I just drove from ohio to michigan, starting out with a full tank, 210 miles of freeway with the cruise control set at 90mph. the other half was somewhat lead footed city driving (ie. shift at 20, 35-40, 55... with half throttle each time.) i went to get gas today and was still above E almost to 1/8 tank and had 415 miles on that one tank! i hear about everyone getting 200 - 300 miles a tank, i know most of those are all city driving but does it make that much of a difference?

 

i get like 220 or more depending on what im doing, i wish i got more, i prob need to replace my o2

 

Oh yeah. Highway and city are going to be a lot different and worse in the winter. A long highway drive in the winter will give great mileage with the cold, dense air. All the short little warm up drives make mileage suck.

 

i get a big difference on my VG, 250-280 city, 400+ highway

 

you lucky guys
i always get 300 or less on a full tank well about 15 gallons

 

I got 30 mpg this summer, driving 1,700 miles from NC to CO, with A/C on 85% of the time, with me (260 lbs) and about 300 lbs of stuff in the car. I was astonished beyond belief.

 

do a bit of searching.. we cover this topic monthly..

 

my mileage sucks right now

 

sounds about right... I went on a road trip which was all highway driving and required more fuel before I got to the destination...anyways...I got like 460 miles on a tank...and there was still 2 gallons left in there...in the city I get an avg of 250-270 per tank with 1-2gallons left

 

yeah, my mistake, i tried search but its busted, posted then saw another gas mileage thread halfway down the page

 

I win. I got 495 miles on a tank once

After filling up I calculated that I had slightly under a gallon left at that point so I could've done 500+ for sure

 

i have also, ONCE, it was in the summer, i also couldve done over 500, if im pushing it....

 

Just got my car, got tranny issues(its dying, no 2nd or OD)and on a combo Hwy/city I went 180 miles on a half tank(9.25 gallons)

 

dang! How slow were you going the entire time? 55mph?

 

My car does better on gas the faster you drive. I once averaged 85-90mph across the U.P. of michigan and averaged 29mpg. These cars like to go fast.

 

antonthegrey's car is like that aswell. We got about 32mph going 80-85mph down to Oregon once. While my car tends to get the best mileage at 55-65mph. Then again I dont like going 20 over soooo...

 

two mileage error sources:

1. true mileage vs. gauge shown numbers (1-10%?)
2. tank full: 1-1½ gal filling error depending on where u do this filling (chassis angle during filling)

= my numbers seldom directly comparable to smbdy else's...
1. the more miles, the more error; 2. the more miles, the less error

 

I agree....my avg speed limit on my 9hour trip was at least 90mph.....got aspeeding ticket for 85mph....and I got awesome mileage. alot better than when im going 55-60 country road driving to my uncles, but thats still good

 

I think his speedo is off then

 

i got 80 miles per 1/4 a tank, so i get 320 a tank