mpg competition
05-11-2006, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MR_LUCIFER
so whats the point of owning a z if your going to drive like that? no I dont mean drive like a maniac and floor it all the time but gettin 25+ mpg on a sports car sounds WRONG loll
05-11-2006, 10:16 AM
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the trick is to find a wide open road, get it up to 130+, reset and let off the gas and cruise. youll get good numbers, snap a pic and viola! youre done.
Ive got a pic of 56.6 mph at 76mph on my camera phone.
Ive got a pic of 56.6 mph at 76mph on my camera phone.
05-11-2006, 12:18 PM
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the only problem was u were supposed to fill up than drive a whole tank and snap the pic when ur on empty. so technically no one has won yet. lol
05-11-2006, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by intoxicatedpete
sorry. I WIN.
I"ve hit 99.9 mpg for about 7 miles of downhill freeway right after I fill up in Morongo Valley in S. Cal. But as soon as I get to the bottom and touch the gas it went way down. i did just take a 1,000 mile trip to Sacramento and back and got 24.8 mpg for the whole trip.
05-11-2006, 01:57 PM
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I had 99.9 mpg before, coasting down hill on I 10 outside Cabonza.. going to Phoenix from LA..... It only took me one gas tank to Phoenix which is around 360 miles.... my gas tank when full it says 411 dte...... just want to share this .....
05-11-2006, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by IanIanBoBian
i dont know how true it is, but I read somewhere that you get better gas mileage at highway speeds with the AC on, than you do with the windows down, due to aerodynamics. Obviously the ideal situation would be to keep the windows up and the AC off, but that gets hot as hell. At normal speeds though, windows down is best.
AC on, windows up > AC off, windows down.
The drag kills you. This is of course at a constant speed for an extended amount of time.
If the windows are either both up or down, then:
AC on < AC off (obviously)
This was proven on Mythbusters.
08-10-2006, 01:35 PM
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I can maintain ~ 36-37MPG on a good freeway that's not too hilly. I drove 16 miles and was in the 36-37mpg range. In the city, not too much congestion, I'm @ ~ 30. D!cking around on the freeway yesterday, and today, in addition to some congestive driving, I've dropped down to 27.7 with about 150miles since last refill.
I average about 475mi/16.7gallons nowadays.
I average about 475mi/16.7gallons nowadays.
08-10-2006, 06:27 PM
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Technically, anytime you coast while you are in gear your instantaneous MPG goes to infinite if you have a manual trans. since the rolling tires are what's keeping the engine turning, not gas. 99.9 is just how the mpg gauge shows "infinite". I test drove a BMW with a mechanical mpg gauge and whenever i took my foot off the go pedal, the needle would go straight past 40mpg and disappear.
08-10-2006, 09:26 PM
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LAst weekend I drove up from the chicago area to elkhart Lake (road America Race track). ITs 164 miles away from my house once i got on the high way I reset my MPGS, two miles before the track i checked them... I was going real steady and slow the whole way up there but I did get 38 mpg! not bad!
08-10-2006, 11:45 PM
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I would cry if I got such low gas mileage with my car.. I get at the very least 400 miles each full tank. And I speed pretty frequently. How do you guys get such low mileage?
