I was driving on the highway. I drove 98.9 miles and it took 3.157 gallons. That comes out to 31.3 mpg. I was doing 65-70 the whole time.

Matt

 

I dont believe this. No way. You need to make sure you are calculating it correctly. First off, how did you come to the conclusion that is the amount of gas you used? Did you fill that much up and it died at that point? And do you know that you have more than 1.5gal in reserve?

Dixit

 

Believe it. I've gotten between 30-31 mpg easy in my 6-speed. Two trips from Dallas to West Texas, and one from Dallas to Temple/Killeen. Example: Drove Dallas/Abilene and back. Before leaving Dallas, I filled up and reset Trip Odometer to Zero. Got into town, parked car for the weekend. Did not fill up/top off tank upon starting back to Dallas. Stopped to fill up on the way back at Odometer reading of 354.8 miles. Filled up of 11.52 gallons.

354.8 miles divided by 11.52 gallons equals 30.8 mpg. Call me strange, but I write my trip odo's on my gas reciept (that has the gallons purchased).



I'm tellin' ya, that sixth gear is "quite gnarly".

 

6th gear... son of a........

 

cough cough *bull***** cough

 

Believe it guys. I've been calculating my mileage for years. I know how to do this. I filled up my tank and reset the tripometer. 98.9 miles later I filled up again. It took 3.157 gallons, you do the math. Only real performance mod I have is the K+N Drop In.

Matt

 

Im not saying I dont believe you, but there is ALOT of leeway for numbers to be wrong. Such as if you filled it all the way up or little less, there can be as much as a 1/2 gallon discrepencie. That can throw the number off a nice amount then

Dixit

 

When I say this, I say it with no malice, but last time I checked, 2 plus 2 still equalled 4.

The numbers (unless you're talking about superstring theories... ) don't lie.

But if you factor a plus of, let's say, a quarter of a gallon (due to "topping off" or another unknown quantity) you'll still have a respectable 29 mpg.

Original amount of fuel: 3.157 gallons. Add .25 gallons. You have 3.407 gallons. 98.9 miles divided by 3.407 gallons is still 29.028 mpg.

Here, the only leeway that was provided was my arbitrary figure of plus .25 gallon used.

...Add to the fact that "topping off" for my Max usually nets less than .10 of a gallon.

I have also noticed that above 75-78 mph, the fuel economy drops to 24-25 mpg. Hmm...