bad mpg??!?
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bad mpg??!?
Hey guys, i wanted to test to see how much mpg my 00 es300, so i filled up the tank. I drove until the gas light came on, over 90% was driven on the streets, so the tank went for 270miles, is this good mpg? I heard the gas tank holds 18.5 gallons, so I assumed the gas light goes on maybe with 1 gallon left?? so i calculated it and its 15.4 mpg , is this true???! someone with some info on mpg or the tank size help me out...Thanks in advance
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you should calculate the number of gallons you put in divided by the miles you drove.
Hey guys, i wanted to test to see how much mpg my 00 es300, so i filled up the tank. I drove until the gas light came on, over 90% was driven on the streets, so the tank went for 270miles, is this good mpg? I heard the gas tank holds 18.5 gallons, so I assumed the gas light goes on maybe with 1 gallon left?? so i calculated it and its 15.4 mpg , is this true???! someone with some info on mpg or the tank size help me out...Thanks in advance
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you should calculate the number of gallons you put in divided by the miles you drove.
that's probably the best way to do it. For now, according to the car, I am averaging about 22-23 mpg. When I do alot of street, it gets down to 21mpg. I have an 02 ES300 with 60K.
that's probably the best way to do it. For now, according to the car, I am averaging about 22-23 mpg. When I do alot of street, it gets down to 21mpg. I have an 02 ES300 with 60K.
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i know its weird i just filled to car up half way yesterday and its already down about 3 lines....
maybe its my driving but come on its not like a floor it everytime i go from a stop.... my friends 03 330i gets better gass miles... and!! my friends 99 alavon get better miles.... this is very fustating and killing my wallet....
maybe its my driving but come on its not like a floor it everytime i go from a stop.... my friends 03 330i gets better gass miles... and!! my friends 99 alavon get better miles.... this is very fustating and killing my wallet....
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i thot of something wen i was driving a few days ago...
maybe its the octane booster??? cuz i just put in some a while ago... and the gas miles went down. it was just a thought
maybe its the octane booster??? cuz i just put in some a while ago... and the gas miles went down. it was just a thought
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I might be wrong but your tank only holds 16.5 gallons and your light comes on at 2-2.5 gallons so you only used up 13.5 to 14 gallons of fuel. If my math is correct thats an average of 20mpg. Its not bad for mostly city driving but it can be better! I would suggest you do a couple of treatments of autorx. Go to www.auto-rx.com and do 2 treatments with the directions on the bottle. I bet it will help your MPG's.
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becareful with seafoam.......last time i did seafoam on my car.....it clogged up one of my injectors causing a misfire. I ended up replacing all 6 injectors cuz i got a good deal on them.
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