Great MPG!
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But he's saying that it is wrong by about 2mpg and he's taken proper measurements across multiple fillups. Perhaps his MID is not properly measuring the fuel consumed??
I was hinting at the possibility of errors in the calculations. If it's averaged over 10 or more tanks, I'll believe it. If it's just a few, cutoff point can come into effect.
99% of the MPG threads on here fall into one of the 2 following categories:
I was hinting at the possibility of errors in the calculations. If it's averaged over 10 or more tanks, I'll believe it. If it's just a few, cutoff point can come into effect.
99% of the MPG threads on here fall into one of the 2 following categories:
- My TL gets terrible MPG. Turns out that the OP does a lot of city driving.
- My TL gets awesome MPG. Turns out the OP does long highway stretches. (Like myself.)
That's my point. If they only searched we wouldn't have all of these repeats. 99% of the time it turns out there's nothing wrong with the car, it's just the type of driving they do. Just throwing out there that you do city or highway does not mean anything. There can be a significant average mph and mpg difference with different types of city driving.
If you notice, in the older threads there was a lot more technical info and even surveys of driving style, average mph, etc. Now it's just a few people throwing little tidbits of info that you can't really draw any conclusions from.
You inevitably will get one person claiming some crazy mpg like 43mpg leaving out valuable facts. You'll get someone claiming crazy gains from an oil change, air filter change, valve adjustment, etc. It's the same old stuff over and over again.
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i started getting about 50 miles less per tank in my 04' TL shortly after it turned cold. i also installed a K&N air filter but that was still when it was warm. the computer says im getting 16mpg. please help!
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Air filter has no effect on mpg.
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haha im still a student who just switched from a fuel-friendly scion xb 05 to the TL 05 and i expected the gas to be a problem. Turned out its not too bad, fill up would be about $45, mixed driving with 60-75% locals, and before it hits E i would get about 230 miles to the tank. Average 13 gallons = 17mpg. When im on freeway the meter always says 30+, once i even got 36 mpg but i dont think any of it is accurate. OH well =).
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On a regular tank, I'll get around 22 MPG, 23 if I'm lucky. . . . This is with probably 75-80% freeway driving, too.
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