Miles Per tank

[shaitsta]

Just out of curiosity how many miles per tank do you guys get..... i'm averaging about 200-250 max.

I know we have a very small fuel tank....like 13 gallons but that still seems low to me

[Super Unique]

I routinely get close to 320 around town, and on trips can close in on 400 if I try hard.

[shaitsta]

do you step on the gas at all????


i swear even driving conservatively on the highway i cant get near to 300

[3.slow]

If you drive the speed limit you will get 300+. Driving in boost at all and you will be lucky to get 280. Cruise control we let you get awsome gas mileage if you don't set it way above the speed limit.

[MicaSp33d]

Just out of curiosity how many miles per tank do you guys get..... i'm averaging about 200-250 max.

I know we have a very small fuel tank....like 13 gallons but that still seems low to me


i believe it about 14 gallons ...

are u driving more local streets? If you drive mostly highway or freeway you should get a little over 300miles a tank and if your only driving local streets you probably only getting about 19-20mpg so 250miles a tank sounds about right.

[jam_asian85]

I'm getting around 300 miles per tank, mainly local roads and sometimes highway with the cruise control set at 65mphs. Try shifting early: below/around 2500 rmps.

[AP1NEEDED]

Yeah 14.5 gallon tank is not that small, thats actually on the big side for a 4cylinder motor. But i say if 2 liter s2000(AP1) can get 300 mpg there is no reason the 2.3 liter cant if u drive right!

[wisniaPl]

dont compare turbo and non turbo car.....

[AjaxUSA]

would gas octane matter? would 91oct be worse then 93oct (or visa vesra?)

[Euphorism]

i use nothing but 93 octane and drive normal 90% of the time and i get 250

[FrequentFlyer]

I'm getting about 300-320 per tank and my commute is roughly 75% highway miles doing 75-80mph. I've really been trying to keep the speed around 70mph lately, but what can I say? I like driving fast and this car handles speed so well. Up here in Jersey, if you're not doing 85mph, you'll get pushed off the side of the road by everyone who's in a rush to go nowhere. I'm really trying to leave the house 5 minutes early so I can do 65-70 instead of 75-80. I also notice that when the low fuel light comes on, my car only takes about 10.5 gallons of gas, which means there's 4 gallons left in there. That's kind of a conservative reserve if you ask me. I mean you can go another 100 miles on that. I've taken the gauge needle BELOW the "E" line and it still only took about 12.8 gallons. I don't think I'll go any further than that though. The most I've gotten so far is about 350 miles to the tank. I can see this car getting over 400 miles on a long highway trip though.

[guy_incognito]

Yup, totally depends on type of driving. The most I've gotten is 425 miles, which was 100% highway. The least I've had is ~190 with 100% city (<35 mph, stopping every block, etc.).

In fact, I went directly from a 15 mpg tank, to a 32 mpg tank.

I just plan to fill up once the computer reads zero miles remaining, and know that there are still about 2 gallons left.

[MS3077]

The speed3 is actually pretty good on gas all things considered.

[SharkDiver]

I get about 300 miles every 12G of gas..Everytime I fill it takes about 12.5G to fill.I drive in mostly stop and go traffic.I have a 32 mile drive each way to work everyday with about 30 stop lights and Im in the boost alot.So in the end I get about 300-320 per tank.

[3.slow]

The only thing that will lower gas prices is to cut demand. To cut demand you must drive slower to get better economy. I'm all for speeding/racing, but we need the national highway speeds to be lowered to 55 again. This shit is getting way out of hand.

How come when the price of crude drops, the price at the pumps never show such change??? The reason is that the refiners have been making so little profit to keep demand up that for whatever amount crude goes down, they will soak up in extra profit. It is a rigged system that only consumers can solve. That is why we are all fucked. :-)

[FrequentFlyer]

I get about 300 miles every 12G of gas..Everytime I fill it takes about 12.5G to fill.I drive in mostly stop and go traffic.I have a 32 mile drive each way to work everyday with about 30 stop lights and Im in the boost alot.So in the end I get about 300-320 per tank.

300-320 per tank with stop and go driving? That' pretty impressive. I would have guess more like 225-250 miles.

[shaitsta]

yeah thats what im getting around 225 miles with some highway but mostly stop and go

[Super Unique]

I am still not up against the wall on gas prices, but damn. It cost me $58.00 to fill my tank today with 93 octane. Holy schnikes thats expensive for a lously 12.x gallons of gas....

[Euphorism]

The only thing that will lower gas prices is to cut demand.


thats actually the opposite of correct. as long as there are more hybrids and alt fuel vehicles being made and fuel economy keeps going up.. then the prices will rise. they will make the same amount of money on a barrel as they always have and will continue to make that amount. you cut the amount of barrels down that they export to america.. theyll charge more for em.

[07speed3]

i can get about 300 miles out of 3/4's of a tank. i drive mostly highway between 65 and 80mph.

[dkswim]

well if i fill up every day i could get as low as 15 miles.....

220-240. mine is low i have a short drive so car never gets out of warming up mode heat the cat mode.

[Super Unique]

thats actually the opposite of correct. as long as there are more hybrids and alt fuel vehicles being made and fuel economy keeps going up.. then the prices will rise. they will make the same amount of money on a barrel as they always have and will continue to make that amount. you cut the amount of barrels down that they export to america.. theyll charge more for em.

That's not quite how it's supposed to work in a free market economy. If there was a true monopoly then surely you would see it as you posted. However, our population is always growing, so even while things become more efficient, the increased number of total vehicles and gas engines in operation continue to see demand rise. Multiply this by china and india as emerging regions of usage and you can see why things are crazy now. Combine this with rampant speculation due to the falling dollar and you have a oil price "perfect storm"

The good news now, is continued increases in vehicle efficiency, combined with ever increasing oil production, are creating serious pressures for crude prices to finally begin to drop. This current situation is a bubble even more pronounced than the tech crash, the stock crashes, and the real estate bubbles. Rest assured, when late night tv is filled with commercials for "get rich quick on oil" ads, the end is near :)

[Absent-Minded]

My fuel stats for 79 days and 15 fill-ups, averaging 46 miles per day (50/50 driving).

Gallons filled:
Min: 11.22
Max: 13.058
Avg: 12.221

Miles per tank:
Min: 229
Max: 310
Avg: 260

For a total 171 gallons spending $645.50 (again, across 79 days).

I'm a happy camper, cause that sure as hell beats spending upwards of $800 a month just for diesel. :D

[SSMS3]

'07 w/17,000 miles
Mods: MS CAI, lighter wheels

70/30 highway to city
300-310 miles per tank
right around 12 gallons

[amascio]

I get around 280 miles on each tank, with filling it 11 to 12 gallons.

I tried the short shift, low RPM thing for a while and the car just HATED it.

So now I drive it like any of my other cars - if I need / want to go fast, I do, if not I drive it normally. Catch the occasional back road and hang her out to dry as "therapy" for both of us.

We're both happy. Cheers!

[tiagotiago]

I'm getting around 18 Mpg on pure city "driving". I try to shift as early as possible, but will not compromise an adequate acceleration, and if I need power, I'll downshift and get it. Hoping to get a slight improvement as the engine breaks in.


but we need the national highway speeds to be lowered to 55 again. This shit is getting way out of hand.

I disagree completely. A lot of people don't give a shit about the speed limit, and if they do, it's because there are cops around. Lowering the speed limit would just give more revenue to police/state goverment. As a bonus, it would increase congestion. It's like if you had to pump x amount of water over a pipe and you decrease it's speed, that x amount will still need to get through, it will just take more time to do it, unless of course you put a wider pipe. If you build wider roads, congestion might not be a problem, but just lowering the speed limit and keeping the same roads will increase traffic density, which will cause accidents, which will cause bacups, which will cause cars to idle in a traffic jam, and voilá, you've just spent more fuel while going slower.

[iredremix]

i get about 300 miles average, 50/50 highway and city.. all highway i get around 340, all city i get between 240 and 280..i've filled up the car with 93 octane gas when the needle was on empty and it took me 13.1 gallons. pretty good for a turbo car if u ask me