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My last tank got me 6,500 miles.

I hear you man, haha. Its just so much more rewarding when going hard everywhere. But yeh it goes down quick. And plus stuck in traffic.

7A, stick. I get around 550 miles to the tank (36mpg highway at 65-70 mph, 38mpg country at 45-50 mph). It's not so hard once you get used to driving that way. I tend to shift around 2.5k or so and am in 5th by about 35 mph. I actually wish I had a 6 speed so I could upshift again on the highway. I get tired of buzzing along.

I don't spend much time stuck in traffic and do make sure that I tailor my speed to the traffic that's there. I don't like pissing people off just so I can save a few cents.

You'd be surprised how little time you lose choosing to drive more relaxed. I took an hour mixed city/freeway trip in which I drove 50 on the freeway and it cost me about 5 minutes extra. Conservation can add up money-wise over the long haul.

Of course I view my Celica as a sexy economy car that's dead practical, not a sports car.

i get 750km to a full tank on 91 octane. thats is round trip from my place in burlington to sudbury which is max 4.5 hrs away. but i do it in 3hrs with one pit stop to stretch legs. lol. round trip is approx. 750kms.

This post has been edited by CelicaGTSboy23: Dec 12, 2009 - 12:24 PM

why the F am only getting maybe 270 a tank, I don't drive hard, its cold here but still thats f'n pathetic!!! and before it got cold i was maybe getting around 350 MAYBE help a brother out... this is killin me

Usually get 400-500 miles to a tank

270-300 ever since i've gotten both cars. got 400 once on the trip from OK to NY. but usually driving regularly, not flooring it, shifting at about 3k i get 270-300. pretty pathetic.

^ That is really low.

I'm driving a bit less conservatively, so lately I'm touching 380 when it goes empty.

God damn, I'm lucky to be hitting 280 by the time my gas light comes on. What am I doing so wrong? I hardly ever lead-foot drive (I drive an automatic, but generally let off the gas enough to keep the tach under 2.5-2.8k RPM).

Just did a tune-up (oil change to 5W-30 Mobil 1, new sparks/wires and cap/rotor, tires all within spec). Not sure why my fuel economy is so low.