Ms3 Mpg

[leadf00t]

What is everyone getting for miles per tank of gas ? I have not been on a trip with mine yet, but around town 60 city/40 freeway 280 miles when the gas light came on was all I got. Just wondering what everyone else is getting.

 

[Speed3ForMe]

Lowest 280ish, Highest 360ish

 

[Gmac03]

I'm averaging 22mpg, thats not bad considered the winter fuel mix and the fact that it's idles always for at least ten minutes on every start.

In the summer I averaged anywhere from 25 to 28 depending on driving.

Gmac

 

[HotSnatch]

So I went through my first tank of gas the other day and I went to fill up when the gas light came on. I filled up the tank with only 11.9 gallons.

I did the straight ratio method and came up with about 23mpg.

If I'm not mistaken, this car has a 14.5 gallon tank. Is there really ~2.5 gallons left after the gas warning light comes on?

 

[Kain]

Yeah, I've driven an additional 60+ highway miles after the gas light came on (not a good idea, bad for the fuel pump, but there were literally no gas stations for that long), and I put a bit over 13 gallons in.

 

[Mr_Boom]

Seems like all the numbers match up pretty well, I have driven with a tank on mostly highway and mostly city and got the following...

90% Highway: 300 mi / 12 gal = 25 mpg
90% City: 240 mi / 12 gal = 20 mpg

 

[LukeP]

These numbers seem much more accurate. We should make this the official end-all gas mileage thread with the format;

Miles Driven: (highway/city/winter/summer)
Gallons burned: calc MPG:
I usually fill up at:
I shift at: RPM
I generally cruise at: RPM
I go into top gear at: MPH
My driving habits resemble: __________

The trip computer is too subject to influence and simple calculation, so don't use it.

I'll go first

Miles driven: 222mi city, winter (-30F)
Gallons burned: 13.23 MPG: 16.78
I usually fill up at: SHELL, v-power
I shift at: 2500 rpm
I generally cruise at: 2100 rpm
I go into top gear at: 60 MPH
My driving habits resemble: An angry nun

 

[PCspeed3]

27.5 on the trip computer, litttle less than that in reality tho.

 

[Gmac03]

How big is our tank?

Gmac

 

[Mr_Boom]

How big is our tank?

Gmac

14 gallons

 

[DaleNixon]

i thought it was 14.5

 

[rigor]

run some lucas injector additive from 150 back to 170

 

[rigor]

at the half tank. but first i ran a can of seafoam picked up 20 to that tank try running 76 gas

 

[rigor]

my milage dumped to 22 on shell

 

[rigor]

13 gal

 

[rigor]

sorry i have a speed3

 

[stageup]

i swear i must have the worst mileage of anybody, esp for the conditions. the last tank i purposedly drove like a grandma just to see the upper limit, but my daily commute is 6 mi strictly city. best i could do [true #] is 18.7 mpg; computer said 20.1...(shrug)

my commute is 11 miles each way by street
i am lucky if i get 230-240 miles to the tank.

i only have a cobb sri and hks ssqv.
during the summer before i put the ssqv on, i was getting 280-300 wtf
wonder if the ssqv is making me lose mileage, and no i'm not gunning it just to hear it anymore, i only did for the first 3 tanks after the install

 

[Gmac03]

so is it, 13, 14, or 14.5? For the MS3, just to clarify.

Gmac

 

[Mr_Boom]

My bad...

I'm gonna go with (B) 14.5 gallons
Final Answer

 

[chief_wiggum]

I've started logging my mileage here;

www.fueleconomy.gov

there are not too many MS3s reporting MPGs, i find it useful, you may too.