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AndrewH. · 11-15-2012, 12:23 AM

So traded an 99 expedition with 230k miles for a 95 4dr dx 5speed with 130k miles.
Man I LOVE this car.
i havent done anything to it but wash it.
So on saturday i filled up the tank and it lasted me till today im at 335 miles, 270 of those miles were nothing but city and the rest were highway.
So question is how do i calculate MPG? do i do 335/11.9 (which is my fuel tank capacity) or 335/8? it took 8 gallons to fill up the tank on saturday.

this is my first stick shift car so i know i could have gotten better MPG but im still a little rusty in taken off smoothly and such. and when coming to a stop i usually put it in neutral and break. a buddy of mine told me to leave it in gear and then around 15mph step in the clutch and break.
im going to be changing the spark plugs, wires, fuel and air filter, and do an oild change pretty soon. hoping to get better MPG.

any other driving advice any of you can give me?

11-15-2012, 12:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
AndrewH. Just a normal Guy, Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: High Desert Posts: 5 MyBaby - '95 Honda Civic DX 90 day: 38.74 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, new guy here :) So traded an 99 expedition with 230k miles for a 95 4dr dx 5speed with 130k miles. Man I LOVE this car. i havent done anything to it but wash it. So on saturday i filled up the tank and it lasted me till today im at 335 miles, 270 of those miles were nothing but city and the rest were highway. So question is how do i calculate MPG? do i do 335/11.9 (which is my fuel tank capacity) or 335/8? it took 8 gallons to fill up the tank on saturday. this is my first stick shift car so i know i could have gotten better MPG but im still a little rusty in taken off smoothly and such. and when coming to a stop i usually put it in neutral and break. a buddy of mine told me to leave it in gear and then around 15mph step in the clutch and break. im going to be changing the spark plugs, wires, fuel and air filter, and do an oild change pretty soon. hoping to get better MPG. any other driving advice any of you can give me?