Why do we get such shitty gas mileage

TheShocker · Post by **TheShocker** » Mon May 10, 2004 5:04 pm

It's pissing me off...

Gas is $2.00+ a gallon............

Filling up twice a week...............

GAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Seriously, do we all get crappy gas mileage or is it just me?

boostjunkie · Post by **boostjunkie** » Mon May 10, 2004 5:16 pm

That's one of the things I DON'T miss about my old car!

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:18 pm

AWD, lots of toys, 2.2 liter turbo, 3200 lbs, and a relatively small tank that makes us have to pull over more often and accentuates it. It all adds up. Just think of what the small penises in the H2s get.

I need to get a job so I can get a 30mpg Elise or at least an '84 Subaru.

Steve

NuwanD · Post by **NuwanD** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:23 pm

I blame my poor mileage on my lead foot than on the car itself

gas prices do suck however

Post by **DLC** » Mon May 10, 2004 7:53 pm

I get 20-22 and that makes me happy, especially with some of my driving habits.

At least you're not driving a truck or SUV.

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Mon May 10, 2004 8:21 pm

I dream of such "shitty" milage. Since I have the wagon on blocks while I rebuild the engine, I have to drive my van.

Econoline 350 + 460 ci + 5960 lbs = 9 mph, 10 if I do some freeway driving.

LegacyT · Post by **LegacyT** » Mon May 10, 2004 8:37 pm

Turbo + AWD = shittier gas mileage. But these cars are so much more then most other cars so I don't mind. Besides I can still manage 400 km's to a tank with mixed driving, which is pretty good for the small fuel tanks these cars have.

Mark,

TheShocker · Post by **TheShocker** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:47 pm

Even when I drive like a little bitch it seems like the needle just falls so quickly. I guess the small tank makes sense in that department. I'm used to driving my CRX which got 30-40 MPG and didn't need premium. Heh.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:01 pm

am I the only one that thinks the tanks are actually kinda big? I'm used to like 10 gal tanks.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:24 pm

i think they're big too. guess it's just because i used to have a crx.

I'd get about 30mpg in the crx if i was good
about 25 mpg in the 91 L no matter how i drove
18-19 in the LE driving normally, it only drops about 1mpg if i drive like a maniac, so... i have fun

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:28 pm

With my van, the 36 gallon van tanks costs me about $75 to fill up and go about 350 miles. Ouch!

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:52 pm

My '84s would get 27 doing over 100 and 30 most of the time with my foot to the floor, ~35 if I drove like an old lady and the tank wasn't much smaller than the Legacy. I wonder how an EJ22 powered 2100 lb hardtop would do for mileage...

Steve

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:28 am

Hell.....I get 21-22 mpg with a fwd auto legacy......that's f#$kin pityful

QuickDrive · Post by **QuickDrive** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:13 am

I'm down around the 16mpg range. No Highway driving for me around here. all city, all lead footed.

1$ / Liter for gas now too..

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:33 am

yesterday it was up to $2.369/gallon

a majority of my driving is 50-60 mph straight stretches to get from where i live to anywhere which is probably why i get such decent gas mileage.

I was toying around with a government site, and if i drive 20,000 miles in a year(which is my average) and keep paying $2.36/gallon, and get better gas mileage than I'm currently making(21mpg) I'll pay approximately $2256 every year for gas

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue May 11, 2004 3:10 am

My 95 got 30mpg on the highway to the beach. With an all time worst of 10mpg.

My 94 got upwards of 25 highway on the way home from CT I think.

Gas was $2.60 for Sunoco 94 octane in Northern Virginia.

It's under $2.00 a gallon for 93 around here.

boostjunkie · Post by **boostjunkie** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:33 pm

Cruising in 6th on the highway, I'm sure I could get over 30mpg! However, my foot doesn't like good gas mileage:)

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:00 pm

I filled up with $1.93 89-octane today, and calculated my gas mileage at an average of 23.4mpg (5MT, AWD) That's some of the best mileage my Legacy has ever gotten!

Of course, I've been a tad light-footed lately, purposely trying to conserve a bit...

LegacyPunk · Post by **LegacyPunk** » Tue May 11, 2004 7:32 pm

I get almost 300 miles to a tank, but that's if i drive conservativly. Ill see if going back to the stock airbox with a k&n increases it.

TheShocker · Post by **TheShocker** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:53 pm

300 miles?????

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:44 pm

I get about 330-360 before the gas light comes on with my NA. My gas milage usually sits between 30-32 mpg, I don't high rev it but I drive aggressively on the roads I know I can.

TheShocker · Post by **TheShocker** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:18 pm

Ok I'm going to drive til the tank is empty and fill it up then record how many miles i get.

123c · Post by **123c** » Thu May 13, 2004 5:01 pm

I get horrible gas mileage in town, ussally 16-18mpg, but on the highway I tend to get about 25mpg, which makes me really happy. I've gone 350 mile on a single tank of gas once, but that almost all highway driving, I tend to only get about 225-240 miles per tank driving in the city...

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:53 am

Do keep in mind guys, old spark plugs will kill your gas mileage, and I'm not saying the electrode has to be gone either. I changed my spark plugs last weekend (the old plugs were only about 8k miles old) and I tell no lie, my mileage has already gone up enough to almost cover the price of the plugs, the gas prices currently being as high as they are. I normally get about 200 miles on 3/4 tank, this last time I made it 220 miles.

legacymax · Post by **legacymax** » Wed May 19, 2004 11:34 pm

my gas mileage sucks. i get 150-175 per tank. I do have lower gears though: 4.20 something, so the speedo is 7-10mph to high. Wait, this means it would be about 125-150 miles per tank. The O2 sensor is fine and i replaced the plugs last weekend. I am not getting a CEL. My camaro is getting about the same mpg. Any ideas?

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Why do we get such shitty gas mileage

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