I have a confession to make....
10-07-12, 12:11 AM
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I have a confession to make....
Two days ago I bought a 1993 LS400. I got it for a good price so was planning on flipping it in a few months to make a few quid on it. The journey home was two hours which was enough to know I ain't letting this thing go!!!
I'M IN LEXTACY!!!!
And today was another reason to keep this PHAT cruiser! I went for a drive up the highway to do an economy run. I filled the tank to the brim, traveled 108 km's (67miles for you Yankies). I pulled into the servo and only managed to squeeze 4.99 litres in her!!!!
(1.3 gallons)
1.3 gallons for 67 miles!!!!
Dunno bout you lot but that is INSANELY GOOD in my book!
I'M IN LEXTACY!!!!
And today was another reason to keep this PHAT cruiser! I went for a drive up the highway to do an economy run. I filled the tank to the brim, traveled 108 km's (67miles for you Yankies). I pulled into the servo and only managed to squeeze 4.99 litres in her!!!!
(1.3 gallons)1.3 gallons for 67 miles!!!!
Dunno bout you lot but that is INSANELY GOOD in my book!
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10-07-12, 02:14 AM
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We were both racking our brains how this came about. Agreed it's bonkers! The only possibility I can really think of was the top up wasn't quite the same as the first but even then it can't take much more as fuel (both fills) were frothing up at the cap. Going to try it again tomorrow. Any excuse to go for a long cruise
10-07-12, 08:08 AM
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On your first fill up, make a note for yourself the date, number of (A) gallons, and (B) mileage at the time you filled her up. Make another note the second time you fill her up and the (C) mileage and reset the trip meter to zero. Subtract C from B and that's your ending (D) miles/trip miles. Divide D from A and that's your calculated MPG.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
10-07-12, 08:19 AM
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wow..reset trip meter..fill up and run out 3 tanks of gas,keep track of how many gallons each time..fill up one final time and at that point add up total gallons and divide total mileage by the number of gallons. thats ur mileage and its not exact but only a reference point
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10-08-12, 01:13 AM
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On your first fill up, make a note for yourself the date, number of (A) gallons, and (B) mileage at the time you filled her up. Make another note the second time you fill her up and the (C) mileage and reset the trip meter to zero. Subtract C from B and that's your ending (D) miles/trip miles. Divide D from A and that's your calculated MPG.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Cheers....didn't get a chance to do it again today so will try again on the same stretch of highway to keep it as close to the first run as possible. What also needs to be taken into consideration is it's an ECONOMY RUN......& on (mostly) flat highway. If you have ever seen Top Gear (UK version) they also have had stupidly good mileage from a variety of totally different cars. To compare normal day to day driving to an eco run is apples & banana's material as few people will drive like that everyday.
10-08-12, 01:37 AM
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lol thanks captain obvious! Aside from the date............wtf has the DATE got to do with an economy run? And why would you need to reset the trip meter AFTER the run??
Cheers....didn't get a chance to do it again today so will try again on the same stretch of highway to keep it as close to the first run as possible. What also needs to be taken into consideration is it's an ECONOMY RUN......& on (mostly) flat highway. If you have ever seen Top Gear (UK version) they also have had stupidly good mileage from a variety of totally different cars. To compare normal day to day driving to an eco run is apples & banana's material as few people will drive like that everyday.
Cheers....didn't get a chance to do it again today so will try again on the same stretch of highway to keep it as close to the first run as possible. What also needs to be taken into consideration is it's an ECONOMY RUN......& on (mostly) flat highway. If you have ever seen Top Gear (UK version) they also have had stupidly good mileage from a variety of totally different cars. To compare normal day to day driving to an eco run is apples & banana's material as few people will drive like that everyday.
also, jeremy didn't even get anything close to what you claimed in the turbodiesel vw/audi he drove across the UK.
10-08-12, 02:50 AM
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Time will tell I guess.........will post results of the 2nd run. Will be paying particular attention to the filling of the tank both times. Even though I did the first time that's obviously the area for greatest variance.
10-08-12, 11:31 AM
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welcome boob! these cars are great, which is why there is still a strong following despite their age.
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
10-08-12, 11:37 AM
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I live in virginia. I regularly get 26 mpg in the summer. Thats 585 miles a tank...
I have averaged 29 mpg on a 100 mile trip to the beach before. That comes to 650 miles a tank...
Boom. Theory killed.
I have averaged 29 mpg on a 100 mile trip to the beach before. That comes to 650 miles a tank...
Boom. Theory killed.