Woman Gas Mileage
#34
After reading these posts I think I am doing really really good. Even though I drive my car like a sports car.. I get 19 something in the city and you guys wont believe how much I got on Interstate - 87.... 26.3 for almost 150 miles. That day I was so happy that my sweetie is not that bad.
You can see the fuel efficiency in the Navigation system and I was closely following it.
I noticed that on highways if you put your car on cruise for one fixed speed (ofcourse you cant put it less then 80 mph ).. you can definately get more mileages.
You can see the fuel efficiency in the Navigation system and I was closely following it.
I noticed that on highways if you put your car on cruise for one fixed speed (ofcourse you cant put it less then 80 mph ).. you can definately get more mileages.
#35
Originally Posted by GTT
Last night I tried to get the best mile per gal. I put the cruse control at 60mph. I got 47 mile per gal which is cool try it
it must have been a very long hill you were driving down. but seriously, I am guessing you got you mpg number from the nav computer and not by actually measuring the amount of gas you used and the miles you drove.
#36
Originally Posted by RBJ
After reading these posts I think I am doing really really good. Even though I drive my car like a sports car.. I get 19 something in the city and you guys wont believe how much I got on Interstate - 87.... 26.3 for almost 150 miles. That day I was so happy that my sweetie is not that bad.
You can see the fuel efficiency in the Navigation system and I was closely following it.
I noticed that on highways if you put your car on cruise for one fixed speed (ofcourse you cant put it less then 80 mph ).. you can definately get more mileages.
You can see the fuel efficiency in the Navigation system and I was closely following it.
I noticed that on highways if you put your car on cruise for one fixed speed (ofcourse you cant put it less then 80 mph ).. you can definately get more mileages.
nav fuel computers are normally off by a bunch. try writing down your milage when you fill up then do the same the next time you get gas. divide the gallons into the miles and you will get your miles per gallon.
#38
Originally Posted by eldy
I had a chick drive my car this past week and she got 331 mi. on 17.5 gal., which works out to 18.9 mpg.
I drive the car and get 245 mi. on 17.0 gal., which is 14.4 mpg--under similar traffic conditions!
WTF!?
I drive the car and get 245 mi. on 17.0 gal., which is 14.4 mpg--under similar traffic conditions!
WTF!?
#39
I'm on a tear this week with fuel economy.
I've been babying my car decently to see how good I can get for milleage over a one tank-of-gas interval. If I let my car go down to the point where the Nav tells me I need to get gas(which is really when you have 3 gallons left), I will eclipse the 500 Mile marker on one tank. I'm currently at 26.9 MPG, and I do only about 1/4 of my driving on the highway lately.
Unfortunately, i will not let the tank get low enough to actually go 500 miles... for fear of sucking up the junky gas at the bottom of the tank.
I've been babying my car decently to see how good I can get for milleage over a one tank-of-gas interval. If I let my car go down to the point where the Nav tells me I need to get gas(which is really when you have 3 gallons left), I will eclipse the 500 Mile marker on one tank. I'm currently at 26.9 MPG, and I do only about 1/4 of my driving on the highway lately.
Unfortunately, i will not let the tank get low enough to actually go 500 miles... for fear of sucking up the junky gas at the bottom of the tank.
#40
Originally Posted by Hotrod
nav fuel computers are normally off by a bunch. try writing down your milage when you fill up then do the same the next time you get gas. divide the gallons into the miles and you will get your miles per gallon.
I check mine everytime...and my nav is within 10ths of a mile every time. I've been doing this for the last 4000 miles.
#41
Originally Posted by partyman66
I'm on a tear this week.... 185 miles driven, I've used about 2/5ths of my tank up(according to the gauge... though I'm not sure how accurate it is), and I've been averaging 26.7 MPG. I'm on pace to smash my personal record for most miles out of a tank in the G.
I decided to baby the **** out of my car this week, just to see how good I could get the milleage to be.
I decided to baby the **** out of my car this week, just to see how good I could get the milleage to be.
Best method is to fill the tank, 0 the trip meter and when you fill her up the next time calculate the mileage based on the trip reading and how much you pumped to fill it again.
#42
on the drive down from illinois to texas, i drove 390 and some fraction of a mile before filling up 16.2 gallons. i guess that's slightly over 24 MPG. ~100% of that mileage was on the highway (other than gas station to highway and highway to gas station). i was averaging approx. 90 MPH. good thing i was driving through arkansas (gas was only 2.30)!! =)
#43
Originally Posted by g35dreamcar
Measuring the mileage based on the fuel tank gauge is a waste. You will never be close to getting the correct reading.
Best method is to fill the tank, 0 the trip meter and when you fill her up the next time calculate the mileage based on the trip reading and how much you pumped to fill it again.
Best method is to fill the tank, 0 the trip meter and when you fill her up the next time calculate the mileage based on the trip reading and how much you pumped to fill it again.
#44