Anyone else getting 400 miles a tank?
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Anyone tried this?
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All HWY driving I can go over 400 regularly. In my 80 city/20 hwy mix I usually hit right about 370-380 when the light comes on.
I am a pretty mild commuter and cruise at 65 on on the HWY, so MPG is fairly decent (24.0 lifetime on the car currently). Getting into the high 20s on the open road is relatively easy with a light foot and no jockeying about.
I am a pretty mild commuter and cruise at 65 on on the HWY, so MPG is fairly decent (24.0 lifetime on the car currently). Getting into the high 20s on the open road is relatively easy with a light foot and no jockeying about.
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wow this is interesting to me because i have an 08 is250 awd and i have never seen the aprox range over 302 miles...maybe they changed something in the system from the later years??? i have noticed that it will say like 300 miles remaining but i can drive an additional 3 miles before it goes down to 299...
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Just wondering if anyone else is getting 400 miles to the tank. I was pleasently surprised that the IS250 could do that. I used to drive pretty spirited and always had the ect pwr button on, but now because of gas prices nearing $4.50/gallon I decided to change my driving habits. I always use the snow button and rarely does my car see 2 rpm's (unless going uphill). The drive is a quite different but time wise, i dont think i'm loosing many minutes reaching my destinations. I drive about 75% city and 25% hwy. Its good to know that the IS can get that many miles out of a tank of gas.
i think it has a lot to do with stop n go vs HIGHWAY miles
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Yup, same here. I usually get in the 375 - 425 range. When i drove to Vegas, i got 31-32mpg from SoCal which equated to over 400miles to the tank.
At 27.4 MPG and a 17.1g tank, you should get 468mi/tank. If the range approx. says 10 miles, that's til 15-ish gallons, so I'm guessing you were a lot getting higher than 27.4 on the picture you took (maybe almost 30).
That or you got gas and didn't reset the trip counter
That or you got gas and didn't reset the trip counter
OK I filled up last night. 91 Premium at Shell was $4.33 a gallon
14.8 gallons
436 miles driven - car said I had 9 miles left.
29.5 calculated mpg
31.1 trip computer mpg
472 miles trip computer range.
14.8 gallons
436 miles driven - car said I had 9 miles left.
29.5 calculated mpg
31.1 trip computer mpg
472 miles trip computer range.
