Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Daily Driver's Average Range?

Robert Emslie

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A car or truck’s range is usually a tradeoff. It could be its fuel capacity is tiny and you need to fill up frequently but with only modest impact on your wallet. Alternatively, it’s capacious and every  fill up is like loading the Exxon Valdez. That means you can pass a few stations along the way, but the required stops are lengthy and likely result in tears of financial ruin.

For my own personal daily driver, I find that I can get about 350 miles out of a tank. That’s never let it get bone dry, always filling up when I reach about a quarter tank. Doing the math that works about to about 16 gallons per fill-up and nearly 22 mpg. Of course it goes down during the summer months as the A/C gets exercised with greater frequency. I find that an acceptable range, and works out for my present needs to requiring about one fill up per week.

The whole idea of ranges came to mind with the recent introduction of the Volkswagen XL-1, which gets like 260 mpg, pulling from its diminutive its 10 litre gas (diesel actually) tank, along with its battery-powered electric motor, a potential 600-plus mile range. I’m sure your get to work/school conveyance is no where near as frugal, and it probably takes more than just under three gallons at every fill up, but the question remains, just how far can you go on one tank? What is your daily driver’s average range? 

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63 responses to “Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Daily Driver's Average Range?”

  1. kyle_a_m Avatar
    kyle_a_m

    I'm lucky if I hit my driver 150 yards with a tailwind, and I just know my second shot's going in the water anyway, so what say we just skip right to the clubhouse and grab a beer, eh? A good walk wasted, indeed.

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    1. Rust-MyEnemy Avatar
      Rust-MyEnemy

      Can't relate to the golfing, but I'd say my A4 was from a very average range. Reliable but not very inspiring.

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  2. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    2011 Silverado, 26 gallon tank. Listed 15/20mpg, on my daily commute I see about 16mpg. So somewhere between 350-400 miles, depending on how low I want to run it.
    In college I had a K-5 Blazer, I did several long trips. It only got 10-12mpg, but it had a 31 gallon gas tank, so it could go 300 miles between fill ups.

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    1. OA5599 Avatar
      OA5599

      My Ramcharger has a 35 gallon tank. Pay-at-the-pump stations generally stop the pumps at $75-100 (one place around here cuts you off at $50), so it's rare that I see the true range on a tank of gas.
      Somewhere around 400 miles is a typical range, and on a road trip, I've gotten as many as 540 miles from one tank of fuel.

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      1. P161911 Avatar
        P161911

        My Blazer died back when gas was still under $2/gal and the Bronco that replaced it left before gas went over $2.50/gal. I never had to deal with the pumps cutting off. $50 is ridiculous, that isn't even 15 gallons of gas at $3.50/gallon!

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  3. IronBallsMcG Avatar
    IronBallsMcG

    I usually run close to 240 before filling up my two that get the most driving miles, but vastly different capacities.
    <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D4htNeZZqXA/UaaqCG-O2mI/AAAAAAAACs4/F_n5B5AZNeo/w949-h535-no/IMG_20130529_195803_387.jpg"width=500&gt;
    <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uIZdAW_aINg/UIhy4WBSkjI/AAAAAAAAA9c/UL3E-fnTEXQ/w949-h535-no/2012-10-24_17-58-53_470.jpg"width=500&gt;

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  4. moorewr2 Avatar
    moorewr2

    1995 Audi S6 – about 18-19 MPG in town, 20 gallon tank. I refuel around the 300-mile mark.

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  5. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    between 16.3 and 16.7 always. 220 miles and a refuel just past a 1/4 tank.

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  6. DonFehlio Avatar
    DonFehlio

    The Cressida gets about 19 MPG, and my Mazda6 get me around 21 MPG in mixed driving. I usually refuel each around the 300 mile mark, which is less than a quarter tank but before the light comes on.

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  7. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    My 08 Civic usually gets 9L/100KM in mixed (mostly city) driving, so that works out to ~550 KM range with the 50L tank. I usually fill up when there's 1/4 of the tank or less left, or around the 400 KM mark.

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  8. Nick Avatar
    Nick

    04 Forester XT, about 15.8-16.0 MPG (~220-240/tank). I need to work on my tune… and my right foot.

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  9. smalleyxb122 Avatar
    smalleyxb122

    My truck has a 30 gallon tank, but only gets 10-12 mpg, and the fuel gauge doesn’t work. I make it a habit to fill up every 200 miles. Back when I could count on the fuel gauge, I could typically get 350 miles out of a tank.
    My 200 mile fill-up routine will, however, need to be altered for towing in the future. On the way out to my last LeMons race, I wasn’t too concerned, as I had full cans of gas in the bed, if needed. On that trip, I averaged about 8 mpg, so I took that as precedent, and figured my 200 mile schedule was okay. On the drive home, however, I had kept it out of overdrive, making the towing much more pleasant. Also the cans in the bed were also now empty from the weekend’s LeMons racing. It turns out that I had enough fuel to get home…barely. Since the trip odometer was still reading less than 200 miles, I didn’t think I'd need to fill it up before trying to return the borrowed trailer. The trailer was now unladen, but less than 2 miles from my house, the truck started to sputter. I, fortunately, had enough to sputter all the way to the nearest gas station, but it was nerve wracking. I had gotten fewer than 7 miles per gallon on the way home from the track.
    The truck isn’t my daily driver, anyway. I have no trouble getting 350 miles out of a 16 gallon fill-up in the GTO, but usually fill up at around 320. On long trips, I can break 400 miles on a tank.
    The best vehicle that I ever had for range was a 1991 S10 with a 2.8 V6, a 5-Speed and the optional 20 gallon tank. I could always get more than 400 miles out of a tank.
    The worst vehicle I ever had for range is my Husqvarna. It averages over 50 mpg, but with a 2-point-something gallon tank, the low fuel light comes after fewer than 100 miles.

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  10. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    If it has a fresh oil change, 260 miles. Goes to about 280 miles as viscosity breaks down a bit.

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  11. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    The F150 goes about 350ish with the 35 gallon tank full, depending on my lead foot lifestyle.
    The Monster does 140 pretty easy with its 3.5 gallon tank full, depending on my death wish that day.

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  12. racer139 Avatar
    racer139

    98 volvo S70 glt. It has a seventy liter tank with a seven or so liter reserve. If Im lucky I can get maybe six hundred km from the tank as the light is coming on. That is with a very light foot and a ton of coasting on the highway. I think this is about 27 mpg which is somthing my car rarely sees. I think 22 mpg is more acurate as I hated to do that hypermiling crap.

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  13. lilwillie Avatar
    lilwillie

    Trailblazer and I get about 240 miles out of a full tank of fuel. It averages about 15mpg but it you leg it out on the interstate it jumps to 20mpg.

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  14. Vavon Avatar
    Vavon

    About 650 KM with 40 liters of petrol, that's 400 miles on 10 US gallons = 40mpg. And I drive it like I stole it!
    <img src="http://www.antp.be/pic/106_20010814_r.jpg"&gt;

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  15. Kogashiwa Avatar
    Kogashiwa

    '03 IS300, between 450 and 550 km depending on conditions. The more short trips the worse the range. Now we are in the brief season where Manitobans are confused as to why there is no snow, so I usually bicycle in to work, which means the car mostly only does longer trips and therefore a lot fewer of my loonies go to Alberta.

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  16. robbydegraff Avatar
    robbydegraff

    I'm a firm believer in the fact that EPA ratings are just completely useless and ireelevant. In all cars I've ever owned, and driven for extensive periods of time, I've ALWAYS out-done the EPA highway/city/combined ratings by a longshot. My 1995 Saturn SL1 I owned a while back, had a nearly 400+mile range and would get between 40-44mpg on the highway. I kid you not.
    My current daily driver, a 2005 Saab 9-2x usually has a range between 320-370 miles. And my combined average rating is currently at 28.9mpg. If you havent heard of Fuelly, check it out, it's a great way to track your ride's fuel economy and see how others and their cars do. Info on my car is here for example: http://www.fuelly.com/driver/robbycamaro325/92x
    EPA ratings for my Saabaru are at 20/23/26mpg city/combined/highway. I trump all these numbers and I'm not even a hypermiler. I'll easily get above 29mpg on highway drives.

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    1. pj134 Avatar
      pj134

      I find myself the complete opposite. There is no EPA estimate that my foot in the tank ways can't get under. On one less than stellar run I managed to get 15 mpg in my 4 cylinder Sonata. I'm learning, slowly, how to get decent mileage.

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      1. Ate Up With Motor Avatar
        Ate Up With Motor

        Whereas my current car's original (pre-2008) EPA numbers have turned out to be pretty accurate. (The post-2008 numbers for my car are not.) I've dropped below the city number in stop-and-go driving with the A/C on, but that doesn't happen very often, and although I can beat the EPA highway number on a long interstate trip, doing so requires using the cruise control and maintaining a pretty consistent and legal cruising speed. (A tailwind doesn't hurt, either.)

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  17. JJJ7088 Avatar
    JJJ7088

    I get 600 miles out of about 18 gallons of my 2005 E320 turbo diesel. Mixed City/Hwy … She will get almost 700 miles on the highway. Amazing fuel economy, and the car is BLAZINGLY fast …. 0-60 in about 6.5, and runs on waste oil, with NO mods. My cost per gallon is roughly 1.80$ to make the brew, including the opportunity cost of not being able to sell the aforementioned waste oil ….

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  18. vwminispeedster Avatar
    vwminispeedster

    250 miles in a Mazda Tribute. :/ I want a Model S.

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  19. Van_Sarockin Avatar
    Van_Sarockin

    350-450 miles, depending on conditions and how much I'm hustling. Problem is, on long trips that's much further than bladder capacity, but well short of two rest stops, so it really affects the rhythm of the trip.

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  20. K5ING Avatar
    K5ING

    In a mix of about 70% highway/30% city driving, my 2001 Golf TDI will go 700 miles before the low fuel light comes on. It's supposed to have a 14.5 gallon tank, when I fill it to the brim, I can usually fit about 15.5 gallons into it.

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  21. TurboBrick Avatar
    TurboBrick

    Volvo 760T, 21 gallon tank. I fill up usually at 350-380 miles, the furthest I've ever dared to push was about 410 miles.

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  22. Dean Bigglesworth Avatar
    Dean Bigglesworth

    I fill up my Focus at about 300miles. Just commuting to work it gets about 24MPG* if I drive drive the most economical route. So in theory the 55l tank should be good for about 365miles. In the winter it get's about 21MPG. Official EU combined rating is 45.5MPG*.
    The Volvo's fuel gauge is not working so I fill that up every 200 miles or so. Used to fill it up every 250miles but nearly ran out of fuel several times, and once it stopped in the traffic lights 100m from the gas station. Always keep 5l of fuel in the trunk of the Volvo.
    As for cars with long ranges, some of the large cars with small engines and large tanks like the V70 with a 1.6 diesel have theoretical ranges of well over 1000miles on the highway..
    * converted to US MPG.

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  23. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    I've only had my dd – Hyundai Elantra GT – for two months, but it seems to go about 550 km before I need to replenish around 40 liters of its vital fluid. It goes longer the more highway travel I do.

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  24. K5ING Avatar
    K5ING

    In a mix of about 70% highway/30% city driving, my 2001 Golf TDI will go 700 miles before the low fuel light comes on. It's supposed to have a 14.5 gallon tank, when I fill it to the brim, I can usually fit about 15.5 gallons into it.

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  25. calgoat Avatar
    calgoat

    2006 GTO- city driving yields as much as 16mpg, and highway is reliably around 24mpg. Pretty sure it's an 18 gallon tank.
    So average driving gets me 250 miles a tank as I tend to fuel up right around the 1/4 tank mark. But strictly highway driving can take me over 400 miles. I've driven non-stop from the SF bay area to LA many times. Though I generally prefer to take a pee break halfway anyway.

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  26. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
    CABEZAGRANDE

    2000 XJR, 18 gal tank, ~19 mpg combined, ~25-27 highway mpg, ~12 mpg when i have my foot in it. Since I drive more highway than city I figure I usually average around 22 mpg, for somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 miles range per tank.
    My toy, an 87 RX7 with an LS2, gets around 22 mpg city, and up to 32 mpg highway with a 16.5 gallon tank. So up to 525ish if i can behave myself. Which in that car is completely impossible. Best observed tank mileage (if my suspect odometer is to be believed)? 12 mpg. So 200 mile range then. Heh.

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    1. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
      CABEZAGRANDE

      Best ever daily was my SR20DET powered S13 240sx coupe. It had been substantially lightened, had a mild SR20 with just a big enough turbo that I was only at like 2 psi of boost on the highway, and I had slightly taller gears (3.90 instead of 4.08) out of a 300ZX TT automatic, so I could easily hit 33-35 mpg on the highway, and it had a 16 gallon tank. So I never really got less than 450 miles out of a full tank, and often got more than 500. Pretty impressive IMO for a car that made 350 hp and could run high 11's.

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  27. Josh_Howard Avatar
    Josh_Howard

    2013 Altima 2.5S- 630-670 mile range daily… close to 700 on a long trip. Still relatively newish and averaging around 35mpg. I'll have to stop before it does.
    <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img713/2563/jiho.jpg"&gt;

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  28. johnf1979 Avatar
    johnf1979

    My Focus gets an unremarkable 300-320 miles a tank at 28-30 mpg, which requires a fill-up every 3-4 days. However my dad once had a 1990 Dodge Ram Wagon van with a 42 gallon tank. That capacity combined with his infuriating at times cruise control right at the speed limit driving style meant we could make it from Detroit to Memphis without stopping for gas. On interstate road trips 750+ miles a tank was common.

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  29. calzonegolem Avatar
    calzonegolem

    2004 Ford Taurus ~25mpg in the summer ~22mpg in winter I usually put in 15 gallons after the car has told me I have 0 range for 10 miles. 375 – 330 mile range on a full tank ~15 gallons

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  30. jeepjeff Avatar
    jeepjeff

    A bit north of 200 miles is what I will count on for available range. I've got a 19 gallon tank, and about 15 gallons is usable (the light will come on at 13 gallons, and I normally fill it up between 13-14 gallons). I consistently get around 15-16mpg in the city, and 15-20 on the highway (depending on spark plugs, air filter and stupid pedal; the worst highway mileage I ever got was climbing Donner Pass in 4th at 70, and she still managed 15mpg on that run). The EPA rating for my Jeep is 15/18 city/hwy, and that's been pretty bang-on the entire time I've owned it.

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  31. Preludacris Avatar
    Preludacris

    Anywhere from ~450 km in cold weather with winter tires to ~600 km in summer. That's roughly 24 to 31 MPG.
    <img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z313/ndrwhrnr/DSC_0705_zps4685c925.jpg&quot; width="600">
    I usually go about 12 days between fillups.

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  32. MVEilenstein Avatar
    MVEilenstein

    Actually, filling the two tanks on my F-150 is like unloading the Valdez into my truck. If I commute every day with it, I will empty one tank in five days. Needless to say, I've begun carpooling when I can.

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  33. Deaf Melon Avatar
    Deaf Melon

    Between 600 and 700 miles per 20 gallons. E320 CDI, lots of highway miles.

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  34. krazykarguy Avatar
    krazykarguy

    2005 Saab 9-2x Aero (same as Subaru WRX wagon). Cobb stage 1 tune, requires 93 octane.
    It has a 15.9 gallon (supposedly) tank, the reserve light comes on with ~2.5 gallons remaining. I typically fill up when the trip odometer is 300-330 miles. Average fuel economy is 22.5-24 mpg. On a highway trip with a light right foot (yeah, right), I can eke 26mpg out of it.
    The absolute MOST fuel I've ever put in it was 14.9 gallons, and I was sure it was running on fumes when I pulled into the gas station.

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  35. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    Ranger 16v gets about 330 miles per tank with about 25 mpg usually.
    Strangeness- when I get 370 per tank, something is about to go way wrong.
    Mustank gets 260 per tank usually with 18 mpg on a good day.

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  36. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
    C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

    Currently, I routinely get 345-355 miles from the 17.5 gallon tank in the '05 Northstar STS, 3.23 gears, but it's also common for me to put stated capacity, or more, in the tank.
    This said, I used to use this as a DD:
    <img src="http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp29/mckellyb/STrightfront.jpg&quot; width="400">
    With both tanks filled, which was 10.38 gallons (to the drop…I found this out the hard way…more than once), commuting was an easy 450 miles.
    However, when long-distance rallying in NV/UT/CO, I'd run it dry…more than once. Once at 231 miles, and figuring I'd never hammer on it THAT hard again, yeah, I ran it dry a second time, but this time at 226 even.
    Near triple-digit speed for extended periods will do that to your consumption figures. Nevada was particularly bad for MPG.
    OTOH, which I've not used it as a commuter, it was a DD for a few years:
    <img src="http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp29/mckellyb/f_17436844_1.jpg&quot; width="400">
    Have managed as much as 1,125 out of the 90 gallon diesel tank. But I'm still miffed Fleetwood did not use the 130 or 150 gallon tanks Freightliner had available for this chassis.

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    1. Devin Avatar
      Devin

      Well you don't really commute in that, since you're always home.
      Also, what are those headlights from? They look like they're mounted upside down in a fit of cleverness.

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      1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
        C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

        True, home becomes where you park for the night/weekend.
        Those are Ford Econoline headlamps. Teh is the suck.

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    2. CJinSD Avatar
      CJinSD

      1,125 is an amazing range, and 12.5 mpg even if you ran dry finding out. That's about how far I drive a day when on my first two days of a transcontinental run. I imagine I would need a second driver and on-the-fly driver changes to do it without fuel stops.
      When I drive my Civic Si sedan on said runs, I typically fill up every 350 or so miles. The gas gauge will have had no bars and the warning light on for a while at that point, but the car won't take more than 11 of its supposedly 13.8 gallon capacity. I use a company car for most intermediate trips, so my Civic only gets driven on shopping runs and lazy trips to my friends' houses the rest of the time. I buy gas about once a month, but typically having traveled only 235 miles or so. Nothing gets decent gas mileage if it spends more than half of its time just warming up, except MAYBE a hybrid.

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      1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
        C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

        I've put 88 gallons in it, one time. Though I was a bit nervous 'cause we were in BFE, at 2A, on a Sunday, pulling a toad (towed car) which also had an empty tank.
        We left in a HUGE hurry…death in the family, which for either of us, is a quite large percentage of blood relations.
        Since, however, because I run VMSpc on it, which is a realtime display of pretty much everything the engine computer monitors, if you want, I've comfortably run it to have only 3 gallons left. I knew where the station was I wanted, that it was open, and that it was mostly downhill from where I was (nothern Cali).
        This machine can do remarkably well for its size/shape/mass. I average about 10.5 out of it, but have had as low as upper-7's with 35 MPH crosswinds and a cracked exhaust manifold…boost lag was measured in days…okay, blocks of 30 seconds…but have also managed 14 out of it with bunches-O-flat land and a tailwind.
        This machine has a comfy range of about 850, but I can easily push it, if need be.
        I still want 150 gallons, though. 1,400 miles of comfy cruising range. Aw, yeah…
        BTW, we used to long-distance rally on a motorcycle, and two-up, our personal record was 1,628 miles in 26 hours. No swapping of 'drivers' allowed. Wife didn't have a MC licence, anyway.
        I've done 2,300 miles in 37 hours, and that's my limit. This was back in the 90's, too, when I was younger, on #twowheelsquestionable, and in UT/NV. When you start to have auditory hallucinations…which you answer…over the intercom (in this case, it was my wife asking a question I didn't, of course, hear), you know it's long past time to find a place to sleep for a while.
        With the motorcoach, I've done 1K miles in under 24 hours. No stops save for fuel and once for food. I wanted to be HOME!

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    3. boxdin Avatar
      boxdin

      On the motorhome chassis a main concern is weight for certification. I'll bet the larger tank would put them close to the GVW limit.

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      1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
        C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

        In this case, it was the tires.
        Piss poor weight management, honestly. Now that it has decent tires on it, it could handle the 130 gallon tank, easily. I know the axles can do it, as can the air bags for the suspension. The Konis will have no trouble controlling an extra few hundred pounds, either.
        Though, the propane tank may need a bit of relocation…once things like this start, they snowball. I do, still, want to put a dedicated 20-25 gallon diesel tank in there for the generator. Now, it pulls from the main tank, which is fine, as the pickup is about 27 gallons off the 'floor'. However, with a dedicated tank, I could use non-road use diesel for the genset, which is a huge savings.

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  37. SSurfer321 Avatar
    SSurfer321

    05 F150 – 26 gallons are good for 325 miles of city driving or 400+ highway
    08 Impreza – 16 gallons are good for 400 miles of mixed driving

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  38. salguod Avatar
    salguod

    You average worse MPG in the summer? That's the opposite of my experience. My Mazda3 gets 29-31 in the summer, 24-26 in the winter due to differences in gas formulations.
    Based on my overall average of 30 MPG and the factory spec of a 14.5 gallon tank, I should eb able to go 435 miles. However, even letting the needle drop 1/16" past E I've never put more than 13 gallons in it, usually about 12.5. That would give my a useful range of 375-390.

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    1. ptschett Avatar
      ptschett

      Other factors: cold lubricants, constant headlamp use due to short daylight hours, higher rolling resistance of snow/ice-covered road surfaces, extended engine warmup times delaying the ECU going into closed-loop control mode, and more use of AWD/4WD systems and the ensuing drivetrain friction losses (for vehicles so equipped). Example: this winter I topped off my pickup before taking a highway trip. I'd driven 86 miles since the previous fillup; it took 8.8 gallons – so I got slightly less than 10 MPG in a vehicle that had EPA 15/20 ratings and can consistently get 17-18 MPG highway.

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      1. Vairship Avatar
        Vairship

        Not to mention when it gets colder, the air gets denser hence more drag 😉

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  39. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    1996 Nissan Primera 2.0 LX, range of ~800km (500 miles) at 7,61 L/100km (33.6 MPG) with a fuel cost of 0.23 $/mile. Quite satisfied, but the car is light, too, and I drive mostly outside of cities.

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  40. pj134 Avatar
    pj134

    At worst I've pulled off 15 mpg in my 09 sonata with the 2.4, at best I've gotten 27. I rarely have any highway travel, so I might be able to do better if I don't drive my normal highway style. So anywhere from 240 to 432 with a 16 gallon tank. I fill up around the quarter mark so I've never fully tested it.

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  41. frankthecat Avatar
    frankthecat

    2000 Plymouth Voyager base 2.4L EDZ. 22 gallon tank, 18mpg average in mixed driving, so 400 miles if I drive like a grandma.

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  42. MJMCG Avatar
    MJMCG

    Mazda6 (2006) between 650 and 900kms (town / country)
    BMW 520D. No Idea, less than 3 tank fills before I realised that Diesel is horrible, no matter how posh your car is.
    BMW 318i… No Idea. have not gone through a 1/4 tank yet.

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  43. buzzboy7 Avatar
    buzzboy7

    2004 Forester XS MT
    I generally get around 26-28 mixed. This gives me a range of 390-420. I've averaged as high as 32 and as low as 24 with combined driving. Generally fill it up at the 350 mark as I don't trust my gas gauge too close to E. I fill up twice a month if I'm driving a lot.

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  44. BlackIce_GTS Avatar
    BlackIce_GTS

    Between 500-550km on 50L, although the tank is actually 64L the light comes on quite early.
    That's about 28mpg, EPA rating is 18/26.
    <img src="http://t.imgbox.com/acsBhUAr.jpg&quot; alt="image host"/>

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  45. CEMaine Avatar
    CEMaine

    2001 Ranger
    16.5 gal tank
    My aCar App tells me I am getting about 18.5 mpg. I amost never feel flush enough to fill it it seems but I should think about 300 miles will do it.

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  46. boxdin Avatar
    boxdin

    Chrysler Crossfire daily gets 20-21 mpg the hotter weather the better. i have a 88 Fiero 4cyl 5sp gets 40 hwy w AC on cold.
    2wd Ramcharger 92 magnum gets 16.5 avg all around. Thats as good as half the rusty tacomas out there.

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  47. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    My daily ride gets 9.5 km/ liter. (for those interested in MPG, go and get your calculator)
    <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/992871_10201453146400312_1174074214_n.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  48. julkinen Avatar
    julkinen

    With the BMW, easily way over 1000 km. 80 litre tank and 6,5l/100km.

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  49. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    2013 Sonata SE (non-turbo)- about 500 miles from completely full to the light coming on to remind me I need to find gas in the next 30-40 miles. 475 if I have had my foot on the floor or not been using the cruise on the highway. Tank capacity is 18ish, it normally takes 16.5 or 17 to fill it back up. All that usually works out to 28-30 mpg combined. Pretty stoked on the gas mileage – the last DD was an ’02 Montero Sport that got about 18mpg combined, so while I haven’t quite cut my fuel bill in half, it’s pretty close. Helps take some of the sting out of having a car payment again.
    The car gets dismal gas mileage in town for a 4-cylinder, though, IMO. I think the first several gears in the transmission are pretty low to make it feel like it’s got some get up and go (and it does), but it makes up for that with a really tall overdrive on the highway. Since I drive so much on the interstate I end up doing OK on the combined number.

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