ironsurfer129

I am very happy that i finally get 196 miles @ Half tank today. However it is 90% freeway. Is it even possible to get that in local or half local and half freeway?

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

depends what mods you have, gas you use, how you maintain your car and most importantly how you drive. if you vtec all the time, your literaly watch the guage drop. if you cruise, coast and brake slow and accel slow then your gonna get pretty good mileage in the city. i accel below 3k 95 percent of the time. make sure your filter is clean, tires are inflated, use good gas and/or fuel cleaner and use proper viscosity of oil, and change your plugs if need be. if you have wider tires or extra sticky ones, thay may create road friction. clean your trunk, more weight means more power is needed to move your car. also try to stay around 60-70 on the freeway. i heard every 10 mph past that is 15 percent lower fuel economy. and use cruise control on long trips. hope this helps! i get about 25mpg mixed with drop in filter, resonator removal, 5w-20 oil but also subs and rims.

Nutshell

im stock with a k&n filter and ive gotten 129 at a quarter, but that was poking around like grandma. after i said screw it and just drove normally. and that was with premium fuel..

YeuEmMaiMai

half a tank is about 200miles for me in mixed driving if I drive all freeway it is close to 260. I can go 500 miles 15.6 gals of gas driving 72mph

underst8

thats about what I get, maybe a little less. Alls I know is that when I did my first mod - CAI, dear lord I was amazed/delighted with what it did to my gas mileage...almost as happy as the sound made me

spdy0001

Figuring gas consumption based on 1/2 or 1/4 of a tank makes no sense. You are not getting any usable information. Run through a tank of gas and get the miles per GALLON, not miles per half tank. This is data you can use

typeS6S

i always get 150 to the half doing 50/50 highway/city

SPoolinspOON

iTrader: (5)

I'm making a trip down to VA TECH this weekend and i'll see what happens with mine. With a full truck full of stuff I think it should still be decent.

I usually get about 150 miles at 1/2 tank with 60% city driving.

AARONSredTYPE-S

DAMN, I only get between 200-250 to a full tank no matter how I drive. How the hell are you guys getting that many miles? Maybe we have poor gas down here in Florida? I always use 93 octane at shell or racetrack..oh well, maybe my car is messed up

JohnBlayz142

I get ~350 a tank...but there's usually a couple gallons in there when I fill it up. Remember, the light comes on with 3 gallons left.

weaselbob74

ISn't it true that gas doesn't go as far, or produce as much energy when it is warm versus when it is cold?

I get about 330 to the tank. 25 MPG on 93

JohnBlayz142

No. I live in Florida and get excellent gas mileage. It's about 85 out today.

turbo_911

i get 330 miles a tank, city driving only, i guess that's not bad, but i don't go above 3k rpms....

also what is better to use, 91 or 93 fuel? and does it matter?

2CLean

I usually get shitty mileage, but this last fill up I purposefully stayed out of vtec and tried to shift at or around 2K just to see what kind of mileage I would get. I got 340 miles before the gas light came on with mixed city/hwy driving (mostly city).

JohnBlayz142

91 is just fine. Our manuals recommend 91 or higher. You won't notice any difference running 93 over 91. If I stop at a 7-11 with the choice of both, I always get 91 because not many places around here sellit and I save a few cents.

turbo_911

oh ok, its just our gas stations here have 93, that's why i was wondering if its ok to fill up with it, or should i find 91, lol

o1s

i average about 360-400 miles at the fuel light. i have gotten well over 500 on a tank with cruise control and interstate driving.

M.J.H.

I was hoping someone would say this!

RTizzo

i went 500 miles a full tank with a/c on, recent round trip to vegas.

Ralphie917

Im not sure what i get to the tank... I try and squeeze 180 miles by the halfway mark, sometimes i do and sometimes its a little under --- but i always check my mileage at every fillup 21.5-22.5 pretty consistently and semi spirited driving -
the lowest i ever got was 19.xx
the highest i ever got was 29.xx mpg on a not so long highway trip - maybe 150-175 miles round trip - but i was cruising at about 70-75 with the AC on so it was a good feeling.

smooth CL-in

I drove from Jersey down to Rocky Mountain, NC two weekends ago. i filled up at SUNCO (7 miles before delaware Water Gap) with their Ultra 93. There were 3 people in the car a trunk full of stuff, and traveling at an average about 85mph. I average about 25-27 mpg. Coming home, only 2 people, less junk in the trunk and average about 60-70mph due to traffic. My MPG was alot less using shell and some other generic gas. I decided just to stick with SUNCO's ULTRA 93. My car runs 10x better

o1s

i don't think your mpg had anything to do with shell gas. i think you had a heavier shoe on or somthing.

cltypeSLOW

400+ p/t when im driving highway.

weaselbob74

This site is pretty cool for comparing actual gas prices.

FuelEconomy.gov

CL-S 6sp

underst8

True.

This could lead to one issue though if the person attempting this measure forgets to put half a gallon in a portable tank in their trunk

spdy0001

Well obvoiusly you don't have to use every drop of gas in your tank to figure MPG

jacksonlan33

225 till light comes up

2CLean

Just got back from a road trip to Nashville to check out the Titans/Raiders game (340 miles roundtrip from Louisville, KY to Nashville, TN) and averaged 27.06 MPG!! Reset the odo at 0 and ended up at 405.9 miles before I filled up w/ exactly 15 gallons. Other than 50 miles of city driving, the rest was strictly hwy w/ no AC, averaging 85mph the whole way. This is awesome for me considering I usually get 260-280 before the gas light comes on w/ mixed city/hwy driving (lot's of which is in VTEC). Just goes to show that staying out of VTEC and stop and go traffic will net you some decent MPG.

ironsurfer129

just calculated my mpg.

Didnt Vtec, keep rpm under 2k most of the time. occassionally above 2.5k
half highway @ avg 70 to 85mph
half local
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Avg MPG: 24.58

YeuEmMaiMai

lol what? MPG is # of miles driven by # of gals used. I fill up once a week and it is an average of 8 gals for 200 miles or 25MPG mixed driving. you don't have to drive to E to get accurate mpg......

weaselbob74

I think he was saying that it makes no sense to figure out your mileage based on your gas guage. You can have any amount of gas in the tank to be able to figure out your mileage as long as you fill the tank all the way.

weaselbob74

How can you keep your RPM's under 2500 most of the time, if you avg 70-85? My RPM's at 70 are at 2500 and 85mph I am at 3200ish

Garkon

W/ automatic in 5th gear if I'm cruising around 2000 rpms, my speed is about 73ish. By the time i get up to 80 I'm around 2300-2500. Of course thats cruising, if I stay in top gear and push the throttle at either of these points, the rpms will raise for better acceleration.

ironsurfer129

I get that all the time, crusing speed on highway at 80mph, it is 2100 ~ 2200 rpm
BTW, i drive CL-P auto. That might have make the different.

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

I get about 200 miles to the first half of the tank and then 150 miles till I fill up.

The gauge isn't very accurate.

JohnBlayz142

Was right around 160 today at the half way point. I feel that I'm getting pretty damn good gas mileage.

Joe5.0

I just set a new personal record, 455 miles on a tank, which only needed 14.45 gallons to fill it back up, which equates to 31.5mpg. I ALWAYS top it off to 3 clicks at the same gas station, so I know its accurate.

All expressway, most of it with the cruise on 70-80mph. I had just cleaned the air filter too, it was pretty nasty.

On that tank I was a tick past half tank when I hit 300 miles. I ALWAYS get 200 miles before 1/ tank, even in city driving. And I have almost never had the fuel light come on before I hot 300 miles.

weaselbob74

Wow that is a big difference from Manual. So what RPM are you at at 100mph?

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

Taken before I filled up at the gas station. I got 37.93 MPG.

weaselbob74

Damn How fast were you driving?