Daily gas mileage blab thread

[Weather Spotter]

When my above epa is 67%

I got asked about my car 3 times today and everyone thought is was a cool mod.

[Weather Spotter]

MY car is #56 out of 3273 in the garage !

[euromodder]

I got 57.7 mpg US driving the sedan version of my station wagon.

2.7 mpg better than my best result with my own car.

[Sovereign]

I hate traffic and drained traction batteries--really brought down my average. Still managed to get 31.5MPG (readout).

[redyaris]

Had very interesting tank; I did 90 km [737 km - 647 km] of EOC which turned out to be 12% of the total tank distance. When I turn the ignition off with the key then back to the run position, the odometer keeps counting and the Scanguage turns off as well, and stays off until the engine turns on again. Thus the difference between the odometer and the Scanguage distance is the EOC distance which turned out to be about 55 miles. The other thing I learned was that due to the above, the Scanguage said I got 4.7L/100 km [50 mpg] the refuel - odometer calculation turned up 4.2L/100 km[56 mpg].

[Kodak]

Hey redyaris, I don't have instrumentation so I can't speak by experience, but I have read that your problem about the SG turning off can be remedied by putting the SG in 'hybrid mode' or something like that.

If I understand it correctly, you've probably already been prompted to input engine type into the SG, and choosing hybrid might solve your problem.

Maybe someone with experience can chime in and verify my claim.

[redyaris]

Kodak thanks for the suggestion but I haven't seen the issue as a problem yet. I had seen it as a way to track EOC distance. once I get used to it I may begin to see it as a problem to be solved. I had gone over a 7200 ft mountain pass and going down the other side I could EOC for minutes at a time.

[Sovereign]

Able to get 31.5 (32 readout) on the way home. Some Infiniti driver honked at me, swerved into the left lane, and promptly ran into a wall of traffic. I kept going for the next three miles before I had a problem. Karma FTW.

[cbpldc]

So, this is my first post to your forum. I've spent a lot of time reading, and I figured I'd post up what I've got and what I'm doing. I've got a 1990 Buick Lesabre with only 84k miles on it that I've bought for my wife to drive to Cleveland. Its about an hour commute one way, so I wanted something comfy, quiet and reasonable fuel mileage. Those things are hard to come by in a car, as some of my older hondas got great mileage, but were noisy and not comfortable.

Anyways, when we bought it we were getting a steady 24 mpg no matter where and how I drove it. I replced the melted coils and overheating ignition module as well as my plugs and wires and fuel filter. She took it on a road trip to Richmond, IN recently and got 27 mpg, and I was wondering why it was so low. She informed me that she spent the trip with the needle buried at between 80 to 85 mph. I laughed and told her to slow it down if she wanted better mileage.

So, the most recent couple of trips to Cleveland combined with light traffic and a lighter foot netted us a 29.5 mpg figure! I knew this car had a near 30 mpg in her, so I figured I would post up that figure here. I thought that wasn't too bad for a 6 passenger motorized couch!

Chris

[Weather Spotter]

That is not bad. Once you put a scan gauge on there and make a game of driving for mpg I bet you cold get 35.

Add some aero mods and 40 mpg is within range.