i have personally gone ~550 miles before the light came on while driving from chicago to LA. i was crusing about 75-80 the whole time as well. I didnt mind it one bit.

i am down to about 12mpg now that i live in chicago and only drive in the city

 

ive only had my Z since march 9th, but ive already put near 1400 miles on it. Probably 70% highway 30% surface so far ive managed 24 to 25 mpg.

Pure highway i got 420 miles out of a tank with 30 miles left on the DTE. hwy and city and i still get right at 400 with 30'ish left on DTE

im pleased thus far as my 03 ranger with the 4.0 v6 barely got 300 out of a tank of gas on a good day

 

I can easily get 480 miles out of the tank before I NEED to fill up. (Highway of Course)

 

i get 16mpg

 

Interesting. The light usually comes on before the dte starts blinking and that signifies AT LEAST 3 more gallons if all is operating normally. That would mean you were getting over 32 mpg average and you could have easily gone over 600 miles on a tank which would be a new world Z record. Wow.

 

I usually get around 325 or so a tank. I'd get a lot better if I could stop going 90 on the highway all the time.

 

6 pages of discussion on the simpel question "500 miles on one tank?"

Amazing!!!

1) The tank holds 20 gallons.

2) On the highway, the Z is easily capable of 25 MPG

3) 25 (mpg) X 20 (gal) = 500 miles

bill

 

I get about 320-350 tops!

 

I wonder if the 500 club's Z have the aero package ?

 

yeah seriously guys, we must admit that we all know precisely why our Zs doesn't average 500mpt.... but its totally possible

 

I have put over 20k miles on my car in in the last 13 months hwy/some city and usually get about 425 out of a tank, but here lately I'm lucky to get 300 or so out of it. I am thinking its time to change the plugs since I now have 81k on my car.

 

^ This, with a simple YES or NO . Yes i have done it, freeway driving between Vegas and Colorado

 

Tank was about half way and it read 29 mpg while driving about 60-65 on the fwy for about an hour and a half.

 

Based on my experience so far (only 3 months) with my '03 I'd say its possible if driving on the highway at 60-65 mph in 6th gear.

I get around 23-24 mpg in mixed conditions: 70% hwy @ 75 mph / 30% city. The low fuel light comes on around the 370 mile mark but I've gone up to 400 miles with the needle on E. At that point it took 17 gallons to fill back up. That means 3 gallons were left so it had (in theory) another 75 miles before running bone dry. The DTE reads something like 420-440 right after fill up, so 500 miles seems do-able. Personally I would not stretch it that far unless I had a 2 gallon jerry can ready for the car finally died.

The problem I've noticed is the cut-off on the fuel pumps vary, once I was only able to get 14 gallons in despite it being "empty" (assumed 3 gallons reserve). The fuel gauge never went all the way up so I know it was a short fill.

 

I only get 15.9-18mpg....

 

i got 360 mile daily ....but my **** said 21.8 mile per gallon lmao

 

thats whats up!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Hey, I usually fill up when I'm 1/4 left. Takes about 11gals. I check the DTE and says I can go 456miles ( Currently as of today). I have checked it before and it seems pretty close to it. ( Give or take 20miles ) the gauge also says I get 20.2MPG ( again as of today) And its been climbing ever so slowly. I do most highway driving. about 80Hwy/ 20Street.

 

I drive about 20 miles to work but its about 75% stop and go traffic, even on the highway. Checked my gauge and I clocked in at 8.9 MPG. D'oh! I justified the car thinking I'd get 20 mpg compared to my trucks rated 11 mpg. Oh well, at least this car is awesome!