What kind of gas mileage do you get? Options

[GotToyota]

I'd like to have an idea of what kind of gas mileage you guys get. I'll start:

Year/Model: 1995 GT
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Mods: Stock
Recent tune-ups/maintenance: New spark plugs, Gumout fuel treatment, filter and oil change, Seafoam treatment
Mileage: I just averaged 26 overall on my first tank of gas, this was with aggressive driving, and before the tune-up stuff mentioned above.

-Matt

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Apr 22, 2007 - 12:29 AM

[Bitter]

nah, additive packages now last the life of the oil really. more frequent changes now are needed when the oil becomes contaminated with fuels or particulates.


i dont doubt he knows his stuff well, but dealers like to change oil often since it puts customers at ease. one of my teachers was also a GM tech, but he taught at their training center as well (gets his hands on all the new models). he told us that 3k miles is baloney unless ALL you do are short stop and go trips on a cold engine, just a few miles at operating temp will start to boil off the gasoline thats washed into the crank. he said that convention oils now (good ones) will do 5k change intervals for a commuter no problem, its the soccer moms you gotta watch out for.

[6strngs]

nah, additive packages now last the life of the oil really. more frequent changes now are needed when the oil becomes contaminated with fuels or particulates.


i dont doubt he knows his stuff well, but dealers like to change oil often since it puts customers at ease. one of my teachers was also a GM tech, but he taught at their training center as well (gets his hands on all the new models). he told us that 3k miles is baloney unless ALL you do are short stop and go trips on a cold engine, just a few miles at operating temp will start to boil off the gasoline thats washed into the crank. he said that convention oils now (good ones) will do 5k change intervals for a commuter no problem, its the soccer moms you gotta watch out for.

well there you go. 99% of my driving is less than 5 miles. but it takes like 15 minutes to go those 5 miles. so my car usually reaches normal operating temperature for like 10 minutes. but it's still mostly stop and go.