asteadydecline
New Member
I get about 31 mpg on the highway, and the most I've ever gotten to a tank was 312. I actually took a picture of it because it was my first tank over 300. My gas light wasn't on or anything, but I was about on E.
The 400 Club
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squarehead
Old guy
I found that the E gas light comes on with almost exactly 2 gallons left in the tank. 31mpg is pretty close, but you need to be a little higher than that to be more comfortable. That comes from just slowing down, really. I dropped my average speed on highway trips from 75 mph to 65 mph and got a healthy 3-4 mpg increase over the life of a tank.I get about 31 mpg on the highway, and the most I've ever gotten to a tank was 312. I actually took a picture of it because it was my first tank over 300. My gas light wasn't on or anything, but I was about on E.
With gas prices still causing painful rashes country-wide, every little bit helps.
AcurInteg96
Just call me chris.
my gas mileage blows. im getting 19-22 avg city. i just replace my O2 sensor so hopefully that will help. but i have bad rod bearings, 225lb stereo and then there is my 240lbs so its gotta work it.
00DC2TW
New Member
bad rod bearings? and your car drives?my gas mileage blows. im getting 19-22 avg city. i just replace my O2 sensor so hopefully that will help. but i have bad rod bearings, 225lb stereo and then there is my 240lbs so its gotta work it.
AcurInteg96
Just call me chris.
ya. there is a little knock at start up but she still runs pretty strong. lol
squarehead
Old guy
Anyone else get close to 400 yet? Summer driving, summer tires, better gas at the pumps = more opportunity for better mileage.
hgocasca
level 77 troll
I've had that issue before, twice. Happens all the time on motors that are old that've had a hard life.ya. there is a little knock at start up but she still runs pretty strong. lol
squarehead
Old guy
Just wanted to follow-up a little here after a while of really studying what affects the mileage (for me) on the GS-R. I have had a few more 400+ mile tanks, without really much effort this summer, and just this morning filled up at 417 miles on the tank as the fuel light just came on. I averaged 35 mpg on this last tank.
Over the last few months of daily commuting (mostly highway driving), I found that you can get better mileage with higher tire pressures (.2 - .4 mpg), drafting larger vehicles (.2 - .3 mpg), keeping the car clean and waxed, (.1 - .2 mpg) and general coasting, short-shifting, etc is all marginal. The absolute MASSIVE chunk of generating extra mileage on a tank is simply just going slower and not driving the car on the redline all the time.
I recently slowed my average mph on the highway commute to work from 75-80 mph to 60-65 mph, and get there within minutes of my overall commute time, and the mileage jumped a dramatic 3-4 mpg per tank. I went from averaging 30.5 to 31.5 mpg to well over 34 mpg every time now.
It's a pretty simple formula, actually. Better mileage = less fuel consumption. Slow down and you'll save.
Over the last few months of daily commuting (mostly highway driving), I found that you can get better mileage with higher tire pressures (.2 - .4 mpg), drafting larger vehicles (.2 - .3 mpg), keeping the car clean and waxed, (.1 - .2 mpg) and general coasting, short-shifting, etc is all marginal. The absolute MASSIVE chunk of generating extra mileage on a tank is simply just going slower and not driving the car on the redline all the time.
I recently slowed my average mph on the highway commute to work from 75-80 mph to 60-65 mph, and get there within minutes of my overall commute time, and the mileage jumped a dramatic 3-4 mpg per tank. I went from averaging 30.5 to 31.5 mpg to well over 34 mpg every time now.
It's a pretty simple formula, actually. Better mileage = less fuel consumption. Slow down and you'll save.
91tegwitgsr
New Member
The only time I know I could have hit 400 on a tank was in my old 89 teg....she went almost 300 miles on just a quarter tank of gas. It had the stock motor and I was doing 65-70 the whole trip.
04caliwrx
New Member
I drive about 80% freeway and do a 60 mile drive every... 30 to work and 30 home. I have a lead foot and love the vtec. I would say I drive about 75mph and can get 370 miles (still with no gas light on) will up with 10.5 gallons thats 35.2 mpg's! the best I have ever got was on my drive from SF to Las Vegas. I got 437 miles and the last 10 was on the light, I filled up with 11.9 gallons of gas so that 36.7 mpg. I feel that the car runs like new and only has 111,500 miles on it.