gas mileage

by **Gunman** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 10:32 pm

same gas station every time?

by **Missay** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 10:38 pm

ummm..right now i use the same one..i used to go to HESS, but i noticed i got much much LOWER mileage and someone told me they water down their gas, so i've been going to another place now. i think i'm gonna stick w/ that place for at least the next fill up, so i'll have 3 numbers to compare...then i'll try soemthing like mobile and see if the numbers are higher.

by **Missay** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 10:55 pm

hahah...off topic again!! i think we're the main culprits of the off topics posts...one of these days we're gonna get like 24hr suspensions from flip and mookie!

heheh...don't u feel like we're both jumping back and forth from the car starter in aftermarket upgrades to this thread in toyota solara? haha...

damn, solaraguy always makes me slack on homework..i'm on page 3 outta 8 on a paper due tomorrow, it's 1am and i have to leave for class at 7am tomorrow..hahahaha

by **Missay** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:03 pm

heheh...i bet when people see that black avatar solara and then that gunman avatar alternating they just scroll down rolling their eyes... :roll:

hahah. sorry guys!! i know ..i know!! take it to AIM!!

sooo..back on topic...i'm definitely gonna do one more fill up at the same place and then put the little extra $$ in at a name brand to test out to see what happens.

maybe we should start a thread where people post how many gallons they filled up, what brand/type gas, how many miles they got from it aprox, and what kinda driving they do ..i'd really be curious to see how all of our #s match up.

by **Jay** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:04 pm

I used to get 8-11 mpg with my V8 Mustang GT convertible. Really sucked.

by **Gunman** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:06 pm

ive always used mobil, i usually get about a good weeks worth of driving on a tank of gas, which is about 40 give or take miles a day?

by **PureNocence** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 12:10 am

Before I put my Injen Intake on, I could get about 300 to 325 miles per full tank. But after I put my intake on, I noticed that I only get about 285 to 295 per fill up...lol however, since I got my supecharger installed on Friday...I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get less than that...oh wells, ya gotta get good with bad huh

Sacrifices!!!!

by **Flipside909** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:23 am

PureNocence wrote:[b][color=red]Before I put my Injen Intake on, I could get about 300 to 325 miles per full tank. But after I put my intake on, I noticed that I only get about 285 to 295 per fill up

Because your MAF is telling your engine to run rich. That's why I took off my Injen intake.

by **soniasolara** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 7:38 pm

Wow, popular thread.

My 2 cents:
I average anywhere from 14 to 20 MPG city. I have a little highway miles thrown in when I go grocery shopping.

On longer trips (to NJ, to Boston, etc.) I have averaged as high as 33 MPG.

The i4 will be more efficient than the v6, and the sticks will be more efficient than the automatics. The latter has something to do with the torque converter.

Also, for Missay and Gunman---my beloved beleaguered NY Jets are owned now by Robert Wood Johnson IV, of Johnson and Johnson fame. Leon Hess' famous last words to then-coach Richie Kotite in the mid-90s was that he was a dying man, he wanted to see his Jets win before his time on earth was over. So the Jets proceeded to go 1-15.

by **cdssolara** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 7:58 pm

Missay,

If you're really only getting 11 or so mpg, something is definitely wrong. I have a 5 speed V6 with S/C (along with exhaust and intake) and I never get less than 20 mpg. Even if most of my driving (time-wise) is on city streets, I get that. And I'm always playing around with the accelerator to check out how my S/C and lightened flywheel are working. On the freeways, the mileage gets closer to 30 mpg. I try not to get too heavy-footed while the engine is still warming up, as that tends to waste gas, not to mention setting off my check engine light. Anyway, as some other people here have suggested, keep checking your mileage. If that low mpg seems consistent, maybe you should have your car checked out. That really is pretty bad.

by **Flipside909** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:21 pm

soniasolara wrote:
Also, for Missay and Gunman---my beloved beleaguered NY Jets are owned now by Robert Wood Johnson IV, of Johnson and Johnson fame. Leon Hess' famous last words to then-coach Richie Kotite in the mid-90s was that he was a dying man, he wanted to see his Jets win before his time on earth was over. So the Jets proceeded to go 1-15.

Lets stay on topic please. I will close it if it goes off topic one more time.

by **Missay** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:54 pm

Flipside909 wrote:Lets stay on topic please. I will close it if it goes off topic one more time.

u know...excuse my french but u just f*ing close it already if it bothers u so much! i think the rest of us are just as sick listening to people get more off topic by f*ing complaining that we're getting off topic. right there was a perfect examples of someone just putting in a little asides, in no way ruining the post....it's hard to supress people w/ personalities i guess....u know f*ck it..someone just delete this, i don't know why i'm wasting my time writing it

sorry..that was so unlike me..i just haven't slept for a while and i'm getting cranky cause i feel like solaraguy gets less fun every day

by **NASTY** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:35 pm

haha, easy missay!
nobody said you couldnt have fun AND stay on topic...
actually, come to think of it that would be pretty hard

by **Missay** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:11 pm

all i have to say is that life without laughing and smiling is not a life worth living...

think about it.

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