22 MPG ??????????

[ZZZema]

Just finish my first tank of gas and get 22 MPG....???? I don't step on it, drive normal, don't go over 3000 RPM. Does anyone know what could be the issue?? TY

[blackbeagle]

Can you tell us how you calculated the 22mpg and how you drove it during that tank of gas?

[SmartCard]

you can't go by the first tank of gas....probably it wasn't full!

[ZZZema]

Originally Posted by blackbeagle

Can you tell us how you calculated the 22mpg and how you drove it during that tank of gas?

The tank was full, and at the empty I had 203 miles on it..... Was driving 20 miles on hwy and about 5 local every day, 25 miles total TY

[The GMan]

To get 22 MPG, you would have had to put 9.2 gallons of gas in your tank. It doesn't hold that much.
How much gas did you put into the tank?

[msjohnson1974]

Originally Posted by ZZZema

Just finish my first tank of gas and get 22 MPG....???? I don't step on it, drive normal, don't go over 3000 RPM. Does anyone know what could be the issue?? TY

Define "Normal"... also, try it on a second tank b/c even though the tank may have read full at pickup it may not have been.

To calculate miles per gallon, fill the tank on the medium pump flow setting, let it turn off automatically. Drive to the point you need gas. Refill the tank on medium flow setting. Take miles driven and divide by gallons added. Do not put that last little sqeeze of gas on either fill up.

MPG = Miles/Gallons used.

[tbranca]

or just buy a scan gauge

[jetdok5]

In my opinion, you have somthing wrong. The worst I have got is 36 and the best is 43.5. I do not "baby" my smart now that it is broken in!

[ZZZema]

Originally Posted by jetdok5

In my opinion, you have somthing wrong. The worst I have got is 36 and the best is 43.5. I do not "baby" my smart now that it is broken in!

"brake in" that's what the dealership say needs to happen, but 22 MPG now , still sounds way to low, doesn't it?

[SMART]

Let's refrain from making personal accusations and let me also add that my normal gas mileage is 25 -27 in my smart.