Something's wrong here! MPG in 04!

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Apr 23, 2004 | 08:53 PM

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PilotKD

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From: South Jersey

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Road Rage

Apr 23, 2004 | 09:51 PM

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johninator

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From: Fullerton

Most car manufacturers purposely design the gas gauge to read empty sooner than what it really is. This is by design. My best guess is to prevent people from running out of gas if they designed the gauge too close to empty.

The other positive thing by always having plenty of gas left in the tank, it can cool the fuel pump better thus increasing reliability and life expectancy of the pump.

I get ~23MPG with city and highway driving. I do rev it up occationally especially on the freeway onramps. Im sure 26MPG is achievable with all highway driving. Driving like grandma or grandpa helps increase MPG.

Apr 24, 2004 | 09:11 AM

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S2K1

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From: SLC, UT

I get about 180-190 per 10 gallons, this is driving fairly easy with a turbo and 4.77's. On the highway I get 15-17 MPG. Oh well, it's fun when I don't take it easy.

Apr 24, 2004 | 12:05 PM

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geekd

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Originally posted by BruteHareS2k
I noticed that I can only travel slightly over 200 miles per tank, maybe 215 the most. It's very weird since the car can take 13.2 Gal. and everytime I fill up it takes around 10.5 gal. the most. That means that the car has around 2+ gal. still in the tank but the car tells me is empty, like no lines showing in the dash.

I experience the exact same in my '04 - 200-215 miles per tank. Fill up when I have zero lines left, and put in 10.5 gallons. (which is like $26.00 here in SoCal)