How many MPG does everybody average here?

[1BadRS]

I just picked up a 1995 Eclipse RS 5 speed and I'm just amazed at how well this car does. I wouldn't consider my comutes to be either city or highway driving but kind of in the middle. Anyway I have maybe gone through 5 tanks of gas in this car since I have owned it and not one tank has been under 400 miles. My best tanks which I have hit twice has been 440 which is giving me about 31 MPG average on a tank. I'm sure if I could hit the open highway I could easily pull over 500 to a tank.

This just amazes me since I have been driving a 1995 Trans Am with the LT1 for the past couple of years and with the same size tank I was lucky to get 250 out of it. I was just curious as to what others get in there cars. Oh by the way my car is stock down to the paper air filter with the only exception being that a muffler was installed.

 

[EclipseMGP]

Sounds good. I get usually 33-35, but I do mostly highway driving. My gas gauge is so off I usually fill 450 miles but I only put in 13-14 gallons even though it is way past "E". I have 105K miles and my only problem, as I posted below, is a leaky valve cover, which I'm doing this weekend. Great car.

 

[97eclipseRS]

you guys are lucky. i do mostly city driving being in college so im only at like 200 somethin miles on a tank but i dont go from completely full to completely empty all the time. i get like 22mpg

 

[l3CuBeD]

I get 22mpg...city driving

 

[1BadRS]

These cars have to be one of the best bang for your bucks out there. I mean you get sporty looks, good handling, cheap insurance and if you drive it right awesome gas milage too.

How big are our gas tanks anyway? Are they all the same?

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by 1BadRS
How big are our gas tanks anyway? Are they all the same?

Yup. 16.9 gallons; I don't know how much of it you can actually use before sucking fumes. The turbos have plastic tanks, but the capacity is the same.

 

[BGRIPTP]

i get shitty gas millage, I think its because of my car having 150,000 miles plus the 2 bad 02 sensors that are unplugged

 

[twisted69]

mine sucks i get if im lucky around 240 miles on a tank

 

[1BadRS]

Almost a 17 gallon tank, now thats a great thing. I came from driving a 95 Trans Am with the LT1 350 and it has a small 14 gallon tank.

I'm not completly sure why there is that big of a difference in what everbody gets. I mean whats the difference in MPG on the window stickers for a turbo and non turbo? Also I guess it depends on how you drive the car to.