mile's / gallon

[bmanhand]

Well I wasnt a believer but now I must say that the staying below 2K RPM's thing sure does work...or at least for the time being! Still more then a half tank of gas left and im around 230miles on this trip! Any one else wanna share if they have tried?

[VanishingImage]

I need to find out how much my gas tank holds before I can figure mine out,plus its a little hard keeping it around 2k RPM,lol. Your doing well I think

[bmanhand]

ya, people get a little pissed at me when i drive like an old man but hey, with gas prices the way they are here, 3.25 being the lowest, i could care less what people think!

[99blackSE]

LOL you guys are funny...

3.25 a gallon? Cheaper, actually quite cheap.

It's almost 4 here. Welcome to my world 4 months ago.

230 miles per half tank is pretty good, should be able to squeeze another 20-25 though if your driving highway.

[VanishingImage]

Originally posted by 99blackSE
LOL you guys are funny...

3.25 a gallon? Cheaper, actually quite cheap.

It's almost 4 here. Welcome to my world 4 months ago.

230 miles per half tank is pretty good, should be able to squeeze another 20-25 though if your driving highway.

lol,yea I wasn't about to complain about paying 22 for a full tank when I know others are prolly paying more

[invaderzim624]

It just cost me $40 to fill from 1/4 a tank @ $3.49

Unfortunately, I dont have a tach, plus my GAs an auto. So I can't try your technique.

[Chain]

11 gal = $36.00 My 97 GA

14 gal = $48.00 wifes 96 Town and Country

[99blackSE]

Hmm, I was under the thought that 99+ GAs had a 16 gallon tank...
well darn.

So if 800 km (504 miles) / 14 gal = 36 mpg....

[voyager]

you can't make accurate measurements of your mpg going by your gas gauge. use the trip meter or write down your odomoter settings and get the # of galons off the pump when you fill up the tank. take an average of three or four tank-fulls.

when i fill up the tank, the needle goes past full, and i can drive 100 miles or so before it gets to the full mark. do i have infinite fuel economy since the gauge still says full?

[99blackSE]

Regardless I should be getting low 30's to maybe even mid 30's on the highway. I can reach im pretty sure 800+ km on a tank.

[voyager]

i got ~ 34.8mpg on my last tank, roughly 70% hwy miles. that would get me 500mi on my 15.6gal tank easily.

[Tommy00GT1]

Hi friends... LOL ! Brian, I drive like an old man too... but I guess at 50 y.o., I maybe qualify, lol...
But actually, I do drive slow anyways, and I get better gas mileage because of that. I haven't checked the actual m.p.g. yet, but I will soon.
I just bought my GT1 over a month ago and it is all 100% stock. I am guessing my m.p.g. is somewhere aroung 30; but that is a guess.
But of course, if I start screwing around and blow the carbon out, the m.p.g. will decline a bit. Hey, even us older guys like to punch the gas sometimes, lol !!

Take care everyone....

Tommy

[redhotdj]

YOUR ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL

[99GrandAMSE]

Originally posted by redhotdj
YOUR ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL

... too bad I feel 106 today :(

[bmanhand]

up too late and up too early makes me feel like im 106 as well

[04REDGT1]

99+ Grand Am's have a 14gal fuel tank.

I do pretty well 30+ mpg. Been using the cruise alot.

Jeff

[Brandon]

i just filled up my tank... second time now that it has costed 30 bucks or more to fill up... 14 gallon tank, both times a little over 11 gallons... one tank i topped off after using a little over 3/4's the tank... had 290+ miles on the tank... this one is fresh... but gas is 3 bucks a gallon for midgrade...

[Themeneea]

i just filled at 98c a liter!!!!
i cant believe thats a good price now-a-days

i have been driving like a granny, and getting 34MPG

[nice96gt]

Originally posted by Themeneea
i just filled at 98c a liter!!!!
i cant believe thats a good price now-a-days

i have been driving like a granny, and getting 34MPG

Bastard :P...where are you filling up??? I can only find $1.07/litre at the cheapest

[1stpontiac]

argh...I just noticed my guage was almost down to half a tank and I'll barely get 100 miles out of it. Dang tire must be soft again. Oh yeah, and I've been driving too much...gotta have my wife drive more, she's nicer than me :roll:

[Rayz]

Originally posted by Themeneea
i just filled at 98c a liter!!!!
i cant believe thats a good price now-a-days

i have been driving like a granny, and getting 34MPG

Don’t feel bad I think Grandma passed me on the right going to work today. :lol:

[tenspeed]

I hit 407 miles without the "Low Fuel" alarm. It got 34.26 MPG (11.88 gallons) on the last tank.

[SilverGA2001]

Originally posted by tenspeed
I hit 407 miles without the "Low Fuel" alarm. It got 34.26 MPG (11.88 gallons) on the last tank.


:omg:

I've only ever seen 300+ on my trip a few times.. Never even gotten close to 400. Daaaaaaaaaayum. Good work.

[RocketFast321]

I can only dream of 400+ :lol: I'm happy if i can get 230 out of a tank of gas

[Sp3edR4cer]

well i have not filled mine up for the first time yet to check gas milage but i know that it is going to be awesome because my 03 has a 14 gallon tank and i am at 1/2 a tank at 170miles so far and my z71 had a 28 gallon tank and at 170 i better start looking for a gas station. so matter what i get it has to be better than my vortec 350 i had

[Y2KGAGT]

Well I filled up last Friday and only used a 1/4 tank and drove 175 miles. Before friday I was getting about 260 miles to the tank. We did a few minor things Friday like clean the air filter and feather footin it all week, we'll see if it helps at all.

[Themeneea]

Originally posted by nice96gt
Bastard :P...where are you filling up??? I can only find $1.07/litre at the cheapest

just a bit north of dixie and dundas :D

[1996v6corsica]

i must drive with a lead foot.. my 96 saturn with a tiny motor got 27 mpg averaged.. on highway trips going 70mph it was like.. 33-34mpg
im driving my old celica again, 1987 celica GT 5 speed.. i average 24 mpg in that thing.. with a little 2 liter motor.. i think its running rich though.. sometimes my exhaust smells like fuel

[bmanhand]

wow its down to 3.15 in cicero!

[Fastlanev6]

my gas mileage hasnt been that great lately....probably 27 on the highway. Thats going about 80-85mph with the a/c on. I need to slow down and drive easier on the street.....I have a major lead foot. I've done just about everything possible to help improve gas mileage (plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, injector cleaner, throttle body cleaner).

[1998GrandAmSE]

This is crazy I have a 1998 grand am with a 3.1 and i drive 85% highway and I only get like 20 or 21 mpg. How in the world do you get 30??!??

[Bjornboy81]

How are you calculating you gas mileage? if you're basing it on what a tank holds you'll be low. base it on how much you actually used :)

[1998GrandAmSE]

Yea that's what i do

when i fill my tank up full i take the miles i drove divided by the gallons i put in from the pump meter.

idk how u guys get 30 thats half crazy half cool

[ChevelleSSLS6]

Originally posted by 1996v6corsica
i must drive with a lead foot.. my 96 saturn with a tiny motor got 27 mpg averaged.. on highway trips going 70mph it was like.. 33-34mpg


I had a 1993 Saturn SC2 (5-speed, sunroof, nice 16" rims, it was sharp and had enough balls/weight ratio to show the import kids the taillights) and I managed to hit 23mpg once. Normally I got 30+, but running like a mad man kills the mpg.

[Import_Sound]

*sigh* One of the gas stations in my town burned down (the restaraunt part started the fire) so the other gas station is going to raise their prices. I can say good bye to the $2.85 per gal here.

Also im lucky to get 300 miles out of a tank.

[bmanhand]

Originally posted by Import_Sound
*sigh* One of the gas stations in my town burned down (the restaraunt part started the fire) so the other gas station is going to raise their prices. I can say good bye to the $2.85 per gal here.

Also im lucky to get 300 miles out of a tank.

ouch man, i feel bad for you!

i dont have to drive more then a few minutes to hit about 10 of them.