210, but I drive it like I stole it

 

....who told you this?

 

Wow. My average mpg is around what all of you have had for a low. I run my tank to empty and I only get about 240 miles to the tank. This is even with me keeping the revs below 4 grand and with 93 octane. Do you guys think I have something wrong with my car? It's an 04 and it has a little over 10k miles.

 

The trouble with these threads is that they don't discuss actual MPG. Miles per "tank" for you may be different than what I see. For example, you say you run your tank "empty". For argument sake, let's say "empty" means 15 gallons @ 240 miles (16 mpg). Now let's say I get 240 per tank but I consider "empty" is right when the light turns on (roughly at around 13 gallons for me........18.46 mpg). Although we both say a tank for us is "240", we're obviously have a different interpretation and a ~2.5 mpg difference. Even if we were both off by 1 gallon our consumption could have a difference of ~1.5 mpg.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about your particular situation. Mileage will vary greatly depending on many factors (quality/type of fuel, terrain, driving style, tire pressure/type, weight/cargo, drag, weather, traffic, etc.). My worst tank was just a little over 13 mpg. I usually average around 16-18 mpg (99% city driving......and "spirited" runs). The only time I get +20 mpg is usually on the freeway during long trips (when my car barely sees boost).

- Kean

 

You can get around that by dividing your mileage with how many gallons you put in. Is that how everyone calculated their average? That is what I used to get my average.


:banana:

 

.........that was my point. Some folks are comparing how many miles they get out of a "tankful" (actual qty unknown) instead of their calculated mpg.

 

I used to get about 350 on a tank when I first got my WRX. A few months ago there was a "Gas reformulation" and my milage dropped to 240. Way to go California environmentalist wackos. By mandating a gas that burns 10% cleaner, you've created a gas that requires me to use 30% MORE to drive the same distance. So now not only am I going through out precious fuel reserves faster, but I'm actually polluting MORE than I was with the old gas. Maybe they can pass a law requiring that the definition of a mile will be recuded 30% to compensate.

On a side note, I just got an AccessPORT which I run at stage 1, which basically tells the ECU to screw the emissions laws and give me more power...and now I'm getting 350 miles on a tank again. YAY COBB!!!!

 

I always fill up between 13 and 14 gals., so at worst I was getting about 18.5 MPG and after AccessPORT I'm getting about 24.

 

I average about 17. My worst was 14mpg and my best was a 22mpg. (cai/up/dp/etc)

 

I usually get at least 270 per tank running it hard. That's averaging about 21mpg.

 

That's exactly right! Miles travelled per 'tankful' has no real comparitive value even when we're talking about one car driven by the same person. They will never refill at the same point if they are using the factory gas gauge as a measuring device.

This thread has been merged with a like thread in the General forum discussing 'tankfuls' of gas used because there was nothing useful as far as EJ20 discussion for it to remain in the WRX EJ20 forum.

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I do mostly city driving (I usually shift at about 4K) or fast freeway driving (shift at 6.5K). I generally get about 18-20 mpg on a stock '02 wagon.