damn....this thread is depressing me...i just got 294 miles on my tank. i had been thinking i had a 10 gallon tank, even then it's not great gas mileage
Rated gas tank size is the tank itself, it's claimed that most cars can get anywhere from half a gallon to a full gallon in the neck and tube that you pour the gas into, that's probably why you got 13.44, heh.
I usually get around 250... because once that light comes on I have no idea how much gas I have left.... and then I fill up and it's only 11 gallons or so.. but now that I know you guys are running around 300 miles or so I feel a little better..
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Originally posted by 97PocketRocket Rated gas tank size is the tank itself, it's claimed that most cars can get anywhere from half a gallon to a full gallon in the neck and tube that you pour the gas into, that's probably why you got 13.44, heh.
I got 18.8 gallons out of a rental grand prix's 17.1 gallon tank in december while in socal. Beat that!
a good girlfriend of mine bought a spec-v, and the manual that came with her car said that her tank was 13.2, and the light comes on at 11.2. I use that as a measure for mine, so if my light comes on at 260 miles I estimate I'm getting about 25 mpg, then wait about 40-50 more miles till I get gas (I am anal about being as close to empty as possible...)
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Originally posted by se7enty7 a good girlfriend of mine bought a spec-v, and the manual that came with her car said that her tank was 13.2, and the light comes on at 11.2. I use that as a measure for mine, so if my light comes on at 260 miles I estimate I'm getting about 25 mpg, then wait about 40-50 more miles till I get gas (I am anal about being as close to empty as possible...)
That's not an accurate measure. I don't know for sure but the fuel pickup could be in different locations. Just because her light comes on at 11.2 doesn't mean that's where your light will come on. B13's actually have a problem of not coming on at all! That would suck. And estimating that your light comes on at 11.2 doesn't automatically mean that you are getting 25MPG. The best way (and it's *REAL* simple) to figure gas mileage is to write it down and keep track of it. Mileage, difference, and number of gallons filled and you can easily do the math
Originally posted by 02 ALMERA I got 18.8 gallons out of a rental grand prix's 17.1 gallon tank in december while in socal. Beat that!
I had a 71 Chevy Impala for a while (Land Yacht but wow...350's feel like small jet engines), had what according to the manual was, if I remember right, 27 gallon tank...during the gulf war with high gas prices...the cheap stuff cost me nearly $35 US to fill it to full, lol. And that with a 9 mpg figure too....I worked to drive and drive to work.
Originally posted by 97PocketRocket I had a 71 Chevy Impala for a while (Land Yacht but wow...350's feel like small jet engines), had what according to the manual was, if I remember right, 27 gallon tank...during the gulf war with high gas prices...the cheap stuff cost me nearly $35 US to fill it to full, lol. And that with a 9 mpg figure too....I worked to drive and drive to work.
I rented a Durango over the weekend and from about 1/4 tank, it took over $35 to fill it... ack! And that only gave me another 300 miles. Glad I can go a *LOT* further for $35 with my car!
I thought i had a 12 gallon tank and i hardley ever get more than that into the tank so that would lead me to belive that the light does come on a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGG time before 13.2. I know ive gone at least 25 miles with the light on!
Originally posted by johnnykomac I thought i had a 12 gallon tank and i hardley ever get more than that into the tank so that would lead me to belive that the light does come on a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGG time before 13.2. I know ive gone at least 25 miles with the light on!
Everyone always claims that you can drive 30-60 miles with the light on. Personally, I wouldn't recommend it though. You could be sucking up fuel deposits/minerals into your engine and that's not good! Or condensation from the summertime and that would be equally bad. That Grand Prix I reference above had the light on and myself and one other person pushed the car around a track for 2 half hour sessions of about a 1.1 mile track (figuring about 60MPH average so 30 miles per session) and then drove it to the gas station. So... that car had 70+ miles on it with the light on before we refilled it. In retrospect maybe we should've waited for the car to run dry... it was a rental; who cares?
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