I am getting 300km or 187miles, how bad is that? tx

"lbbss" <labicff (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Doesn't look very good to me. City or highway?

In article <df6fc004-e2b5-42e2-8f02-
696a40bced9e (AT) a1g2000hsb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, labicff (AT) yahoo (DOT) com says...
question, you're going to have to tell us what kind of car you drive,
and the conditions in which you drive it.

On Jun 12, 9:24 pm, Doug Miller <spamb... (AT) milmac (DOT) com> wrote:
I drive a Saturn SL1 2002, with 65000miles. We drive city and
highway about 50/50.
If anyone else has a saturn, I would like to know how many miles you
get on a full tank, to give me a rough idea (also weather its city or
highway and the year of your car). tx

lbbss labicff at yahoo.com wrote:


.... it all depends .. radio ON or OFF .. ?

.. there ya go !
I have a 2002 SL1 auto. 120k km.
I keep fairly careful gas mileage data.
I drive like an old grandpa.
Mixed driving, summer - about 40 miles per Imperial gallon.
Mixed driving, winter - about 37 miles per Imperial gallon.
Best conservative highway driving - abour 45 miles per I Gal.
note : Imperial gallon is a whole lot bigger than little measly
USA gallons ... :-) but it costs a whole lot more too.
.. I do not run to fuel warning light level - almost never -
if I did ... probably about 550 km range per tankful.
Your 300 km per tankful seems quite poor, to me.
jt

In article <6903debf-6f8c-48d0-bc79-4e828c5479cc@
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, labicff (AT) yahoo (DOT) com says...
Wow, that sucks.

We have two Saturns: 96 SL2 with 125K miles, 99 SL2 with 92K miles. Fuel
mileage is very similar: 27 mpg city, 32 mpg highway with my wife
driving, and about 2 mpg more with me driving.

Assuming that the tank in your 02 SL1 is the same size as in my 96 and
99 SL2s, you're only getting about 15 mpg. You should be getting 30.

"lbbss" <labicff (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

yeah, that's really pretty bad... I have an '06 Vue SUV (4cyl, 5 speed
stick) that I'm now getting 31-32mpg, which is higher than the EPA rating.
But you really have to base it on your MPG, not how many miles you're
getting from a tank, because who's to say I don't run mine down as much as
the next guy, therefore I would get less miles out of a tank than he did...I
used to run it down to empty and have to put 14-15 gallons in (16 gallon
tank) and would get about 340-350 miles out of it...Now, if I ran it down
that far, I'd get a little over 450. I fill up every Thursday at lunch (pay
day) and that lasts me a week. When I used to fill up I'd be at empty (like
I said), now I still 3/8 of a tank left....(although it still costs me the
same)

IYM

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:45:34 -0700, hubops <tabbertj (AT) perth (DOT) net> wrote:

Real bad. Your car has problems.

My 1997 SW2 5 speed gets 39MPG = 468 miles per tank

My 1999 SW2 auto gets 32MPG = 384 miles per tank

And my wifes 2002 SW1 auto gets 36MPG = 432 miles per tank

Steve

Well... I'm running a 1992 SL1 with 530,000 km (330,000 miles) and I'm
getting about 700 km out of a tank here.
Still tickling with the advertised fuel consumption and it hasn't
changed since the day I bought the car almost 17 years ago...

Alex