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Thank you Bob for your response about the O2 sensor. It makes sense now.

And I have never heard of the scangauge. Pretty cool.
 

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i have the scan gauge its great it reads codes and has 8 gauges to use. the speed gauge on my sonata went bad and to get it fixed would have bin $1,000 vs the $200 for the scan gauge.
 

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I get about 400-430 miles on a tank, but out of that about 370 are on the interstate highway every week. I have a 40 mile commute each way. Work is about 1 mile from the highway exit and I live about 2 miles from the highway.

I just filled up and put in 14.35 gallons ($51!).
 

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The best mileage I've ever gotten was when the car was 2-3 years old and I was driving from Orlando to my parent's house. Google Maps puts that at 444 miles. When I pulled into my parents driveway, it read I still had 1/4 tank remaining.

I have gotten it over 500 ONCE after that. Now though, driving almost 100% freeway at 72-75mph I'm lucky to break 400. Something wrong with the gas up here.
 

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This is kind of like the question how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop from the Vintage commercial. (Showing my age) I usually bite at the lowest price at the pump in one of the three states I travel through regulary, So I never get to the real answer of how many miles on a tank of gas. My 2011 doesnt have a 15 gallon tank, but I sure appreciate never having to spend more than $30 at the gas pump.

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liars!

400 + miles a tank, u smokin crack ?^^^

The scangauge is pretty popular on a lot of other forums. http://www.scangauge.com/

Does things like GPH, which can't be easily calculated. Your mpg ratings are only going to be as good as your cars sensors though (i.e. you use the wrong wheel/tire combo and it has no way to know that).
how much is this scamguage?
 

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Well I know I'm not on crack.... I drove 722km with mine. I drove from Blenheim, Ontario (Canada) to Ottawa, Ontario on a tank. When I shut it off I could have still gone 70km (GT edition tells you how far you can go). So I guess I could have almost hit 800km :eek:.

I'll remember to smoke some crack before my next trip to get maximum fuel economy though :D
 

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Well I know I'm not on crack.... I drove 722km with mine. I drove from Blenheim, Ontario (Canada) to Ottawa, Ontario on a tank. When I shut it off I could have still gone 70km (GT edition tells you how far you can go). So I guess I could have almost hit 800km :eek:.

I'll remember to smoke some crack before my next trip to get maximum fuel economy though :D
ok, i really get 700mile/tank : /
 

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I just filled up my tank with $40 which is about 15 gallons. Ill post my mileage when im at E.
So my gas light turned on at 202 miles. This was over a week of daily use for school and work. I do deliveries but that week was slow and the days i worked were Thursday-Sunday.
I'm a mixed driver but i still don't see why i have such low gas mileage. I might have an idea though. About a year ago my step dad hooked up the code reader for check engine lights(forgot what its called) and the code was an O2 sensor. A few months back i had the light up again and it was a code po455 evap syst, leak large. Maybe that has something to do with my low mileage?
 

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a ton of people claim to have gotten over 400mpt
i didnt run a full tank from top off to out of gas, but when i did my obx trip 2 years ago i did the milage and was getting a constant 32mpg.
which if i ran it dry would push me to 400 in theory
 

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I only gotten over 450+ in 1 thank once, that was when the car was completely 100% stock, I did a road trip to las vegas at a steady 70mph with no traffic all the way both ways.
trick was I fueled up, reset my trip A on the dash, left home at midnight and got there around 5am, did the same on the way home a few days later, I calculated the mpg at 38+ at the gas pump. it all depends what kind of driving you do and how you drive. I drive mostly highway so I usually average 29-31mpg driving to work.
 

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Just filled up today and totalled the miles per tank on my odometer and it showed 460.1 which is one of the best i have had on 87 octane. This is all highway traffic, 80-90 miles per day with little to no traffic and average speed at 50 mph.
 
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