ghost_masterCL

ok, so I went on a camping trip with my gf last weekend, and I did a crapload of highway driving. I live in denver, CO which is about 5500 ft above sea level, and we were going up into the mountains. Reached 9000+ ft for a bit driving between 30 and 60 mph on some switchbacks in third gear (about 5% of tank.) Most of the rest was highway cruising between 50 and 70 mph in 4th gear, a little bit of 90mph plus driving. Also since my power dropped like a rock at those altitudes and with all teh weight in the car I did some sporty driving after I got back down to denver since I got the power back.

ANYWAYS, to the POINT. On my next fill up which was 13.9 gallons, I had made 410 MILES!!!! That's 29.8 MPG!!!! I usually get like 19-21 mpg due to all my city driving and sporty driving. I had no idea I could get mileage THAT good. Now I love this car even more.

agranado

not bad at all man. That's pretty good - but remember, its probably just once in a blue moon. Im happy w/the 320-330 I get every time filling up at about 13.4-14

klepto

i made 400 once, but it was pretty much all freeway driving

97BlackAckCL

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Nice miles, I can get about 400 out of my 3.0 if I do all highway. That's some good gas mileage for a v6

LLWesMan

I got about 430 on about 15 gallons of gas when I drove down to SB.

shineynitelite

i get 320 if i'm lucky

dragon084

i went from Dix Hills (LI) today to Piscataway New Jersey and only used like a quarter of the

tank of my 89 Celica ST.

dragon084

410 is astonishing though. thats that 3.0 highway mileage for ya!

ghost_masterCL

yeah it is, I usually get like 270-310 with my lead foot/city driving.

nippon_wa

yep.. i've never had over 350+

always less than 300.. if lucky, 320...it was once.. auto sucks

Josh99CL

I got 370 on 13 gals which is 28.5 on 50/50 city highway which I'm really impressed with. Most of my freeway speeds were 80-90 and I did some spirited driving testing the new suspension + a few cases of WOT.

Full freeway I bet I could hit 32-33. I'm going to try to take this next tank fairly easy to see how she does.

97BlackAckCL

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holy shit, thought ghost was back

South Jersey CL

i got 29 on my last tank...mostly city driving.

Josh99CL

Nice, I know last time I checked mine before the mods with the fucked up exhaust I got like 26-27 and that was driving her easier so getting everything corrected and running synthetic made an improvement.

97BlackAckCL

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Can't wait to drive my CL

hybridnrg

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haha that and i thought nippon_wa was back

hybridnrg

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where is it?

GhettoNinja06

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310 on an entire fill up. Beat that bitches! :tonguefaw

Had to drive extra careful because of the spare..

Josh99CL

Am I missing the sarcasm?

I just went 370 on 13 with a highway/city split and being aggressive.

AcuraAnonymous

I have the 99 2.3 and when I drove from CA to WA I got close to 600 miles on a tank... I thought it was really good gas mileage, although it was ALL freeway driving in 5th gear about 5-10mph over speed limit, I usually average high 20's low 30's depending on driving

Josh99CL

How many gals was your fill up?

I keep hearing about our 17 gallon tanks but I've never put in over 14 even after riding under E for 40-50 miles.

1slo23

I get like 27 tops in my CL..kinda sad i think

PimpCL23

450 mpg rite before i sold it!

mitch14

that's great mileage, cuz 600 miles on the full 17 gallons would be over 35 mpg


i've gotten a consistent 28.5mpg over the last month of driving
the most mileage i've done on one tank was 735 kms which is 456 miles
and that fill was the most i ever got, which was 60 liters or 15.85 US gallons
but i drove with the gas light on for about 50km, and i was starting to get a little scared
guess i don't have a reserve tank either, cuz the needle never comes back up

GhettoNinja06

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No sarcasm, That's pretty good for a 3.0...

97BlackAckCL

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that's assuming 17 gallons, most people on here think when they hit their reserve that it's empty

Josh99CL

Is there any indication you're on your reserve?

lilbatman626

Brother went to South Padre, only stopped for gas twice. Got like 430. Im pretty sure and got like 31 mpg. I was amazed! and no ticket with my detector either ah snap!

97BlackAckCL

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you have to watch when your gas guage is getting down to the bottom, a lot of times you'll miss it, the orange light comes on for a sec, and then the needle goes from E up to 1/4 tank

mattastick

Mine doesn't do that, and I've run into the resever many times.

Side note, for my last tank, I got ~53.7 miles, iirc. And that was like 14.6 gallons... Broken something ftl...

Josh99CL

Wait... did you just typo or say you drove 53 miles on a tank of gas?

GhettoNinja06

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Mine doesn't do that either... I don't even get a light. Ohh, and btw, I ran out of gas the other day and walked it across the parking lot from the bowling ally to fill it up and it only filled up 15 gallons, pumped the handle again and it overflowed a little like usual.. Does my reserve work?

Josh99CL

^ The reserve situation always blows my mind whenever it's brought up. I've never heard of anyone pumping more than 15gal.

It does say 17gal in our owners manual though IIRC.

mitch14

more than 15 is easy, i just said i did about 15.85, and that's conservative cuz there was no engine sputter or anything, i could go longer, but i don't really wanna run out of gas anywhere

GhettoNinja06

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Wow, I get serrious sputtering and hard starts at about 14 gallons and it stalls out around 15 gallons... So is my reserve not kicking in? Is it a seperate tank?

Josh99CL

Dito those questions. The most I've ever filled up was like 13.8 IIRC and I didn't have any symptoms of low fuel.

hybridnrg

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oooohhhh!! haha i always thought somehow maybe since i was moving now that my gas gauge found my gas....



yes i have seen this happen

mattastick

Not a typo... I drove ~53 miles (charted) on a tank of gas. Actual traveled distance was probably closer to the average 375-400 miles, but still... As for this tank, I'm about halfway though, and I think I've charted about .2 miles... Again, the actual distance I've gone is probably closer to 200 miles, but something is all kinds of f-ed up, and my speedo (and therefore trip and odometer) only work part of the time...

97BlackAckCL

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neat

Josh99CL

Fing with your odo to not record miles would be a sneaky trick.