500 Miles on a Tank? Yes, of course.

[forestacademy]

I don't think I would try it, unless I knew it was all down hill to the next gas station

[dbwill]

Originally Posted by Dave777

Though I started and ended near sea level, the total ascent along the way was 17,146 feet of hills and mountains through southern Oregon and northern California.

Dave, help me understand what you mean by the 17,146 figure.

Thanks

[WhiteNBlack08]

Your a lot braver than I am, you must have been running on Fumes when you pulled into the gas station. Tell us, when you filled it, did you "top off" a couple extra times.

[Bill Marshall]

Originally Posted by forestacademy

I guess this puts to rest "smarts can't climb hills"

Regarding the tank size issue, its irelevant in this case. he still got 505 miles on a tank no mater how many gallons he put in after the trip

Irrelevant to whom?

[smart fortimo]

Originally Posted by dbwill

Dave, help me understand what you mean by the 17,146 figure.

Thanks

The aggregate of grade or elevation changes?

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by Bill Marshall

Irrelevant to whom?

Irrelevant to the MPG issue.
the Gas tank size has been beat to death


Resolution, Fill it when you are comfortable

How big is the gas tank? - Redux, Part Deux
http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/for...highlight=Tank
0.00 & 8.88 (gas tank)

[jediknight36]

Originally Posted by rfernatt

There has been some debate whether the 8.7 includes or doesn't include the 1.3 gallon reserve. There are two camps, one believes that it does and the other doesn't. The smart documentation is unclear at best. I've filled my car to 9.5 gallons more than once when I was at 0.0 gallons, so I'm in the "it's a 10 gallon tank" camp.

Edit: Or, as Old smart points out below, there is significant capacity in the filler neck that puts the total 'system' capacity to right at 10 gallons.

When I top of, it all spills out. But I could see .3 gal in the neck. That is amazing!

[Bill Marshall]

Originally Posted by forestacademy

Irrelevant to the MPG issue.
the Gas tank size has been beat to death


Resolution, Fill it when you are comfortable

How big is the gas tank? - Redux, Part Deux
http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/for...highlight=Tank
0.00 & 8.88 (gas tank)
Gas Tank

Well . . . you can't fit 9.0 gallons in an 8.7 gallon capacity tank. So, I needed to ask the question. I learned by asking the question & as a new fortwo owner, that was valuable to me.

Cheers . . .

[SmartCard]

Congrats!

(I'm still waiting on my first 300 mile gas tank! )

[wildman]

I filled up yesterday, 312.2 miles, the first time I broke the 300 mile mark. It took 7.8 gal to fill up. I fill on slow and stop when it clicks off. My trip had just started flashing the 1.0 gallon instead of miles. I have just over 2000 miles on my 2009 passion coupe. I just drive, sometimes manual, sometimes in auto. I have a scangauge on order, and expect that to help increase my mileage, (it did in my truck).