Miles per gallon - What are you getting?
Captain
Joined: Jul 2012
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The gauge lies like a politician in that region of its travel. At 1/4 tank or so I might fill up with 20 gallons or 22. At nearly 1/8 on the gauge it'll be 23. If I'm on the interstate it's a hundred miles from top pin to dead on the F mark, then only 200 or so more to the warning light coming on.
Best bet it to go fill-up to fill-up, or record all miles driven and pump gallons in from one full fill to the next. Anything else and you might as well just pull numbers out of your own or someone else's ***. Not mine, though. There's no room for numbers in there with my head in it. Ones fit from time to time, but sevens and twos are painful in different ways and eights won't go in past the skinny part in the middle. Threes? They're a bloody mess. Fours won't go at all, nor will fives.
Best bet it to go fill-up to fill-up, or record all miles driven and pump gallons in from one full fill to the next. Anything else and you might as well just pull numbers out of your own or someone else's ***. Not mine, though. There's no room for numbers in there with my head in it. Ones fit from time to time, but sevens and twos are painful in different ways and eights won't go in past the skinny part in the middle. Threes? They're a bloody mess. Fours won't go at all, nor will fives.
Last edited by JoshSlash87; Aug 28, 2012 at 03:10 PM.
@Slash: I don't understand how people can do that. I hate not filling up. It bothers me.
Last edited by Wombat Ranger; Aug 28, 2012 at 03:15 PM.
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Legend
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: orangeville ontario
i also hate not filling up the tank even tho it does empty the wallet.
i topped up my 81 today because gas is suppose to go up $0.03/L which works out to about $3 per tank. i got 9.3mpg which seems about correct since i did 100% city driving in it with some light tire spinning.
i topped up my 81 today because gas is suppose to go up $0.03/L which works out to about $3 per tank. i got 9.3mpg which seems about correct since i did 100% city driving in it with some light tire spinning.
Grand Champion
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: MAINE
When i was driving back and forth to work everyday (120 mile round trip) i was averaging 13-13.5 consistantly for 2 months....that 80% highway 20% city....when i lived in mass i lived in a big city ALOT of stop and go...i averaged about 85% city 15% highway and would cap at about 10.5 driving easy...driving the way i do i got about 8
So to make it easy;
80% highway 20% city...13-13.5mpgs
In mass with lot of stop and go
85% city 15% highway ....10.5 max going easy
8 maybe 9 mpgs driving my normal way
So to make it easy;
80% highway 20% city...13-13.5mpgs
In mass with lot of stop and go
85% city 15% highway ....10.5 max going easy
8 maybe 9 mpgs driving my normal way
Legend
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Could depend on payment method. Most pumps that I've seen have a sticker that tells you if paying by debit card the pump quits at $75, not sure if they apply's for credit cards too.
Cash should be pump as much as you need........
Cash should be pump as much as you need........