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View Poll Results: How many miles do you have when the "gas station" icon pops up?
Below 280 miles
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301 -325 miles
12
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10
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Computer "tank average" reading is inaccurate

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Old May 13, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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I get about 390-410 miles on the trip meter when the light comes on. That is with mostly highway driving though, everyone drives differently and drives in different conditions and areas, so everyone's answers will vary.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 01:23 AM
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i'm usually getting about 15-18 mpg per tank average. I only drive about 10-15 miles a day. i was getting about 22 mpg in traffic driving 70 miles round trip for work. this is an 06 is350. just had my spark plugs changed too.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 05:31 AM
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I drive 80% city so I'm my getting maybe 21.5 mpg so a full tank only gets me around 310 miles
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Old May 14, 2012 | 06:08 AM
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If you drive at 60 with cruise control you should have no problem getting great MPG on the highway. Just make sure you go in the slow lane!
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Old May 14, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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I've found that since I went with a 265/30-19 tire that it is almost DEAD on. I stopped taking manual calculations when the in-dash readout was within .1 on five fill-ups in a row.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by FSportIS
May I ask how you got about 20-24 MPG when the low fuel light comes on around 360? If you get 360++ miles per tank, you should get more than 24 MPG??
Exactly. The cars calculations is inaccurate for me.
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Old May 23, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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I just made This Thread, not realizing that this topic has been done to death.
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Old May 23, 2012 | 09:25 PM
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my gas tank average is less than 1 mpg compared to manual calculation
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