per0781 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 I figured out today that im getting 17.75 miles to the gallon and I know this is low. Is there anything I should look out for or get checked out? Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedCutlassSL Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 maybe the kevin bacon package has a detrimental effect on your gas mileage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burning Rom Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Highway or city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per0781 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 80% highway, but in the morning half of the drive on the mass pike is stop and go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supreme_style21 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'm in the same boat as you bud.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Im getting 270miles to a tank...i dont know what the mileage should be. But...i still think its quite low. I do about the same, 75% hiway (now for school). But...it may be less caus I do a ton of city driving to get to the interstates. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luminator94 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Im getting 270miles to a tank...i dont know what the mileage should be. But...i still think its quite low. I do about the same, 75% hiway (now for school). But...it may be less caus I do a ton of city driving to get to the interstates. Jon Well, you have a 16.5 gallon tank. So take 270 and divide it by 16.5 and that equals 16.36mpg. Thats BAD. But also take into consideration that when you get to "E" you usually have a couple gallons left. So I'm gonna say your getting about 21 mpg or so. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaroonRegal Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 You guys are funny. I'm glad to get anything better than 15. My Cougar got 13 at the absolute best in the city. I never did an all-highway test on it, but it probably would have been around 20mpg. The Regal's supposed to get 19 in town and 29 on the highway. But i'd be surprised if I get 17 in town the way I drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Crank Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 last count I did, I was getting 22MPG in city, mostly, driving kinda hard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfahn Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 i get 17.7 city driving, 38 highway is what I get. Seems like yours is about right unless mine is really off too. GM's in general really don't get that good of mileage though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per0781 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 But also take into consideration that when you get to "E" you usually have a couple gallons left. Aaron I did take that into consideration when I figured out my gas mileage. I drove all the way to Boston today (44 miles) with no gas registed on the gas gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thabulldog Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 I get 16 miles to the gallon, it was painful during the $2/gallon summer lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92turboLE Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 im lucky to get 20 MPG, but im always in stop and go and im either full gas or full brake, there generally isnt anywhere inbetween for me - Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 I can get anywhere from 22 to 29 mpg. Thats in winter, summer, hard driving and normal driving. Then again, when it snows I do have a tendency to spin a little bit...opps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john99gtp Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 I am actually keeping tabs in excel of my gas mileage. right now, im averaging right around 25, which is good for my 3.1 i was reading other places that the 3.1 is a big gas hog, like <22 so i can safely say im conten with 25 John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k6tc Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Im getting 270miles to a tank...i dont know what the mileage should be. But...i still think its quite low. I do about the same, 75% hiway (now for school). But...it may be less caus I do a ton of city driving to get to the interstates. Jon Would someone tell me what all of the fancy names mean? Kevin Bacon, John Travolta???? seems I saw a couple of others to...whats up guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k6tc Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 I get 16 miles to the gallon, it was painful during the $2/gallon summer lol ***what is the Kevin Bacon Performance package? and the Captain Kirk one too?*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per0781 Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 once what was a joke between 3 people has become a forum wide joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per0781 Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 When I started my car to leave for school, the gas gauge read 1/2 a tank. I then let it warm up for a couple of minutes. Then I leave my house and 2 miles down the road the gas guage is reading 1/4 a tank. It has been doing this a lot lately. Is my sending unit messed up or is something wrong with the measurer inside the tank? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Crank Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 When I started my car to leave for school, the gas gauge read 1/2 a tank. I then let it warm up for a couple of minutes. Then I leave my house and 2 miles down the road the gas guage is reading 1/4 a tank. It has been doing this a lot lately. Is my sending unit messed up or is something wrong with the measurer inside the tank? Thanks my car has always done that, I just figired it was the gas sloshing around in the tank... I am actually keeping tabs in excel of my gas mileage. right now, im averaging right around 25, which is good for my 3.1 i was reading other places that the 3.1 is a big gas hog, like <22 so i can safely say im conten with 25 John anything more than 13MPG isn't a gas hog to me... my truck got 10MPG or so in the city.... a 2.6L 4 cylinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john99gtp Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 When I started my car to leave for school, the gas gauge read 1/2 a tank. I then let it warm up for a couple of minutes. Then I leave my house and 2 miles down the road the gas guage is reading 1/4 a tank. It has been doing this a lot lately. Is my sending unit messed up or is something wrong with the measurer inside the tank? Thanks mine has done that since iv owned it. either accelerating or taking a left turn, it could go from 1/2 full to E, braking or right turn, 1/2 full to 3/4. im used to it, but i like showing my friends how nice it is to never know how much u really got john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi133 Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 When I started my car to leave for school, the gas gauge read 1/2 a tank. I then let it warm up for a couple of minutes. Then I leave my house and 2 miles down the road the gas guage is reading 1/4 a tank. It has been doing this a lot lately. Is my sending unit messed up or is something wrong with the measurer inside the tank? Thanks I think that has something to do with the alternator being more efficient when cold, so the sending unit has a higher feed voltage first off (I'm assumeing the float is just attached to a variable resistor?) I have read 15.5 volts on my gauge before on freezing mornings. Once the motor is warm its normal 13-14.5 depending on how warm it is. My car has done this consistantly for over 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 I got about 20.5 MPG on the last tank. That rocks. Some weeks though...debs truck will get beter milage than me jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyman87 Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 for the past month i have been averaging ~24mph normal as low as 20.5(lead foot!!!) and as high as 27mph average all highway(45-70mph zones) cruse control rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92turboLE Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 ok, actually did the math this last week and discovered im getting 20.3 MPG average. - Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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