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Old 02-16-2006, 11:37 AM
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Thanks guys. Its the small tank that scares me. I drive the G35c now and have to fill up every 3 or 4 days depending on how hard I get on it and it has a 18 gallon tank. I just dont want to have to gas up every other day like when I had my Jeep.

And definitely not on the civic. If I have to spend 2-3 hours in the car a day. I at least want to enjoy the ride......
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Old 02-16-2006, 01:23 PM
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I get 21 to 22 the combination of highway and city.
I get 25 strictly highway.

Heavy foot in the city 19.
Light foot in the city 21.
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Old 02-17-2006, 12:01 AM
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At my last fillup, I totalled 321 miles, put in 13.8 gallons, and averaged 23.2 MPG.
In the previous fillup before that, I drove 299 miles (70% highway driving), put in 11.848 gallons, and averaged 25.2 MPG. With that average, I'm guessing I could've driven it another 60 to 70 miles, but I filled it up a little early because, at that time, gas prices were creeping up again. My best so far.
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Old 02-17-2006, 02:31 PM
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Thank you....Just what I was looking for
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Old 02-17-2006, 03:09 PM
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I've never seen above 23 mpg. Highway, city, nothing... The only time I even got 23 was when I was cruising at 70-90mph going form NJ to LA. It just isn't in the cards for me it seems. I recently filled up with 93, because normally I've been running 87. Now I'm getting like 13-15mpg! That's a combination of 25-50mph speeds.

Unless your car is tuned for 93 octane, it will get worse gas mileage...go back to 87 octane....thats what the timing is set for from the factory.
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Old 02-17-2006, 05:24 PM
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Thank you....Just what I was looking for
No problemo.
Anytime.
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Old 02-18-2006, 12:03 PM
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jtl4894 have you raced yourself yet?
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Old 02-18-2006, 04:30 PM
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I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned that it's kinda irrelevant how many miles you can get from a full tank. This is because the silly Low Fuel Warning chime and message starts appearing just below 1/4 a tank left! I will have about 40-45 miles left in the tank (according to the display) and the warning comes on and I have to clear it! Then it comes on again! And again! And the needle still isn't at empty!
Can that be changed with a tuner? It should be replaced with the old orange warning light
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Old 02-18-2006, 10:58 PM
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jtl4894 have you raced yourself yet?
Not yet!
Unfortunately, its hard to race myself since I'm constantly driving one car forward, then running back and driving the other car forward. [8D]
It gets tedious, especially when I'm driving on the interstate, everybody's always honking at me so I shout back saying "CAN'T YOU SEE I'M DRIVING TWO CARS?!"[sm=gears.gif]
Now, if I could just find a way to clone myself.



ORIGINAL: Orion_240

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned that it's kinda irrelevant how many miles you can get from a full tank. This is because the silly Low Fuel Warning chime and message starts appearing just below 1/4 a tank left! I will have about 40-45 miles left in the tank (according to the display) and the warning comes on and I have to clear it! Then it comes on again! And again! And the needle still isn't at empty!
Can that be changed with a tuner? It should be replaced with the old orange warning light
Oh yeah! I driven mine until that Low Fuel chime comes on.
Before my last fillup, the Low Fuel Warning chime was buzzing, but I kept driving until finally I decided to fill it.
At 321 miles, I figured I could've driven another 20+ miles, but I didn't want to chance it and run out of gas.
Fuel!! FUEL!!![sm=smiley19.gif]
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Old 02-20-2006, 03:52 PM
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I drive an '01 mustang gt and i average out about 20-21 depending on how i drive. i have gotten as low as about 150 miles on a tank.
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