I had a pesonal record this weekend of 310 miles to my tank. All highway driving and probably could have squeezed another 10 miles out of her. Just wanted to share.

 

I hit 300 miles on 1 tank. I drove as normal the first 3/4 of the tank. Then I normally goof off the last 1/4 of the tank. As i was doing this I noticed I was gonna be near a gas station
with fair prices for a good while. So I toned it back down.
I could of hit the 310-320 on 1 tank had I kept if out of the redline.
I have a stock 06 btw and use the A/c every day.

 

I regularly (with significant horsin around and bsin) get 280ish. I got 310 once, but that was cause I did all 65mph...

Maybe I should do that more often...

 

I have been doing a 140 mile trip on occassion. Do 75-80 on the interstate. Routinely get 320 to 340 before the warning light. I really think the more I have it on cruise the better I get.
BTW get about 210 in town. This is not a city car! It likes to stretch its legs.

 

I can't keep my foot out of accelerator enough to get that kind of mileage. I get about 240-250 in town. On the highway, about 270-280.

 

That's pretty much exactly what I get.

 

Yup.

 

Gas guage is a little wonky. But I did hit halfway at 155miles. That's with about 70/30 highway/city driving if you're counting miles wise. But counting time wise its about 60/40.

 

how fast were you going? coz i got stock 06 too and i only hit 200-225 miles. i shift at 3k city and 3.5k highway and cruising at 70-80 miles at the highway. what are your tircks?

 

Once the car breaks in with some miles on it you will get a higher mileage per tank I promise.

 

Miles per tank doesn't mean much unless you say how much gas you used. You can't just say you got 287 miles in a tank, because it's not the whole tank, unless you actually ran out of gas. I got 315 once, and filled up with 14.5 gallons. The light was on most of my drive home

 

I once hit 520 kms (323 miles) 100% highway with almost no traffic (night) and a very constant speed of about 62 mph (110 kms/h), with a final 30 miles at 49 mph... my reserve light came on just as I passed a closed gas station with the post "next gas station, 35 miles".

When I arrived at the station, I put in it 60 liters (15.8 gallons), that is, it was almost DRY.

 

Congrats.

Not to dampen your achievment, but I had a new best 2 weekends ago. 75mph with no traffic, myself and 1 bag in the car, 361.4 highway miles. I could've made it one more exit I think, but I chickened out (and I was shooting for 360). 13.72 gallons. 26.3 mpg.

Oddly enough, that's not my best mpg, but on that tank I filled up early. (27.something on that one).

My average mileage has gone up with age. I'm not driving any different on a day to day basis. I used to average around the low 17's commuting, but lately I'm in the low to mid 18's.

65k miles, AT Touring.

 

I have found that the difference between cruising at 80 mph vs 70 mph is a couple of miles per gallon but only a couple of minutes difference in time travelled depending on how far you go of course. Go 60-65 and you'll do even better. I always downshift when I am slowing down. I always have. That's how I can have 143,000 miles on the original rear brakes on my daily driver with pad life to spare. When you decelerate in gear, there is no fuel going into the engine. It's free mileage. It is not hard on your clutch or transmission and is actually far less stress than regular driving.

 

Here's my problem...

Size 15 shoe... dammit if that redline doesn't just sneak up on me!

 

One thing that would help mileage is if Mazda would get rid of that worthless 4.44 rear end and replace it with a 4.10 like it should have always had.

 

Then the 4 port 4AT couldn't get out of a parking spot... . A lower 6th gear ratio would have been perfectly fine. Mazda has never really been in tune with the world market.

 

Maybe its a CA thing cause I have only managed to get a little better than you. I'll get about 210 all street, and 270 all highway.

 

I got 46 mpg on my last tank............

But I filled up a total of 3 times before I calculated my mileage.

 

My right foot weighs 150 pounds, so i can't get that high. my best so far was 250-260 miles on a tank. that was mostly highway, about 70 mph with cruise.

-Steakboy

 

While this may be YOUR record on one tank... I'd like to see what the REAL record on one tank is.

It looks like therm could've made it to 400mi on one tank... 26-27mpg would allow that and still have enough to get you to a gas station.

I ran out of nerve at 330mi on one of my tanks, and I discovered I still had 3gal left in the tank. I wouldn't have made it to 400mi without running completely dry, but it would've been close.

 

I normally get about 240-250 a tank now. My car is not a stranger to "fun" either so I'll take it.

 

i agree

 

In the last month I have consistantly been getting 310-325 miles per tank. All highway driving averaging 75mph on cruise with a daily commute of of 100miles each way.

I have been using 93 octane to achieve this, where as I has always used 87 in the past and averaged 260-270 miles per tank.

Car is in the garage now with 200.8 miles on trip and just below the 1/2 way mark. So theroretically I could get 200 more miles but not likely.

 

Hmmm... My highest mileage was on a tank with 87.