How many miles out of a tank?
I know there are numerous threads on MPG but with all the conversions to imperial for the UK etc it's a pain to equate it.
I'm more interested in how many miles you are getting to a tank full as I do 138 miles a day commuting (mainly on the motorway) and really don't want to be visiting the petrol station more then every other day. |
I get anywhere between 260-330+ a tank. Occasionally less, but only when I'm doing strictly city driving.
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Somewhere between 280 - 310 miles per tank.
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I usually fill up after around 250 miles. The gas guage is at 1/8th of a tank. That is based on my combined city/highway driving...usually around 18-19 MPG. I'm taking a long highway road trip this weekend and will have better highway-only MPG numbers. What is your average speed while driving that 138 miles? If you do a good bit of city, you may need to fill up every day and a half.
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138 x 2 = 276
Sounds like a fill-up every other day will work... especially if that's mostly highway miles. |
Elara.. 260-330+? :eek:
Are you sure that you aren't missing a fuel injector? :D |
Originally posted by Elara I get anywhere between 260-330+ a tank. Occasionally less, but only when I'm doing strictly city driving. have you really ever achieved 330 miles (US land miles) with one tank? Congratulations. (Edit: I just notice your + behind the 330. WOW!) My red light has come on at ~ 215 240 250 260 274 240 I'm on tank #7 right now. And I drive 90% highway, in off-peak hours. My daily commute is .. 0.5 miles city to the freeway 45 miles freeway 1 mile city to work You see I could've even claimed 96% highway :-) The 330 miles with one tank seems out of *my* realm. |
Originally posted by ptiemann have you really ever achieved 330 miles (US land miles) with one tank? Congratulations. (Edit: I just notice your + behind the 330. WOW!) The 330 miles with one tank seems out of *my* realm. |
About 265 miles per tank here.
330 miles...you must have been drafting behind a bus! |
Originally posted by ptiemann have you really ever achieved 330 miles (US land miles) with one tank? Congratulations. (Edit: I just notice your + behind the 330. WOW!) My red light has come on at ~ 215 240 250 260 274 240 I'm on tank #7 right now. And I drive 90% highway, in off-peak hours. My daily commute is .. 0.5 miles city to the freeway 45 miles freeway 1 mile city to work You see I could've even claimed 96% highway :-) The 330 miles with one tank seems out of *my* realm. |
Yes, Elara's numbers are possible. :)
I usually wait until the light comes on to refuel. I'll have between 280-300 miles on the tank at that time. The farthest I've gone on a tank was 351 miles. I put 14.4 gallons in when I refueled. Now that I know the car can't use all of the fuel in the tank, I shudder to think how close I was to running out of gas then. Oh well, I got that out of the way a few weeks later. :o |
Originally posted by loco4rx8 Yes, Elara's numbers are possible. :) I usually wait until the light comes on to refuel. I'll have between 280-300 miles on the tank at that time. The farthest I've gone on a tank was 351 miles. I put 14.4 gallons in when I refueled. Now that I know the car can't use all of the fuel in the tank, I shudder to think how close I was to running out of gas then. Oh well, I got that out of the way a few weeks later. :o |
Originally posted by loco4rx8 ...Now that I know the car can't use all of the fuel in the tank, I shudder to think how close I was to running out of gas then. Oh well, I got that out of the way a few weeks later. :o Got what out of the way?!? :confused: BTW, 24.4mpg - most excellent! Especially for Virginia ~^~^~^~. :D |
No problem, Elara!
I should add that that one extraordinary 351 mile tank was almost completely interstate driving. I kept it on cruise control at anywhere from 73-82 mph, depending on the speed limit at the time. However, 330 miles on a tank is not at all unusual for me, and while I don't cruise around in second gear on the highway, or burn rubber each time I take off from a light, I don't baby the car either. I redline it on each trip, sometimes more than once and am not at all shy about downshifting to third to get around slow traffic quickly. I DO keep it in 6th gear when cruising as much as possible. I have an 80/20 highway/city commute. |
Originally posted by Racer X-8 OK, you've captured my curiosity. What info have I not found out about? :confused: Got what out of the way?!? :confused: BTW, 24.4mpg - most excellent! Especially for Virginia ~^~^~^~. :D Well, I DID run out of gas later, for which I received much ridicule on this forum. ;) However, what I learned from that was that the car will not use the whole tank. OR Mazda has lied about the capacity of the fuel tank, which would be a bit silly. The tank is supposed to hold 15.9 gallons, if I am correct. When I ran out of gas, I had the opportunity to find out how much gas the car WILL use before it stops moving all together. I filled up to the brim, it wouldn't hold any more. And it accepted 15.3 gallons. |
Man...you guys ARE serious. I need to go to Loco/Elara driving school :D
Just a question....what speed/rpm does everyone drive on the highway? |
My fuel light comes on usually between 210-220 miles and I try to fill up around 200, so it seems like I'm closer to the low end here.
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Originally posted by loco4rx8 Well, I DID run out of gas later, for which I received much ridicule on this forum. ;) However, what I learned from that was that the car will not use the whole tank. OR Mazda has lied about the capacity of the fuel tank, which would be a bit silly. The tank is supposed to hold 15.9 gallons, if I am correct. When I ran out of gas, I had the opportunity to find out how much gas the car WILL use before it stops moving all together. I filled up to the brim, it wouldn't hold any more. And it accepted 15.3 gallons. So, assuming we're all limited to 15.3 gal per fill-up, if AndyPierce wants to go 276 miles on a tank, that's 18 mpg. Being mostly all highway miles, that should be very do-able. Sorry to find out that I missed my chance to ridicule you, loco4rx8. :( Wait! Is the thread still open? Lemme do some searching...:p |
Originally posted by allstate ...Just a question....what speed/rpm does everyone drive on the highway? I just took a 1500 mile trip, so I got a few highway-mile-tank-fulls to look at. They all hovered between 20-22 mpg with a slight, but definite upward trend. My total mileage ended at 2225, so I'm still getting better. |
I seem to one of the owners with a guzzler (my car has a drinking problem). I drive about 10-20 miles after the low fuel light comes on and get between 220 and 240 miles on average. I once hit 251 miles and was ecstatic, but it took 14.8 gallons to refill - usually refills are about 14 gallons.
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Originally posted by pelucidor I seem to one of the owners with a guzzler (my car has a drinking problem)... Uh, sorry. :cool: Any idea what it is yet at all? That 17 mpg tankfull is hardly bragable... |
I got the 330 miles in all highway driving, going between 73-85 the whole way. The car seems to be happiest between 70-80mph, for some reason. Two tanks ago, I barely got to 200 and the car had about 1/8th of a tank left. So I don't get nice mileage ALL the time...
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my orange light comes on around 215
you guys suck j/k kinda |
Thanks for all the replies guys (and gals;) )
It seems like I should have been a bit more specific to find the distance people who do similar types of journey at similar speeds get out of their tank. I do 20 miles on B roads (very twisty single track roads - should be the most fun part of the trip in the RX8:D ) driving at about 60mph, 43 miles on the motorway cruising at about 80-90mph and then the last 5 queuing in city traffic (probably average of 20mph.) As much as I'd like to get 330 miles out of one tank I don't think I could stand driving on a UK motorway at 70mph (even though it's the legal speed limit very few people drive at that speed.) |
HOLY COW, I NEVER GOT TO THE 200 MILE ZONE
I always had to fill my tank at 180 or so.. it has about 1600 miles on it.. but I have been pushing it every time I get off the line. out of my driveway... zip pass a few red lights... and do routine burn outs in front of police stations.. before I get to school |
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