hey guys, i've been averaging about 200 miles every tank fill up, and this time i was suprised! ... 248 miles. what the hells going on? ... is my car gonna die?

 

good job.

 

Awwwweeesome thread.

 

right now, i'm seeing much more of a difference between my highway/street mileage than i used to. before, no matter what ratio of highway to street, i used to get 270-280 miles. Now it's about 220 for street and 280 for highway. go figure.

 

158 miles to a tank. 12mpg. I got you beat.

 

$<rew all you guys!
I have never gotten more then 140 mile out of a tank!
Thats what I get for having an AT Silver (Cursed) 8.

 

^^^^^
Wow...that's good! I'm usually at about 260-265 when the light pops on.

 

yay more mileage threads! more more!!

but fwiw, i get 240-250 before light goes on, very first tank was 194.

 

man..i got 186 last nite before light turned on. it goes average 200 fill tank. im so jealous!!

 

225 and the light was on, 16mpg for the loss.

 

Stick with the M flash for the ones that have not had the flash update....I average 285/ 290 a tank, 87 grade...

 

I average 260 to a tank

 

How long your engine idle's makes a huge diff in thempg. I get around 260ish with highway, but this last tank I got 120, (ouch) because I spent more time letting it warm up than actual driving.

 

Are you sure you're not driving a Civic?

 

my last tank 22 mpg

 

Wow do you guys drive below the 2nd fuel injector? I cruised below 3750 rpms (73 mph) going from san diego to LA and mileage looked like it was guna be good. Except for the 80 mph I was going from LA to San Diego.

 

I got 184 out of the first half tank.

So far on schedule to get 150 out of this one; been showing my gf what happens when you let it go above 5K

And I'm still running in!

192 model - it's NICE.

 

It's not even so much that I let it warm up. It's more that I live 1 mile from work, so I spend about 1 min letting it idle, 1 min driving it to work, and then about 3 mins of idle at work before I get out. I do this just to make sure it's a tiny bit warmed up before shutting off the engine to avoid a flood. It's also pretty much the only driving I do. If I'm going anywhere other than to work, I prob will be driving a rental car (work pays for it).

 

I let my car warm up for 10 minutes every morning cause it's so cold lately. I drive 200 miles a day to work and back. My mileage is like 21.5 exactly every day.

 

I perform this ritual, too. My remedy was to get up earlier and cruise aroud for a few minutes before work starts and cruise aroud a few minutes after work. I don't have a problem doing this.


It will warm up much faster (and burn less fuel) if you go ahead and start driving it around while keeping the RPM's under 3500 instead of letting it idle for 10 mins if this is what you are talking about.

About the gas mileage: I don't count and I don't care.

 

^^ yea what he said, cold or not, if your going to be driving it for that amount of time, letting it warm up by gentle driving is prob the best way to go.

My rule of thumb is once the RPMs are below 1.5k at idle then I'm good to go.

 

I'll be lucky to get 190mpg...if that. Mostly around 170mpg.

 

How many miles do you have on the car?

My mileage sucked (12-14 mpg mixed) until I hit about 15k miles. Went up to about 17-18 mpg mixed after that. That's still not great considering what I thought I would be getting when I bought the car: 18 city/24 highway.

 

WOW! 190 miles per gallon?!

 

wow, I was pissed last week when I only got 220 miles on 12.5 gallons...