i wanted to see how everyone is doing on mileage. Hyundai says the tank is 14.5 gallons but I have put in 16 gallons when the car is totally out. I usually average 405 miles on a tank when I driver 70 mph or under freeway driving. Thats on 89 gas. Wednesday I filled up with 91 octane and as of this moring I have 460 miles and it is still running. I bought a gas can and put a gallon in to see how far this will go. This is my record, Im sure I can get another 15 miles before I'm out.Thanx SuperGLS for doin' this.
How long have you driven your Elantra on one tank of gas?
How long have you driven your Elantra on one tank of gas? Meaning, it was full, you drove until you had to fill up 14+ gallons. How many miles (or kilometers converted into miles) did you go?
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thats a shame. By the way I'm from Vernon B.C.
up here in BC they are going to start testing more pumps. It's been found that up to 5% of pumps dish out less gas then they actually say!
I managed to do 465 miles on 16.15 gallons of gas. According to Hyundai this car only holds 55 liters or 14.5 gallons. I have a receipt for 16.15, I guess they were wrong. This equals 28.79 miles to the gallon. This is the 2002 Elantra GLS not one of the newer ones. I think this thread should have specified years of car.
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by the way thats the right math but the car holds 16 gallons. if your tank was completely empty, 11.9 gallons would be 3/4 of a tank. not 11.9 or even 13 for that matter!Wife's had my car for the last week and a half. It's been an experiment to see how we cna save more $$ on gas. She averages 37-40mpg out of her turd, when traffic sucks (like it has for the last week) it's 37, when it's easy it's 40. She ran 436 miles and we put in 11.9 gallons. 36.6mpg average. I drove her car last week.... scratch that.... I beat the **** out of her car last week and I got 35.6mpg. I average about 32.9 outta porky. So I think I lost my car. Maybe I can get some new springs/struts for the turd....
so its not 37 miles to the gallon. 37 to 40 miles a gallon? according to kellys blue book, the only non hybrid to get that fuel economy on average is the Smart cars, VW TDI, Mini cooper and the Toyota Yaris.
Now that we have straightened that out, who here drives more than 150 miles a day, 5 days a week? I drive 77 miles to work with a total of 150
So on an empty tank, car stalls and you pushed it in, your car only took 11.9 gallons? You expect us the believe that your car has a smaller tank than the rest of the EXD's on the road? I posted a receipt for 16.15 gallons of gas. According to the specs for the car it holds 14.5 gallons in the tank alone. The gas line holds more and the fill tube as well. 11.9 is absurd, just as you thinking your car got 37 miles to the gallon. I drive 40,000+ miles per year, 38,000 miles to work alone. 5 days a week, thats about 3,080 miles a month for work alone. I do 130 miles a day, freeway miles alone at 65-70 mph with very low traffic. So if I can't get 37 miles to the gallon, little alone 30, your full of sh!t!!!Wife's had my car for the last week and a half. It's been an experiment to see how we cna save more $$ on gas. She averages 37-40mpg out of her turd, when traffic sucks (like it has for the last week) it's 37, when it's easy it's 40. She ran 436 miles and we put in 11.9 gallons. 36.6mpg average. I drove her car last week.... scratch that.... I beat the **** out of her car last week and I got 35.6mpg. I average about 32.9 outta porky. So I think I lost my car. Maybe I can get some new springs/struts for the turd....
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I regularly fill over 14 gallons and get those miles. Your calling me out when this idiot thinks his car gets 37 miles to the gallon? Wow your a bigger idiot than he is. by the way I use alldata pro for my source which gets it from the manufacturer direct not some end user site.
No, the car does not hold 16 gallons. It is a 14.5gallon tank. Usable is closer to 13 gallons. If you put 16 gallons in A.) you got ripped off and B.) you overflled the charcoal canister. Say hello to your CEL for me.
http://beta.edmunds.com/hyundai/elantra/2002/features-specs.html
http://www.internetautoguide.com/car-specifications/09-int/2002/hyundai/elantra/index.html (55 liters is 14.53 gallons)
if you are getting 37 miles to the gallon, why can't hyundai produce a car that today delivers that mileage? Come on give us an answer?
Divide miles driven by the gallons used( what you put in).
how do you know how many exact gallons are left in the tank? Did you weigh it? Do you have magical powers? Are you channeling the dead? Did you empty out the rest of the gas? Or are you counting on one of those trip computer TOYS that you plug into the data port that won't tell you exactly what was used?
Please be real here. I had James setup this thread with the poll to get actual good info, not the fantasy; my d!ck is bigger than yours sh!t. Just the truth. So maybe you should post in the "off-topic" section your fantasy gas mileage and leave the f-cking thruth here.
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Also I have yet to have a fuel problem, your thoughts sound more like a myth
Divide miles driven by the gallons used( what you put in).
how do you know how many exact gallons are left in the tank? Did you weigh it? Do you have magical powers? Are you channeling the dead? Did you empty out the rest of the gas? Or are you counting on one of those trip computer TOYS that you plug into the data port that won't tell you exactly what was used?
Please be real here. I had James setup this thread with the poll to get actual good info, not the fantasy; my d!ck is bigger than yours sh!t. Just the truth. So maybe you should post in the "off-topic" section your fantasy gas mileage and leave the f-cking thruth here.
---------- Post added 09-17-2010 at 07:54 AM ----------
Also I have yet to have a fuel problem, your thoughts sound more like a myth
No, the car does not hold 16 gallons. It is a 14.5gallon tank. Usable is closer to 13 gallons. If you put 16 gallons in A.) you got ripped off and B.) you overflled the charcoal canister. Say hello to your CEL for me.
http://beta.edmunds.com/hyundai/elantra/2002/features-specs.html
http://www.internetautoguide.com/car-specifications/09-int/2002/hyundai/elantra/index.html (55 liters is 14.53 gallons)
Not only are you wrong about the fuel tank, but you're also bat-**** crazy on how you figure fuel economy. You divide miles driven (436) by the gallons required to fill up, or gallons used (11.9). you don NOT figure it by the gallons the tank can hold.
I checked the pumps record of Weights and Measures to be accurate. I have gotten more than 14.5 gallons in my tank REGULARLY!!!! How am I schooled by you. you think you can accurately tell how many gallons you used on a tank of gas. Thats insane. Explain why Hyundai doesn't make a car today that gets your gas numbers with fuel prices on the rise and competition for fuel economy the big concern of manufacturers.
http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/?sort=msrp&sortdir=asc&num=15&make=Hyundai&expanded=make
http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/?sort=msrp&sortdir=asc&num=15&make=Hyundai&expanded=make
so w/o proof Bob this is a opinion. I will respect your opinion.
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14.5 gallons of gas divided by 500 miles doesn't get you 38 miles to the gallon. also to get the 11.8 gallons used, did you drain the tank? to figure it out. If you can explain this clearly I am all ears. I asked James to create this poll; my idea, ask him. I wanted facts, not fiction
---------- Post added 09-24-2010 at 09:37 AM ----------
14.5 gallons of gas divided by 500 miles doesn't get you 38 miles to the gallon. also to get the 11.8 gallons used, did you drain the tank? to figure it out. If you can explain this clearly I am all ears. I asked James to create this poll; my idea, ask him. I wanted facts, not fiction
How bad on the fuel pump is it really? Real question. I like Supergls run to empty all the time. As you can imagine doing 40,000 miles a year driving to and from work 95% freeway will toll roads that are traffic free, I visit the Costco, Shell and Chevron pumps often. Often getting 14 or more gallons and on many occasions 15+ gallons in the tank as I too top off.
By the way it was wrong of me to threaten you Bob. Nobody likes being told they are stupid, least of all me. That being said, I think there is truth on both sides of this arguement that gas pumps are not infoulable and that Hyundai is only accounting for the gas tank which is a full 10+ feet in tube-run to the intake. Also the fuel tube as well. Nascar even admits that car teams can sqeeze extra fuel into longer running fuel lines
By the way it was wrong of me to threaten you Bob. Nobody likes being told they are stupid, least of all me. That being said, I think there is truth on both sides of this arguement that gas pumps are not infoulable and that Hyundai is only accounting for the gas tank which is a full 10+ feet in tube-run to the intake. Also the fuel tube as well. Nascar even admits that car teams can sqeeze extra fuel into longer running fuel lines
does that trip thingy you plug into the data port under the dash read some help here?
so they can display gas mileage as you drive like the newer cars do?
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