How's your mileage this summer? Options

[Lexicon_Devil]

I decided to pay close attention to my mileage this week.
I'm driving a 94 GT 5-Speed.

I don't really go over 70-80 on the highway..but I drive
"peppy" on the surface roads (can't help but have fun in
the Celica)..

I'm getting about 280 a tank. With recent plugs, wires,
rotor, cap, distributor.

How's your mileage this summer and how do you drive?

[RickJamesBish]

Wow, that's pretty crappy.

I get just under 400 a tank, maybe even 400 if I let it go all the way to empty.

[Lexicon_Devil]

Yeah, I drive at pretty high RPMs on the surface roads...but I think
I need a new oxygen sensor and a couple other things.

[GotToyota]

Anywhere from 28-32mpg depending on how I drive.

-Matt

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Aug 7, 2008 - 10:18 PM

[Athorn]

I get about 300 a tank. Jeez 400? what am i doing wrong? i Just replaced my spark plugs and wires..everyhitn else seems fine. What else should i do.

[mneal2_92788]

at my rate, im gettin 330-400 a tank. 94 gt, idk how new anything is, i just started driving it last wednesday

[azian_advanced]

now i'm getting 25-27.5 mpg. all city (no freeways or hwy).
in the winter i get 19-20mpg.

[Akirad1]

i get about 26 to 32 as well but i got the auto and its and st but i dont drive to much usually 3 to 4 days a week

[Lexicon_Devil]

I get about 300 a tank. Jeez 400? what am i doing wrong? i Just replaced my spark plugs and wires..everyhitn else seems fine. What else should i do.

You're doing nothing wrong. You're driving a GT. He's driving an ST. It all depends on your
driving. My city driving RPMs are almost always above 3k. And I do mostly city driving.
If I took it really easy - drove soft, shifted soft and lightened up on the gas foot, my mileage
would jump up considerably. In the situation where I am doing highway driving, I get about
31 MPG.

[Rayme]

now i'm getting 25-27.5 mpg. all city (no freeways or hwy).
in the winter i get 19-20mpg.

Get a block heater or a oil pan heating pad !!!

I have the same crappy winter MPG...winter blend + cold + snowy road = excrement!

[azian_advanced]

i have a block heater.. it's just that my parents think it's a waste of electricity if i leave it on overnight (i can agree to that). they say turning it on in the morning a couple of hours before i leave is ok.. and when i park at the university, i park at the 'cheap' far lot with no power available.

oh yeah, btw we get much harsher winters than you..

i love snow... i just hate the cold.

[ETNRIDER]

Last time I checked I think I got 412 miles on a tank.

I have a 95 GT Auto

[devilsden97]

Last time I checked I think I got 412 miles on a tank.

I have a 95 GT Auto

all highway?^

auto gt here. about 315 to 330 if i run it to like 12.9gal (combo of city and hwy)

[Rayme]

i have a block heater.. it's just that my parents think it's a waste of electricity if i leave it on overnight (i can agree to that). they say turning it on in the morning a couple of hours before i leave is ok.. and when i park at the university, i park at the 'cheap' far lot with no power available.

oh yeah, btw we get much harsher winters than you..

i love snow... i just hate the cold.

OOH wait there, I will not argue with you, but last winter here was the worst ever! I had no blower and no place to put all my snow, it was insane!

Buy a timer for the block heater (I guess you have that already ), 2 hours of pre-heating proably only costs like .20 $ of power.

[Fastbird]

Crappy. About 21.5-23.5 depending on how much I use the A/C and throttle. I guess the motor has something to do with that though.

[mikew04]

I check my mileage every time I fill up to make sure everything is kosher; it hasn't been below 25 in a few years. 27-29 combined city/highway with AC on is average. I've gotten over 33 on highway trips.

[devilsden97]

I went to albany this week. 90miles there. 110ish back (car accident...long way around) crusing 3k RPM + some city driving and the tank is empty.

currently 368miles on the tank....and i have enough to get to the station.. 7 miles from my house.

This post has been edited by devilsden97: Aug 8, 2008 - 3:09 PM

[GriffGirl]

420 miles on a tank easily before I start getting scared. That's mostly highway miles, but with stop and go traffic

[Rider]

Last time I checked I think I got 412 miles on a tank.

I have a 95 GT Auto

That's about what I used to get with stock 15'' rims. Now I usually fill up around 370-380 to be on the safe side (it would probably go over 400 though) with 17's. About 27-29 mpg, which I think it's pretty normal, considering I use my A/C every now and then and I don't drive slow either.

[azian_advanced]

i just checked my hwy mileage as i was coming back from the US cruising at 3000-3200 rpm's with A/C i got 32 mpg.