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Old 08-19-2010 | 01:18 PM
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Simple gas question

When you fill up what range does your computer display?
Mine says 350-358 range. Just curious to know.
Old 08-19-2010 | 01:24 PM
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anywhere from 350 to 520
Old 08-19-2010 | 04:38 PM
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310-320 but all my driving is stop and go.
Old 08-19-2010 | 04:40 PM
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usually about 450-490
Old 08-19-2010 | 05:54 PM
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mine always says around 450 but I usually refill 10 miles after my empty sign comes on. So I get 350 miles a tank usually. (local/hwy mixed)
Old 08-19-2010 | 06:02 PM
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330. lots of stop and go. i live on a stinkin' island...

i usually end up using about ~14 gallons for ~280-290 miles before i fill up.
Old 08-19-2010 | 06:10 PM
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It usually says about 450 when I fill up. I typically drive 75 to 80 on the interstate, except lately since I now have a commuter for work and only use the TSX on the weekends and evenings.
Old 08-19-2010 | 09:17 PM
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The responses are pretty interesting because I wasn't asking what range you get til empty.
I was merely wanting to know what the display reads for range when you immediately get into your TSX after filling her up.

Shouldn't they all be approx the same? Mine never reads more than the mid 300's
Old 08-20-2010 | 09:14 AM
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Mine just says "yum".

I don't know if mine has a mileage range. I haven't looked for it.
Old 08-20-2010 | 09:38 AM
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I have an '04 I don't even have a computer
Old 08-20-2010 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by limeybstrd
The responses are pretty interesting because I wasn't asking what range you get til empty.
I was merely wanting to know what the display reads for range when you immediately get into your TSX after filling her up.
^^^ This is the same thing dude. I believe it changes based on your average fuel consumption. i.e. people who do a ton of highway driving will show higher numbers.
Old 08-20-2010 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy The Saint
^^^ This is the same thing dude. I believe it changes based on your average fuel consumption. i.e. people who do a ton of highway driving will show higher numbers.
So are you saying that even before you drive off from the gas station after filling up the computer has predicted your range based on what your driving habits were prior?
I would have thought this would be the case once you have actually driven off from the gas station. I was talking about filling up and immediatly viewing the range on the MID before actually any calculations have taken place.
Old 08-22-2010 | 02:48 PM
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MID showed 475 miles just after my last fill up, but I normally don't go more than 425 miles before filling up. Haven't run this car out yet, but I'm sure it will happen one day as I like to know just how far things will go.
Old 08-22-2010 | 07:05 PM
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I just filled mine up the other day and it said 520 Miles to empty.
Old 08-23-2010 | 01:22 PM
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I would think the computer estimates a projection of 'miles left on tank' by taking the average miles-per-gallon, and multiplying it by the estimated amount of gas in the tank based on its measurement device. Therefore, people who drive mostly city would have low projections and those who drive mostly highways miles would have higher projections.
Old 08-23-2010 | 03:42 PM
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Usually in the 500-530 range.
Old 08-23-2010 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by psteng19
Usually in the 500-530 range.
Interesting. So when I fill mine up with Shell super, I turn the key and it reads 358 miles range - even before driving off.
Old 08-25-2010 | 12:58 PM
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filled my 06 tsx yesterday and when I turned the car on it showed 466 mile range. Regular gas at Murphy USA
Old 08-25-2010 | 10:47 PM
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The MID range is initially based on your prior driving habits. Mine usually says 398 -402 when I fill up. That doesn't seem to change with my average per tank. When I drove to and from South Carolina last year it still told me the same thing, even though I was getting over 400 miles per tank. On the flip side when I was dealing with stuff related to my Grandmother's passing last month and doing constant stop and go driving and getting less than 20 mpg it didn't change either. I've also never reset my Trip B. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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