some pretty boring miles. Personally, I’m getting around 200 miles between fill ups which is roughly 12 gallons. Not the best MPG but I sure am having a lot of fun!

[GoFast]

did you go to the drag strip or play on the dyno????
close....

road track

[mmills416]

Got to love a guy that drives the car the way it was meant to be driven (alright) I bet you really enjoyed those 88 miles of spirited driving! I pity those that are getting 300miles a tank because those must is some pretty boring miles. Personally, I’m getting around 200 miles between fill ups which is roughly 12 gallons. Not the best MPG but I sure am having a lot of fun!

I do average about 19mpg's when I drive on the street. I don't do much driving on the street because I live where I work.

[100$ GUY]

hey, i beleive in fun driving, but on the highway, once you get to 60, and no one there to pass.. you tend to just cruise

lol

Good choice . (sometimes haha)

[UHATEIT]

I am averaging 24-25mpg, I do mostly freeway driving but I go up and down a big hill everyday to and from work and I have to run the AC since its hot as hell here and there is also a bit of traffic in my area. 25mpg isnt that and I don't think.

My 350z appeared to get more miles PER TANK, but then again that car had a tank that was bigger. That also had one of those mpg guages that consistently stated 21.3 mpg almost all the time

[ms3jake]

Average 270-300 a tank, 80% highway. I floor 2nd-4th 2-3 times a week. I rarely floor 1'st,5th or 6th. Dont really shift over 3k on average. Cruise at 75 on the highway using cruis control. Worst I have ever seen is 21 mpg. Best 27mpg. noticed a little better milage after I got my Cobb sri. I used to never even think about mpg but now with these disurbing gas prices I watch ever tank.

[koston33]

I have a question for you guys, not meaning to thread jack just a quick anwser about gas. I have a 07 gt. The gas take holds 14.5 gallons right. My light comes on and I drive tilll the needle is almost on E, and when I fill up it says I've only put in 12.5 gallons. This means I have another 2 left in the tank. Y would it be on E with almost 50 miles left in the tank. Plus my trip computer says that Im at 4 miles left on the tank right before I fill up any ideas.

[Nliiitend1]

^^they try their best to make the system idiot-proof. You really shouldn't be driving around with a near-empty tank...

There is a "reserve" of about 3 gallons, meaning the light comes on when there's about 3 or maybe a little more gallons left.

The trip computer doesn't factor in the "reserve" to it's calculations either, if I'm not mistaken.

As far as my mileage goes, I consistently noticed about a 2-3 MPG increase after installing my BEGi Airbox a couple months ago. Also, I recently moved out of downtown Chicago and down to Jacksonville, FL, so I'm doing much more highway driving along with city driving. I went from getting around 14-15 MPG (exclusively city driving in stop and go traffic with LOTS of stoplights) to a pretty consistent 23-24 MPG (~75% hwy/~25% city).

[lestat13]

Mine last about 260 miles before i fill up, and i fill at at
1\4 of a tank

I'm close, sometimes I am around 220-240 when I hit 1/4 tank. I've landed there as low as 180 thought.... but I was having A LOT of fun with the car

(drive2) SKEET SKEET!!

[FrequentFlyer]

Warmer weather will net better mileage. What were the temps in Chicago a few months ago compared to Jacksonville, FL? Warmer, less dense air = less fuel to add. I always note worse mileage in the winter time than in the spring/early summer because of the temps. The fuel in the winter is also a crappier mixture, which has something to do with it also.

[tiagotiago]

The first weeks were the worst in terms of economy. The first tank was around 15.5 mpg. I just do intra-city driving.

Changed the route I took to work, got to 16 mpg.

(Avg. highs probably 120ºF, though in the street in mid-day it's probably a bit higher)

Cooler weather + finishing the break-in of my car = 17 mpg.

(Avg. highs around 90ºF)



Warmer weather will net better mileage. What were the temps in Chicago a few months ago compared to Jacksonville, FL? Warmer, less dense air = less fuel to add.

What temps do you mean by warmer weather?? I understand really cold weather does the car no good, but city driving in +120ºF temps does the fuel econ no good at all. Also less dense air = less power, so the car needs more work to get the car up to the same speed, and the added heat makes the coolant system work more to get the excess heat out.

Btw I have also heard that fuel companies change the fuel mix in the winter months.

[Nliiitend1]

Chicago in the summer is not much cooler than Jacksonville. Maybe 5-10 degrees on average, and not even that much in late summer...Plus, I didn't move to JAX until 2 weeks ago.

I understand the concept of very cold weather causing worse fuel economy than warm weather (some of which also has to do with the aforementioned fuel formulation change during winter), but I can say with a degree of certainty that outside temperatures have had little to nothing to do with my mileage increase...

[lestat13]

With the warm weather and installing an intake, I only saw 1 mpg difference. I was talking to someone today who said "hey, why don't you try gas without ethanol?"