RAYCROFT_SUCKS

Keep this simple, 93 H23, 5 speed. Right now it's pretty cold, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario Canada. Average temps, -5 to -15 (celcius) on an average morning, about -2 average high.

Anyway, I am driving the lude really easy, like in 4th gear by 40km and am only getting 320-340 KILOMETERS in the city. I know 100 miles is 160 km so lets say I am getting 200 miles a tank. I let the car warm up for 5 minutes always. Synthetic Amsoil with only a cold air intake and a fart can,

No check engine light, had a recent tune-up, car runs awesome. Can an o2 be bad and not throw a CEL?

 

SNsLude

KM to a tank means nothing. Figure out how many km you get per MILE. Reset your trip meter and next time you fill up, divide the trip meter km's by the # of gallons you filled up then post back here. But assuming you fill up the tank all the way and don't drive excessively hard etc, that is fairly low on a full tank... but yah, do the km per mile first.

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RAYCROFT_SUCKS

Not sure at all how that is a better system. All of our cars have the same size gas tank. All I want to know is what you guys get for the total amount to a tank, either miles or km.

For reference, when I filled up last, regular was $3.19 a gallon (filled up on the states) and paid 38.00, anybody a math whiz?? That same tank I got 340 total km in town.

SNsLude

It is pretty much the only accurate system we have without getting EXACT drop by drop measurements and inches. Going per tank is a useless comparison between cars. Some commute more on highways in their daily lives, some track their ludes, and some sit in traffic most of the time. Some people live in a heavily populated area with tiny tiny streets and others live in an area with huge chunks of lands and completely empty roads. Think about it, people sitting in traffic are getting 0 miles/km to the gallon. All of this will give you a huge range of numbers per the tank.

IE If I filled up my tank at point A and drove to point B all highway miles, I'd probably be able to go around 400 miles (~30-35 mpg) on my fill up (~650km's). Now if I went from point A to point B but did all local driving with normal traffic, I'd probably get around 250 miles (~20 mpg) on a fill up(~400km's).

Another comparison if you still don't understand is the Bugatti Veyron. It uses around 10-15 MPG (~16-24 KPG) for it's standard driving. When it's using ALL 1000 HP at WOT it will get around 2 MPG (~3 KPG). That's about a difference of 5-7 times the fuel consumption depending on the driving style. Get it?

Dood we can't really help you with your calculation like that. People fill up their tanks differently. Some take the nozzle out right when it stops and others like to fill their tank up all the way up the neck. When I fill my tank up by the nozzle it costs around $40-$50-$60. It depends when you fill up and how many gallons of gas you had left in the car man. Does this make sense? It's an elementary school math problem you can do man lol. Just look at the numbers next time you fill up and divide that number into your trip meter number.

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RAYCROFT_SUCKS

Thanks for the reply and it's not that I don't understand what your suggesting, all I was really after was some average baseline numbers for a tank, filled up to empty in town. I know most people prefer the MPG method, but if your driving patterns are always similar and you fill up at the same point usually, it can be pretty accurate. I know you take idling etc into consideration, but anyway you've pretty much answered my question, so thanks.

Now by you saying your getting around 400km in town shows me I'm not that far off. I have not yet had this car on the highway so I couldn't factor that mileage in. The really cold weather could easily knock 40km-50km off a tank so I'm sure I'm ok overall. I was thinking maybe guys were up on the 450km range, 400 sounds right.

SNsLude

Yah if you've NEVER even taken it to the highway yet and have always been driving in city streets with congestion, your gas milage will suck. Does the car seem to feel like it's running fine?

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RAYCROFT_SUCKS

Yes it runs perfect, that is why I wondered why the fuel mileage seemed kinda low, but I had just assumed the cold weather had played a role. Thanks for your help, it's appreciated.