Crappy Gas Milage?!
Feb 11, 2011, 10:44 AM
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I've done about 125-150 miles on my last tank, 50$ @ current gas price. I CAN'T PUT IN WORDS HOW MUCH I HATE ETHANOL. I must have gotten all the water, none of the gas.
My father came back from a trip to NY like 3 months ago. He did 2 times the mileage with the same volume of gas (and it cost less). Canada gas companies, please go to hell. Burning. Screaming in pain. FOREVER.
My father came back from a trip to NY like 3 months ago. He did 2 times the mileage with the same volume of gas (and it cost less). Canada gas companies, please go to hell. Burning. Screaming in pain. FOREVER.
Feb 11, 2011, 01:46 PM
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I just filled up a couple days ago. But before i had about 7 gallons i let it get down to empty then threw a couple more in and i got to 250-260 miles with that. Quite a bit of highway and babyin her. I filled up on premium this time. Gonna see how much difference. I gotta clean my maf and egt too. And i might seafoam this weekend.
Feb 13, 2011, 07:26 PM
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i drive about 48 miles four days a week and 44 on tuesdays. in rush hour. about 50% city driving. at 21.5 avg combined mpg.
and then on the days when i go out with my girlfriend... she lives 32 miles away from me. and she lives near nothing at all, so we have to drive a bunch. i can maybe stretch a tank 3 days with school, work, and one trip out to her house.
2 weeks? you rock.
(here's my fuelly: http://www.fuelly.com/driver/nashvillera/lancer)
Feb 16, 2011, 12:15 PM
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You my friend do a lot of driving lol. My job is only 10 miles each way, so 20 miles round trip 5 days a week. So thats 200 miles every 2 weeks just for work, plus going back and forth to the store etc...Also I work midnight shift so i never hit traffic lol. I get about 320-350 miles per tank on average. I don't know if everyone does this but I reset my trip meter every fill up so I will know exactly how far I can stretch a tank lol.
Feb 16, 2011, 06:05 PM
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Well I make sure I leave for work with enough time so I dont have to rush, and I only drive about 60 mph to and from work. Thats the good thing about working the overnight shift. Never any traffic and I dont have to worry about keeping up with traffic because there isnt any.
Feb 16, 2011, 07:15 PM
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Must be a combo of my mods, my driving habbits (too much Mivec), and the auto tranny; but I can't seem to break 200 anymore by the time the gas light comes on. Last tank was 189 when the gas light came on. 
I run 89 aswell.
Eric
I run 89 aswell.Eric
Feb 21, 2011, 07:34 PM
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Crappy fuel economy, eh?
How does 592km on one tank sound? MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Not gonna lie, almost ran out of fuel on this one.
Re-Fueling. Some say it was a celebration/victory dance.
How does 592km on one tank sound? MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Not gonna lie, almost ran out of fuel on this one.
Re-Fueling. Some say it was a celebration/victory dance.
Feb 22, 2011, 05:05 AM
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we all just gotta accept this conclusion...i know its hard to believe but it's true..
"sporty" car...(specially w/ mods) + the state of mind it gives you...(the sporty feel that makes u wanna go fast..) = bad gas mileage...
even if u drive like a grama you get a lil better but not too good....(not to mention we only get a 13gal fuel tank...)
"sporty" car...(specially w/ mods) + the state of mind it gives you...(the sporty feel that makes u wanna go fast..) = bad gas mileage...
even if u drive like a grama you get a lil better but not too good....(not to mention we only get a 13gal fuel tank...)
Feb 22, 2011, 08:09 AM
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Dude!!! How?! Haha. Car looks nice btw. Likin the snow.
Keep speed on the limit, maybe 5km/h over. Going between 90 and 110km/h will get you 560+ km on one tank.
I still had 6 litres left once I fuelled up... I dont know what the usable fuel is, you know, at what point the fuel pump cant get anymore out of the tank, but I -know- I could of broken the 600km mark easily if I drove around town a bit lol.
So, using 44 litres to travel 592.4km works out to 7.4 litres/100km. Thats really good!
Last edited by Thomar; Feb 22, 2011 at 08:14 AM.
Feb 23, 2011, 03:29 PM
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Yes indeed! I averaged the same thing when coming back from road trip. Sunroof tilted, all windows closed, cruise control set at 110, staying in the slow lane, babying it. God I loved it! On the way up though, I was really eager to get there so I spent alot of gas!