NighthawkBlue

In addition to the acetone mpg thread.

Mystery tank. 400 miles. One tank only. Union 76 station. Same one I always go to. Seems to burn much better, pedal response definitely better.

However...right after Katrina, 'bout a day or two. Buddy with a Toy Tacoma and my '01 CLS we both noticed wayy better response. Bam I get 400 miles from the tank. (I usually only get 300-320 which IMO sucks, I'm looking into plug change or ??? to rectify). He gets 25% better mileage on his tank. My pedal is snapping a much better response. All for only one tank tho.

Cashiers told me it is the exact same delivery company every time. I'm in process of finding out whom, as the drivers can be super helpful.

Conspiracy theory. Did George DouBullYou let some "great" gas out accidently right after Katrina? Do refineries usually mess up good gas so as to cause it to give less mileage thus keeping the oil pigs profits rising?

Before you tell me to put down my crack pipe, look at a San Diego tv stations expose on Big oil and gas. Click on the icons that show INTERNAL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL memos from Mobil, Chevron and especially Texaco. Texaco saying in 1999 "the biggerst threat to our profits is oversupply, we need to create a bogus undersupply" -paraphrasing.
http://www.10news.com/investigations/index.html

cltypeSLOW

haha man i get 200-250 mpg per tank TELL ME YOUR SECRETS wtf is wrong with my fuckin car...i think i have a hole in my gastank

01_blk_cl-s

i don't know how either of you drive but i average right at 400 with 80% highway miles.

Standout

I get about 350 on the norm...if its all hgwy I get 400...

Lord Helmet

I think you do have a hole in your tank! I get 300-400+ miles per tankfull depending upon city/highway driving.

As for this mystery gas... umm, put down the crack pipe??

bojingle

Freeway driving, you can get up to around 28-30MPG
City driving will put you around 21-24MPG

Every so often I'll get 400MILES to the tank, but that's whenever i'm driving on the freeway the whole time

skgarach

dunno if it makes a difference, but the EPA got rid of some some environmental additives after Katrina so that gas could be produced easier.

DRM600

AHA! no diluted gas!

Anfurnys Type-S

dude wtf ill be lucky to get like 280 per tank on like 60% norm and 40% freeway

darrinb

i dont think i have ever gotton over 300 from one tank

typeR

me either

alpswd

, same thing for me.

MotionEffects

Im with cltypeSLOW, my gas mileage is horrible, about 250 to a tank. My best ever was ~300 miles.

F900

^^^ 300miles is my worst

Smitty

Damn you guys better maintance your vehicles... 9lbs of boost and I am seeing 300 miles per tank.

getright

i drive to boston 3 times/wk and avg about 80-85mph on 95 with a 70%-30% hwy to city driving and i get between 330 and 345 consistently

power3dfx

I easily break over 300 also, but thats with 80% highway. If you drive on the street most of the times, you will NEVER see 300 miles. I usually get 200-250 per tank since i drive hard and mostly in the city!

Anfurnys Type-S

dude i keep my car maintained its like my baby and i don't drive that aggresive and all i see is like average 230-250 im lucky if i see 280 ive never reached 300 with 1 full tank before ever..

beestea

I actually had one fill up right after Katrina that got me 400 miles per tank, and it was regular instead of my usual high octane.

As far as the difference you guys are seeing in miles per tank, I think the two big differences would be ...

1. Are you driving in lots of stop and go city traffic, or all highway traffic?

I have gotten over 400 Miles per tank several times when I am on all highway roadtrips with no traffic.


2. When do you fill up your tank and how many gallons does it take? My low fuel indicator light seems to come on when I still have about 4-4.5 gallons of gas left.

Our cars have 17 gallon tanks, and if I fill up as soon as the light comes on the car usually only takes about 13 gallons or less.


Usually I will drive another 50 miles once the light comes on... I have had the needle all the way down to the bumper near E and the most gas my ever took during a fill up was 15.5 gallons.

Anfurnys Type-S

damn i didn't know that once our lights turn on we still had 4-4.5 gallons left i always filled up a bit after the light turned on no wonder i don't get like 300 lol =P i'll keep that in mind thanks guys... i always wondered why the most i've ever filled up was like 13.5 or so gallons on the light

NighthawkBlue

Aha. Thank you. Any links to this EPA ridding info?

Don Status

Me too, I take care of my car properly and all i get is about 230-280 i do mostly non-highway driving

Uber' CL-S

According to my owners manual, the Idiot Light comes on 3 gallons before 'empty.' I avg. 280 miles/13.5-14gal ( i usually fill up when the Light comes on) ~ 50% VTEC 1-2-3 city and 50% 75-85mph cruise highway. I hit 376 miles/fulltank(16.5gal) on a roadtrip this past summer, including a very brief run to the top end, 30 seconds of pedal to the floor (140+)

rondog

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OMG, I normally just break 200 miles to the tank, but after katrina, I actually broke 3miles to the tank!!!

I thought I was trippin, but its was true, only filled up twice since Katrina. Whatever it is, I hope it stays that way, even though Gas is more expensive, i saved money by getting more miles to the tank, go figure.

Anfurnys Type-S

hahaha im assuming you meant 300 miles?