500 Miles on a Tank? Yes, of course.

[chieftmc]

Originally Posted by 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).

SWEET wildman

I can't wait to get some miles piled on and get those 40+ MPG's

Still driving it like I stole it

[Smartdavis]

If the tank holds 8.7 gallons and if the car went 505 miles that would be an average of 58 mpg which seems incredible to me. Can a typical production engine have that much variation in mpg's? My average is around 37 mpg.

[chieftmc]

Originally Posted by Smartdavis

If the tank holds 8.7 gallons and if the car went 505 miles that would be an average of 58 mpg which seems incredible to me. Can a typical production engine have that much variation in mpg's? My average is around 37 mpg.

In his defense, he DID say he put 9 gallons in

That's ONLY 56.1 mpg

Still WAY high

[loisb]

We've only had our SC for two weeks but I'm surprised that our mpg is lower than anticipated. Nearly all of our driving is in the city (surface streets) but last night we filled up with 5.5 gal. and we'd driven 143 miles; not very impressive. Is it the way we are driving or does it take some break-in time to get better gas mileage? We did fill with premium gas, by the way.

[JPaul]

Originally Posted by loisb

We've only had our SC for two weeks but I'm surprised that our mpg is lower than anticipated. Nearly all of our driving is in the city (surface streets) but last night we filled up with 5.5 gal. and we'd driven 143 miles; not very impressive. Is it the way we are driving or does it take some break-in time to get better gas mileage? We did fill with premium gas, by the way.

26 MPG is normal in your case: mileage is not great for the first few hundred miles, and you're driving city. Short trips are worst since the engine hasn't the time to reach its optimum state.
Look forward to steady improvement as you add miles in both, longer trips and total odometer.

[forestacademy]

My Wife has always got better milage than I do. She used to drive in manual mode and was not consistant about the gas she would get. Sometimes w/ ethanol and sometime without.

She has since found a convienient gas station without ethanol and has switched to auto mode. We are also at about 7k miles. She has just seen a 5mpg boost on the last several fill ups with these consistant changes.

[loisb]

Thanks for the info!

[Smartfor2guy]

Originally Posted by Dave777

Drove yesterday from the Seattle area to Crescent City, California.

505 miles, 9.0 gallons. 56.1 MPG. One tank. No fills along the way.

[Razorback]

Sorry I'd like to believe the numbers but from the description I'd say that is is not possible. 400+ miles to a tank... yes I have done that but nothing near to 500... If it is possible I would like to know how without having a tailwind in a hurricane to do it.

[NCC1701]

5,923 miles on my car today.

My best tank yet was 303 miles.
Filled up just today for my 2nd best tank, 295.8 miles.

500?
I could see that ...

if it was down hill all the way.