full tank of gas = how many miles???

[TRD StreetRacing]

how many miles do you guys get off a full tank of gas?? if you don't know for sure, don't guess. i want to see if mine is normal. last time there was about 90% tank and i got about 240miles outta it. so yesterday i filled it up and i'm going to take a more accurate reading

for some reason every single time i enter a highway/parkway, i start off from the ramp doing 40mph or so then take it all the way to 90mph-ish and then slow down. so that might be a reason i'm getting crappy mileage

tell me what u guys/girls get please

[evil eye]

I average 350 miles on a full tank. then the light comes on. I take highways mostly from LI to queens and back again. HU I go locally. Thats my routine. I enter highways normally unless its empty and then i hit 90 as well, but thats rare. I cruise in 6th at 70-75 mph. I gas up every 8 days or so. Is that enough info for ya? :gap:

Fun fact #1: it takes exactly half a tank of gas to go to boston one way.

[speedeeGTS]

it all depends on how you drive mike. whether you rev high or keep them down low. i know when i took the trip to krysy's house from my house (almost 300 miles) i can get there with exactly 1/4 of a tank left. and thats with dropping it into lift a few times and having fun, not granny driving. and i can do that in 4 hours.

but driving around during the week, to and from work, i usually fill up every 5 or 6 days. and thats with beating the bag out of my car

[evil eye]

Yea I was granny driving to boston and back, those two times. 5-6 hours half a tank. :D

[xtccrush]

On factory rims and tires, i was getting 360 miles. And that was with 3/4 highway driving at about 90mph. I also had two bars left, but ironically, no light. I notice my car has a problem with that light. I thought it came on with 2 bars. I probably could of gotten 370 380 if I drove 70mph.

Oh yeah. And that was with no mods at all. No exhaust, or CAI.

[evil eye]

^--- The light only comes on with one bar and less. ;)

oh, and you can have no bars, scary as hell, only did that once. But it's designed that way. You could probally go 50 miles on 1 bar and below. They do it that way so you dont get stranded in the middle of nowhere with no gas station around. :ugh:

[rddcelica]

surprsingly i get 18 or so mpg on the highway, but then again, thats not in a celica, in the city i average 12-14mpg....fawkin un-aerodynamic box on wheels

[evil eye]

what do you run in the 1/4, randy? :chuckles:

[rddcelica]

hmmm.....i wonder if i could even make it down the track, lol


ill never forget the time i ran a 21.4 in the celica in the 1/4, BAAHAHAHAHA......i missed 2nd gear, so i decided not to even push it the rest of the way

[evil eye]

:rofl: you shoulda posted that time slip and say it was the best run EVAR!!!

[bagodoosh]

manual states tank capacity as 14.5G. i have put in 14.9G more than once.

when the lite comes on, there's more than 2G left. when the last bar goes out there's about 1G left.

each gas station's stop mechanism differs. i've filled between .2-.6G since the first stop/click.

..so, point being i bet interpretation of "full tank" differs for everyone.

:D just being anal.

[speedeeGTS]

i ride with no bars all the time. but not for a long period of time :)

[evil eye]

isnt it bad to let your tank get that empty? I heard that all the crap inside gasoline, that settles in the bottom of your gas tank, gets sucked into the engine when you're squeezing every last drop of gas in.

[evil eye]

Originally posted by bagodoosh
each gas station's stop mechanism differs. i've filled between .2-.6G since the first stop/click.


also, is that considered topping off? Every gas station I goto has this big warning on the nozzle that says "do not top off." I figured that's what it was. Am I wrong? :D

[xtccrush]

The most gas I have ever put in my car is 12.6 gallons. It's funny to hear a fuel injected car run out of gas. I did this once in my mustang. I was going uphill and I heard the injectors blow air, I looked down and said "im an idiot, forgot to get gas." Round the top of the hill and floored my car brought her up a little over 140 and threw her in neutral. I was able to roll all the way off the exit down the road a little bit and into the gas station.

[EasyC]

i get about 420 miles per tank on average

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by evil eye
I enter highways normally unless its empty and then i hit 90 as well

do u redline 2nd and 3rd gears??

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by evil eye
Yea I was granny driving

u granny drive period ;)

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by bagodoosh
manual states tank capacity as 14.5G.

thanx for info. i didn't know what to divide by for the MPG :gap:

so the average should be right around 350-400miles huh??? i guess i'll have to see what i get in a few days

[Tung]

340-360 during winter and 360-380 during summer~

[evil eye]

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing
do u redline 2nd and 3rd gears??

If I'm racing it... then yes, always.

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing
u granny drive period ;)

:sigh: This is very true. It also explains why I'm the last car in every tailgate meet we have. Ummm, I just want to make sure no one gets left behind, yeah, that's it. :ugh: :D

[speedeeGTS]

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing
do u redline 2nd and 3rd gears??

i do all the time :D maybe thats why my mileage sux!!

[TW00Si]

Usually around 300 to 350 miles till the last bar. Don't feel like calculating the mpg...I hate math.

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by speedeeGTS
i do all the time :D maybe thats why my mileage sux!!

i do it only when i enter a parkway/highway. this way i can catch up to the rest of the traffic speed quicker :D

[Grooverider]

I usually get 69 miles on a tankful because like the rest of you I have lots of sweaty sex in my car, therefore to keep it warm I must leave the car running while parked and it causes me to get a little worse miles per gallon then I would like.

[IllicaCelica]

Originally posted by Grooverider
I usually get 69 miles on a tankful because like the rest of you I have lots of sweaty sex in my car, therefore to keep it warm I must leave the car running while parked and it causes me to get a little worse miles per gallon then I would like.

haha i hear that...also a bunch of times when im drunk or high and sitting in a parking lot ill play playstation for a couple hours and leave my car on so the batt doesnt die, uses a lot of gas.......

[silverCELICAgt-s]

i figured this question should fall into play in thi thread.............. what is the toyota said time that it takes a celica gt-s to go from 0-60 in seconds?

[evil eye]

Originally posted by Grooverider
I usually get 69 miles on a tankful because like the rest of you I have lots of sweaty sex in my car, therefore to keep it warm I must leave the car running while parked and it causes me to get a little worse miles per gallon then I would like.
:rofl: sex addicts.

I always warm up my car until it raises one bar, yes even in the summer. It doesnt take long at all in the summer as you can imagine. I do it just so the oil and other fluids flow throughout the engine. The car drives like **** when it's not warmed up.

[bagodoosh]

Originally posted by evil eye
Am I wrong? :D negative.

mike, if you want to more accurately measure the mpg, use the value of how much fuel you put in the car to fill it up. because you know you've used that much.

[evil eye]

Thanks Kia, I was hoping someone could answer that for me! :)

[xtccrush]

Originally posted by Grooverider
I usually get 69 miles on a tankful because like the rest of you I have lots of sweaty sex in my car, therefore to keep it warm I must leave the car running while parked and it causes me to get a little worse miles per gallon then I would like.

He must of seen my other post, and decided to post here. No sex post here tonight. Connections made. Next week it will be on though. Brown university rocks. :nutkickhi :nutkickhi

[twistedGTS]

i didnt know you could go down to no bars, that's interesting. I get about 300-350 to 1 bar.

btw gas is so freaking expensive, sucks having to put 93 all the time.

[Tung]

with "no bar" left, I think you are able to drive for 20 more miles.

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by twistedGTS
btw gas is so freaking expensive, sucks having to put 93 all the time.

it's a lil over $2 around my way :AF: ...it took $24 last time to fill up my tank :sadpace:

[speedeeGTS]

over $2!!! goddamn!!!! i payed $25.50 last week and it was at $1.89!!!! :sadpace:

[TRD StreetRacing]

I don't mind payig $1.89 ....that would be a hard thing to find around me

[evil eye]

Originally posted by Tung
with "no bar" left, I think you are able to drive for 20 more miles.

I'd say your right, about 23-32 more miles to go.

[evil eye]

Originally posted by twistedGTS
btw gas is so freaking expensive, sucks having to put 93 all the time. :werd: If it wasnt dangerous I'd put 87 in. Those prices are so tempting, it's like cheap porn for my car. :D

[xtccrush]

To bad nobody lives in jersey. It was 1.89 up here. I was at six flags in jersey back when it wasn't here in mass, and gas was 1.50 a gallon for 93. I was like wtf. That is a massive difference.

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by evil eye
:werd: If it wasnt dangerous I'd put 87 in. Those prices are so tempting, it's like cheap porn for my car. :D

that's a funny comparison :gap:

[evil eye]

Thanks. :)

Originally posted by xtccrush
To bad nobody lives in jersey. It was 1.89 up here. I was at six flags in jersey back when it wasn't here in mass, and gas was 1.50 a gallon for 93. I was like wtf. That is a massive difference.

It's always been like that in Jersey. Whenever me and the fam drive down to Florida, we run it close to empty until we hit jersey and the fill it up for a nice cheap price. And if I remember right, they're all full service stations in jersey, and you dont have the price increase (because of full serve) attached to it either! It's great!

[TRD StreetRacing]

yea jersey got full service in every station in every pump. it's like their tring to be nice or something :rolleyes:

god forbid if NYers do that :laugh:

[evil eye]

for real. I'd love it if NY did that. I'm lazy as fcuk.

[twistedGTS]

yeah gas in NJ is so damn cheap! lucky *******s!! tho i've heard insurance is more expensive than NY. Not sure if it's true.

I was in MA last weekend and notice gas was slighly cheaper. I also notice they dont sell beer at gas stations or like after 11pm :furious:

[evil eye]

The MA peeps are gonna be pissed you didnt tell them you were coming. They're a lonely bunch. j/k :D

[EasyC]

im here to represent MA!!! cuz this is a NY dominated thread LMAO

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by EasyC
im here to represent MA!!! cuz this is a NY dominated forum LMAO

[EasyC]

lol hahahahaha. i guess that means i cant talk about the red sox haha

[KrysyGT]

Originally posted by xtccrush
To bad nobody lives in jersey.


I do I do... I paid $1.42 last night for gas :D
Then again I drive 180 miles a day so it gets me in the ass in the long run as usual.

[TRD StreetRacing]

if u drive 180miles 5x a week that means u will put close to 50k miles a year. if not more :AF:

[KrysyGT]

Believe me when I say this will not last a year. I have an interview next week else where. I cannot afford to do this nor can my poor Celica take it. :(
Btw it's 47k a year.

[TRD StreetRacing]

47k weekday driving?? what about the weekend. that's additional mileage tacked on to the 47k :D

[speedeeGTS]

Originally posted by KrysyGT
Believe me when I say this will not last a year. I have an interview next week else where. I cannot afford to do this nor can my poor Celica take it. :(
Btw it's 47k a year.

i really hope you get that job krysy! ;) :) if you do, you owe me $500 after a year!!! haahaahaaaaaaa :D

[specblue02]

Lol, this reminds me of the beginning of the school year when I was commuting to school. Me and my friend had a competition how many miles to a tank we could get. He has a 1996 Ford Thunderbird. We were both granny driving lol...I beat him wiht 436 miles before I had to get gas...I had to guide it off the off ramp right into the gas station lol...I win!!!

--Chris

[TRD StreetRacing]

damn.....i finally got an accurate reading. there was 1 bar left and i got about 290+ miles. so if i add about another 20miles for the last bar, that will give me about 310 (which suck) ..

how do you guys get close to 400 miles off a tank?? i granny drive too. i hit lift maybe 1 or 2 times a day

[specblue02]

Lol..well I have a GT so no lift for me :) that was all shifting at 3k every shift so that could be why :)

That was also on my 18s...probably would be higher if I had the stockies on :)

[speedeeGTS]

i've only drove once on a tankful without hitting lift. i cant remember the exact mileage i got, but that was so hard! hitting lift is really addicting. im a lift addict :sadpace:

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by speedeeGTS
im a lift addict :sadpace:

me too...that's why i hit it about 1 or 2 times a day

[speedeeGTS]

damn, i atleast triple that on my way to work and i work 13 miles away! lol!

[TRD StreetRacing]

well i don't hit it that much cuz i don't want to attract much attention from the locals

[speedeeGTS]

me, i dont care 1 bit :D i know where and when to and not to do it

[TRD StreetRacing]

so do i BUT i've notice they like to change things around now :rolleyes:

[evil eye]

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing
damn.....i finally got an accurate reading. there was 1 bar left and i got about 290+ miles. so if i add about another 20miles for the last bar, that will give me about 310 (which suck) ..

how do you guys get close to 400 miles off a tank?? i granny drive too. i hit lift maybe 1 or 2 times a day

The best mileage I ever got was when I drove down to Florida. So you're mileage may suck more if you spend more time in stop and go traffic or local streets. That 6th gear saves massive gas. ;)

Oh, I hit lift about 1-2 a week if even that. I only use it when I have to, I don't want to pre-empt the bolts to break any faster than they will by the natural course of time. :wtc: Can't they make stronger bolts already, damn toyota.

[KrysyGT]

I get an average of 395 miles to a tank with 2 bars left. I drive 90 miles one way to work in traffic...

[TRD StreetRacing]

u suck krysy :p:

[speedeeGTS]

Originally posted by evil eye
1-2 a week if even that. I only use it when I have to, I don't want to pre-empt the bolts to break any faster than they will by the natural course of time. :wtc: Can't they make stronger bolts already, damn toyota.

<--------- has a broken lift bolt remember? it was found at krysys mod meet at 78K (who knows when it originally broke) and im about to hit 100K within the next week and its still kickin strong

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing
u suck krysy :p:

i dont think she's really proud of that though mike. i did that commute once with her and i was ready to shoot myself after that one time! i dont know how she's been doing it for so long....

[evil eye]

Originally posted by speedeeGTS
<--------- has a broken lift bolt remember? it was found at krysys mod meet at 78K (who knows when it originally broke) and im about to hit 100K within the next week and its still kickin strong


Yeah I remember that, but I thought you fixed it at the same time? Damn, so wait, lift still works even though it's broken? I heard from others that the car loses power dramatically after 6200RPM's once a bolt is officially broken. how the hell? :D

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by speedeeGTS
<--------- has a broken lift bolt remember? it was found at krysys mod meet at 78K (who knows when it originally broke) and im about to hit 100K within the next week and its still kickin strong


u put over 20k in ur car btwn oct and now?? :AF: