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Badfish 07-24-2006 03:43 PM

300 miles a tank?
 
that was my most recent mileage...ran it from full all the way to E and got almost 300 miles on the dot. is that good? how much mpg is it? (i dont know how big my tank is, i think its 12-13 gallons)

dannyb785 07-24-2006 03:44 PM

Our tanks are 15.7 gallons Closest I've ever gotten was around 270 or 280 on a tank of straight interstate the entire time.

Jack The Ripper 07-24-2006 03:48 PM


Originally Posted by Badfish
that was my most recent mileage...ran it from full all the way to E and got almost 300 miles on the dot. is that good? how much mpg is it? (i dont know how big my tank is, i think its 12-13 gallons)

If it was bone dry empty that is 19.1mpg.

i think E shows at 14 gallons though, which would be 21mpg.

If you did go to bone dry, with the mods you got, that is pretty fuggin awesome. City driving? highway?

i get roughly 17-18mpg

jjtgiants 07-24-2006 03:50 PM

300 mile out of a tank of gas is pretty damn good if you ask me.....I can only get about 260 per tank driving around like normal...if I'm lucky. If I get on it at all that's out the window. If I'm cruising on the freeway I can pull over 300 miles, but I don't really take my car on too many long trips so that doesn't happen very often.

Did the 300 mile include city driving or was that strictly highway?

dannyb785 07-24-2006 03:54 PM

Does anybody know when the "Low gas" light turns on? I've closed it in to around 3 gallons left but the owner's manual doesn't state it.

Jack The Ripper 07-24-2006 04:02 PM


Originally Posted by dannyb785
Does anybody know when the "Low gas" light turns on? I've closed it in to around 3 gallons left but the owner's manual doesn't state it.

Ive refilled my tank and put in 14.3 gallons without the log gas light coming on. If it is a 15.7 gal tank, chances are it comes on at 14.7 and gives you a full gallon to find a gas station

Saleen S330 07-24-2006 04:07 PM

I can get 300+ with my car, way better than when i had the 4.6.
Also that is great gas mileage.

TClark22 07-24-2006 04:11 PM

wow...and i think 250 is good for my sixer...but it is all city stop and go...alot of stop and go

MattJ 07-24-2006 04:12 PM

Only time i ever got 300+ a tank was when I did 90-110mph in full heavy downpour on the interstate to my destination and back.
lol

zigzaggthefag321 07-24-2006 04:49 PM

Damn guys...I only get like 160 per tank...sometimes 140 but it is all short trip city driving. Most I ever got was 278 from all highway on my trip to HH Island. Are my low numbers for city an idication something is wrong? I wouldnt say I am light footed either.

TClark22 07-24-2006 04:53 PM


Originally Posted by zigzagg321
Damn guys...I only get like 160 per tank...sometimes 140 but it is all short trip city driving. Most I ever got was 278 from all highway on my trip to HH Island. Are my low numbers for city an idication something is wrong? I wouldnt say I am light footed either.

u go to hilton head too?

i am leaving this thursday to go down there for a week

jjtgiants 07-24-2006 04:55 PM


Originally Posted by zigzagg321
Damn guys...I only get like 160 per tank...sometimes 140 but it is all short trip city driving. Most I ever got was 278 from all highway on my trip to HH Island. Are my low numbers for city an idication something is wrong? I wouldnt say I am light footed either.

ouch....160 per tank....I would say you have a HEAVY foot or something's wrong.

Jack The Ripper 07-24-2006 04:57 PM


Originally Posted by zigzagg321
Damn guys...I only get like 160 per tank...sometimes 140 but it is all short trip city driving. Most I ever got was 278 from all highway on my trip to HH Island. Are my low numbers for city an idication something is wrong? I wouldnt say I am light footed either.

WOW... i normally go about 250+ miles before i need to fill up, that is all city driving.

160 a tank is around 10mpg. somethin aint right, or yer gunning it constantly.

zigzaggthefag321 07-24-2006 04:57 PM


Originally Posted by TClark22
u go to hilton head too?

i am leaving this thursday to go down there for a week

yup, I was there a few weeks ago. I go now and then for a few days at a time. I dont live too far away from there. have fun while your there! I got a lot of bad looks from ppl there while I was driving (slowly) around the island...must have been the x pipe/no cats and Flowmasters hehe.

TClark22 07-24-2006 05:00 PM


Originally Posted by zigzagg321
yup, I was there a few weeks ago. I go now and then for a few days at a time. I dont live too far away from there. have fun while your there! I got a lot of bad looks from ppl there while I was driving (slowly) around the island...must have been the x pipe/no cats and Flowmasters hehe.

that will do it...my friend gets dirty looks here because of his o/r x and flows they always think he is goin fast

PureStang 07-24-2006 05:04 PM

i get about 200 all stop and go..but im running lean according to my dyno...haha...i need a tuner

zigzaggthefag321 07-24-2006 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
WOW... i normally go about 250+ miles before i need to fill up, that is all city driving.

160 a tank is around 10mpg. somethin aint right, or yer gunning it constantly.

yeah I am not light footed as I said....but I have no codes and have never seen the CE light or anything...it idles great, starts like a champ...pulls hard as s****...no smoke...doesnt burn oil...nothing to indicate something is wrong. I think the main thing may be that I live so damn close to work (2miles) that my car doesnt warm up fully by the time I get there or home from there. If I go cruising during the week I get better mpg's for the week.

zigzaggthefag321 07-24-2006 05:06 PM


Originally Posted by TClark22
that will do it...my friend gets dirty looks here because of his o/r x and flows they always think he is goin fast

yeah I either get thumbs up or dirty looks...but always they look.

mcmmotorsports 07-24-2006 05:21 PM

Jon, the correct way to check your mileage is to fill up, reset your trip odometer, drive till near empty, fill back up, then divide how many gallons it just took to fill it into the miles you just drove.

Example,
John Q. Stangowner fills up his tank.
He then drives 225 miles.
Fills up with 12.5 gallons.
225 divided by 12.5=18 MPG

TClark22 07-24-2006 05:23 PM

John Q. gets pretty good milage...:poke:

todd03blown 07-24-2006 06:18 PM

my cobra in atlanta traffic would average about 185 miles to a tank and I would fill backup with about 13 gallons which equates to 14mpg. I would fillup about 2.5 to 3 times a week at $42 a fillup. Now with my focus I fillup once a week at about $29 a fillup. Big cost savings for me:D

stang00 07-24-2006 06:23 PM

dont ahve a mustang but if i use my ac on max the entire time i will only get 300 a tank before im on E but then again i ahve a 13 gal; tank if i dont use the ac i get about 370 any no wut im getting i suck at teh math

todd03blown 07-24-2006 06:29 PM


Originally Posted by stang00
any no wut im getting i suck at teh math

ummmm looks like you suck at engrish (yes I know I spelled it wrong) as well.

2000novigt 07-24-2006 06:32 PM

I can never figue out my MPG cause I cant stop romping on it! I cant stop...

stang00 07-24-2006 07:28 PM


Originally Posted by todd03blown
ummmm looks like you suck at engrish (yes I know I spelled it wrong) as well.

knew he spelt it wrong but was to lazy to go back and change it haha thats funny haha english is ok typing sucks

todd03blown 07-24-2006 07:29 PM


Originally Posted by stang00
knew he spelt it wrong but was to lazy to go back and change it haha thats funny haha english is ok typing sucks

LMFAO....

mustangvsix 07-24-2006 08:57 PM

i just drove 270miles and filled up(the light hadn't even come on yet) and filled her with 12.002 gallons. so 22mpg aint' bad. that was with only a few times getting on it.

zigzaggthefag321 07-24-2006 08:58 PM


Originally Posted by mustangvsix
i just drove 270miles and filled up(the light hadn't even come on yet) and filled her with 12.002 gallons. so 22mpg aint' bad. that was with only a few times getting on it.

That is one very nice thing about the sixer.

pepsiaddict 07-24-2006 11:03 PM

I get around 200 per tank, but I fill up shortly after it goes on E, so I figure I have about 20+ miles left in her. All city driving, lots of stop'n'go construction, if you know Michigan roads during the summer :-\

The Interceptor 07-25-2006 01:04 AM

200 a tank unless I am really screwing around. My MPG is craptastic!


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