eric06303

How many miles do you guys average on a full tank of gas?

blk_tl

around 21. That's with mostly city driving.

fsttyms1

i usually get 340-400 miles from a tank 75%hwy 25%city

The Acclude

I'm lucky to get 275, I get 230-250 usually, and thats a decent mix...I swear it must be evaporating, or I need to take it to the dealer. I got 343 when I picked it up in Houston but that was quite a bit of highway driving on that 1 lucky tank. This sucks. :-/

fsttyms1

ive also gotten like 220 per tank a few times

songoku

I get about 275~290 (50% city & 50% freeway miles).

TeknoKing

all of guy with high milage per full tank, how in the world can you pull 400miles?!

DAMN, im impressed...


I'll be lucky if I get 230 (and no, i dont floor it all the time )

fsttyms1

when i get that much its usually mostly hwy (trips, or non stop driving)

rhizopod

I get low 200s per tank.. 100% city.

jpadilla

i get about 20mpg city, 29 on road trips doing 80mph most of the way.

cofidis2

So i took a long road trip and decided to see how good o-gas milage i could get.

i got 28.77 miles per gallon. That was keeping it at about 70-73 mph for a tank of gas. The terrain was mosly flat with some small mountain passes.

needles to say i was impressed. i got about 11,000 miles on an 03 tl's

samkws

22 for me in winter

24 in summer

dwstormes

19 in city. 33 highway only.

maxx96

I get 400 miles on hwy and when I put gas I still have about 1.5 gal.
In the city (mix) I get 290 before my low light comes "ON".

sc354

wow...I would be a little bit worried to let my tank go as low as 1.5 gallons away from totally empty. When I fill up, I usually don't let less than 2-3 gallons be in my tank at all times.

fsttyms1

the most i have ever put in my tank at fill up is around 16.5 gallons

KZGTR

my mpg has been decreased, it was 300, then 250, now around 200?

dlpickering

Here's a summary of my MPG for the month of October. Combination city/highay. '03 TL-S.

# # Kilometres Miles
Litres Gallons Driven Driven MPG
315.69 69.45 2999 1859 26.8

redbox18

With 100% NYC driving, I get like 13 mpg which comes out to 220 or so with a full tank. Rhizopod and KZGTR - is that typically normal for you guys? I'm wondering if I need to get it checked. I thought I was the only one with such low numbers, but it appears you guys are too. And since you guys drive in NYC, it's comparable.

MikeTL-S

I think this post says something characteristically about the TL especially, that the fuel efficiency is very dependent upon driving styles, I would have to say moreso than any other car I've driven in the past.

fldave

2002 TLS- I get 34mpg highway doing 80mph. In city driving I get around 23mpg. I've never had a car with this HP get such good mpg!

FlDave

96 RX7- 21 HW - note - Mazda's suck gas for size/weight
89 Corvette- 17 HW - note- expected result, not bad
70 mustang 302- 12mpg HW- note- who cares about mpg!

Deity42

I get about 25 mpg, or around 340 miles from full to when the "oh ****" light comes on (which has been about 13.7 gallons for me).

Thats about 60/40 highway and city, but highway traffic is always stop and go in Houston. I drive mildly aggressive.

fifo

24 city, 28 highway. Got over 400 miles per tank on a few occasions, which equated to about 30 MPG. I'm using a K&N air filter, BTW. Everything else is stock.

mikelee223

I've gotten 400 when I first got my car. But now around 350-380 for HWY, but 200 for the city

vandy786

Averaged 34 MPG highway with 4 passengers, full trunk, and AC on while driving 80 MPH once. I almost made it past halfway to our destination in NJ before needing to fuel up. Got right near 500 miles. Usually get 33 highway and I'm not sure about city driving since my drives are usually mixed. But I did average 24 MPG once driving like the cabbies in NYC on a winter trip.

njtls

i get piss as gas milage...im lucky to get 250 a tank..and i almost lawyas get less then 15 mpg...even when im trying to get good gas milage...

fla-tls

For those not getting good gas mileage, when's the last time you checked your tire pressure and cleaned/changed your air filter?

Not doing those two things will really hurt mileage.

njtls

my tir pressure is 35 all around which should give me better milage opposed to the recomeneded 32...and ive looked at my airfilter once awhile ago..but my car ony has 8k on it

Flounder

02 TL-S for a car w/ this much hp I'm really impressed by the mpg that i'm getting.

On avg. I get about 360-375 b/f the fuel light turns on, this is w/ 70% hwy/ 30% city. This would avg out about 25-26 mpg for me.

eric06303

just wondering...this might seem kinda stupid but imma ask anyways, if i always drive in sports shift mode and i keep the gear at a high gear, 4, the engine runs at a lower RPM when i'm on local streets than if the gear is at 2 which it would idealy be at, would that damage any component in the car in any way? or would that help me get more miles on a tank of gas

Tracer

I get about 250 during normal driving (60% city), LA to Las Vegas resulted in the 300 miles being covered using about half a tank (!), which is about double of what i normally get.

Tracer

ziled

350 - 400 miles. I drive on highways most of the time

ihaterice

just got back from the holiday trips - 27 mpg on the way up ( a little disappointed as last time i made this trip got about 30-31 mpg both ways) - haven't checked the way back yet but there is 410 miles (much better) on the trip odometer right now and the gas light just peeked on as i pulled up to my house this evening

one strange thing i noticed - not sure how much one has to do with the other but with 5w20 oil in it and the oem honda oil filter i seemed to get about 2-3 mpg more than what is currently in the car (5w30 mobil 1 and a K&N oil filter) anyone else noticed this happen to their cars?

one other question I have - has anyone actually tested the K&N drop in air filter to see if it gave them any improved gas mileage as claimed? just wondering cause i was considering getting one if it actually does help

maxx96

Yes, that's what I have in mine and it improved about 2mpg plus better top end and throttle response.

pmptx

My 02 has 32000 on it, and I haven't gotten less than 300 on any tank, and average about 22-24 mpg. I have never gotten less than 20 mpg ever, and I am geeky enough to calc every tank.
Travel is probably 60/40 city/hwy. And I usually do 80+ on the highway.

Chet03TL-S

I have Mobil1 5w-30 and a K&N Oil Filter. No difference in MPG that I noticed. Still getting about 22MPG.

ihaterice

i am the same way - i calculate every tank of gas i get

usual driving for me is about 50/50 city/highway and i get about 24.5-26 mpg per tank depending on how much of one or the other driving it do

pure highway mileage on trips is usually 30-31

i am actually really impressed that these cars can do this great on gas mileage

my fiancee has a '03 trailblazer and we have never even come close to hitting chevrolet's estimated mpg as posted, 16-18 mpg sucks, but at least she only has a 3 mile commute each way to and from work

dandk33

My question to you guys with 350+ miles to the tank. How many

miles do you drive per trip? Do you ever encounter any other

drivers on the road?

blk_tl

280 to a tank

fsttyms1

im usually on the freeway around 80mph when i get 350+per tank
and i have gotten that on 2 lane hwy roads (with me passing) other cars also