Drove 2000 RPMs on the highway for 1 hour

[Samson]

Originally Posted by NickCats

Rick,

33 mpg ? Are you sure about that ?

Our 2.5L have a 17 gallon gas tank.

So, are you saying you can get around 500 miles on a tank of gas ?

Your car must be magic. I get around 300 mi before the light comes on...

Nick

Doesn't seem unrealistic. I've only had my '01 on one road trip so far, but it returned 31.4 mpg (miles driven / gallons used method), and that was with both trunks full and the top up/ac on at 74-75 mph with a few full-throttle toll booth merges.

[NickCats]

Samson,

So, on your road trip, you were able to get around 475 miles between fill ups ? How long can you usually go before you need to fill up normally ?

( Gas tank has a 17 gallon capacity with a 2.5 gallon reserve, so I am guessing most fill up about 15 gallons when they stop )

Nick

[Samson]

Originally Posted by NickCats

Samson,

So, on your road trip, you were able to get around 475 miles between fill ups ? How long can you usually go before you need to fill up normally ?

( Gas tank has a 17 gallon capacity with a 2.5 gallon reserve, so I am guessing most fill up about 15 gallons when they stop )

Nick

I filled up at around 350 miles on each tank, as the other car on the trip needed to fill up more often than I did. I typically had about 1/4 tank or more left, and the car needed around 11 gallons.

I haven't had the car long enough to fill up a "normal" tank, but right now it is sitting just below 1/2 tank w/220 miles. 100 of those were highway; the rest were fun (lots of redline and full-throttle).

I have noticed that the gauge isn't very linear, meaning it will drop from full pretty quickly and hover around half for a while.