I did it 50mpg

[babybenz]

Hey guys i did it we had a meet today in mt dora florida i traveled all the way from tampa florida there and back was exactly 200 miles and i filled up 4 gallons of gas when i got back for an exact total of 50mpg i was shocked i was averaging 42 before that tank

[knutliott]

Wow, that's great! Congratulations!

My best so far 44.7 mpg, but that's mixed driving and here in Washington we're forced to use E10 which doesn't help. One of these days I want to do a test drive on the freeway just to see what I it will do, but I don't know if I can get 50 mpg burning gasohol.

[cains10]

How many miles total on your car? I'm hoping break-in makes a difference, as my mileage isn't that great; but I only have 750 miles on the car. Good job at that. Hopefully the color helps too.

[nprsmart]

Originally Posted by babybenz

Hey guys i did it we had a meet today in mt dora florida i traveled all the way from tampa florida there and back was exactly 200 miles and i filled up 4 gallons of gas when i got back for an exact total of 50mpg i was shocked i was averaging 42 before that tank

Good trip. Had I not had a 3pm engagement back here, I'd have probably shot over as well. Did you take I-4 over? How about the A/C? I went to Kissimmee a week ago using SR 50 and got 55mpg, admittedly with the A/C off and driving the speed limit, which is lower on 50 than on I-4.

[lowndex]

My personalized license plate of FRTYMPG is making aliar out of me.

[unicycle]

Originally Posted by babybenz

Hey guys i did it we had a meet today in mt dora florida i traveled all the way from tampa florida there and back was exactly 200 miles and i filled up 4 gallons of gas when i got back for an exact total of 50mpg i was shocked i was averaging 42 before that tank

You prolly did better than the average you'd gotten up till now since all-highway is generally better than mixes that include at least some city driving. But we've had this discussion before (this is at least the third time since I joined last month) and the answer is always the same:
a) too small a sample
b) the fuel nozzle doesn't shut off perfectly, so just because it clicked off at 4 gal doesn't mean you replaced all that you'd used; much more likely that you used about 4.5 gal (mpg = 45).
c) why do you suppose you'd suddenly get a 20% increase in mileage?

[babybenz]

20% increase bc i did not drive it like i usually do lol and it was mostly all highway not stop and go and it was almost half way full had just a hair more and put in 4 gallons when i filled up