I've gone low enough on my tank that the GPS doesn't even give a number on miles to empty. I get scared running that low though, but i don't do full serve gas stations

 

 

I'll have to investigate the Oil Catch thing... I've read about it in passing.

I guess I was lucky to get what I got - much of my trip was spent 75-80mph (gotta love Texas)... with the occasional 90 blast to get around some Left Lane Bandits and other mouth breathers. But usually just cruising along with the rest of the "fish"!

Did notice that the revs seemed a little higher than I'm used to - about 3000rpm @ 80mph sound about right for A/T?

 

That's good to know, my saab with its turbo 4 on highway trips, if I'm REALLY good at staying at 65mph, I can get up to 33-34mpg, on a 20 gal tank. but the car I had previously, a Jeep patriot with the off road package (Plus lift and off road tires) got 22mpg on a 13 gal tank. (way too small for any car to be honest) so only about 200 miles between fill ups (I don't go below 1/4 if I can avoid it. it was soooooooo annoying to have to go to the gas station all the time.

 

Yup, that's about right


5AT RWD has a 3.3 Final Drive and the 5AT AWD uses a 3.5 final drive, so an "X" would rev a little higher at 80MPH than a RWD.

But 3K at 80MPH is about right

 

Yep. Too bad there's not another gear!

 

I agree.

I'm used to V8's turning 1500 RPM at 80MPH

When I first got my G35, seeing it sitting at 3K RPM while cruising at 80MPH made me feel like i should be shifting to another gear (if i had a manual)

 

That's a funny coincidence, wife had a wrangler and that 4.0l under powered mother$%^& sucked gas straight out of our wallets. traded up for a rav4 for the wife.... who keeps trying to drive my $%^&ing car now 'cause its more fun.

 

heck ya, the Fd of the rear as mentioned above is higher than most sedans. you will be 200-350 rpm up on a 2.8xx drive.

 

Yeah - I thought that there was something wrong with it when I first got it. I kept jumping off the gas, hoping that it would shift up!

 

I have an 89 cherokee as my "toy" vehicle, and yeah, I'm happy to get 16mpg, and if I take it off road, double digits is an awesome day!

But it sits 95% of the time, so I don't care.

 

Before I realized that these cars have so much gas still left in them when the warning light comes on, I thought that I was getting Jeep-level mileage...

My mental calculation (not reliable!) was putting it in the low teens!