I will be travling from NYC to Seattle in my 02 TL-S and i'm wanting to know is how many miles will i be able to get out of a full tank if i was travling at the speed of 70 to 80 MPH. this way i can estimate how much gas money will i be spending. thankx

 

about 30mpg

 

umm.. how many miles total on a tank. and BTW how many gallons can a 02 hold

 

If th TL is the same as the CL type S it is 17.1 gals

about 400 would be as far as I would go without refueling (fuel pump isn't cheap)

 

would it be better if i drove at 70 or 80 mph in order to get better mpg

 

70

 

even though at 80 i noticed that the rpms are at 2100

 

70 = under 2K

 

god dam that means its gona take me atlest 42 Hrs of driving to get there. not to mention about 8 full tanks of gas

 

Fly...

But to address your question, my CL-S gets about 28 mpg or about 380 miles per 14 gallons when on long road trips averaging 80 mph.

There are way too many factors though to really get it down to a precise estimate. Speeds, temperatures, gas prices, road qualities are all going to vary throughout your long trip...and they all have a pretty big effect on what you are going to end up spending...

 

not to mention the quality of gas you put in.......

 

Putting a few more pounds of pressure in my tires seems to help me get an extra 1 or 2 mpg when I go on long trips.

 

May have much better luck posting this in the TL section of the site.. specifically the 2nd Gen TL Discussion. I'd move it there for you... but we can't move into/out of the car specific forums... so you'll need to re-post.

Sorry