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    What's the farthest you've gone on a single tank of gas?

    Is there a thread about how far you can go on a tank of fuel? I managed 560km(348 miles) on my last tank. The last bar and entire gauge was flashing. Still showed 60km til empty though.

    Not sure what that worked out to for economy because I just topped it off with some fuel I had at home from a quading trip last month. I'll top it off again one day and try to flood that charcoal canister...Then try to go further.


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    I've never set my trip computer to find out. I fill up about every 10 days or so. On average I drive my car 50 km's a day, 5-6 days a week. That equals around 400 km's to a tank. My dash computer has said I should get up to 640 km's to empty on a full tank of gas, but I think that's reading optimistically.

    Mind you too, that I'm only driving at around 85 km's an hour, low or zero traffic. I honestly have saved a lot of money on gas over the years.

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    My last tank was my farthest in a Mirage: 849 km = 528 miles

    The gas gauge bars were all gone, the gauge line was flashing, and the Distance To Empty number had vanished (I think it disappears after 50 km / 30 miles to make you panic.)

    My all time best in any car was in a 2000 Honda Insight 5-speed. 40 L tank (10.x gal), 1499 km (931 miles) @ 2.5 L/100 km = 93 MPG US. It regularly got tanks in the 1200-1300 km range.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


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    dspace: most of the time I'm probably driving a bit slower than you do! And don't forget I've done a bunch of MPG mods to the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    dspace: most of the time I'm probably driving a bit slower than you do! And don't forget I've done a bunch of MPG mods to the car.

    True true. I wonder what max fuel economy I could get if I kept my Mirage at 45 km's an hour all the way to the next town. I also wonder if people would get suspicious.

    I may have to put my 4 way flashers on, so people don't suddenly appear from behind, and run me over. I'm usually one of the slower drivers on the road to begin with.

    Impressive and interesting MPG numbers, MetroMPG. What speeds are you going to get those? I would say you have to be going very slow and for a long time steadily to get the best mpgs.

    PS sorry for the posting hiccup. I'm going through my first bout of shingles at 38 years old, on 11 pills a day right now. Local hospital was so quiet yesterday.

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    I guess I drive similarish to dspace. About 45km/day mostly freeway around 90kph, the rest is putzing through town under 60. The Dte was pretty dead on this time! Usually when I fill up it'll show 600k til empty, it stayed pretty consistent. I probably could have made it to 600 but chickened out. One day......maybe when there's no more threat of snow.

    The furthest I've gone to one tank was in my dually. 1000km 120L (621 miles/31.5 Gallons) while commuting 50km a day dong 100kph. Figured that was decent for an 8000lb 6 wheeled stinky turd pail.

    I'm pretty sure I only got around 520km in my white car, I figure the gauge was a little off though. Only getting 28 liters when it'd show ---dte.

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    I should mention I fill up when my dash gas gauge reads 100 km's or more til empty. So like 3 or 2 squares left, sometimes 1 square left. If the square thing starts to flash, I get panicky and fill up.

    In town gas is like 10 c more money per gallon than it is in the city. My town had 3 expensive gas stations and all we serve 8 years ago, now only 1 left and still we serve.

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    l let my tank get down to one square/or 300 miles. Normally l go 280 miles on the tank so 1 or 2 squares are remaining.
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    From my Fuelly records, 375 miles is the longest single tank range I have recorded on the Blueberry.

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    I wonder what max fuel economy I could get if I kept my Mirage at 45 km's an hour all the way to the next town.
    Ha - looks like around 3.0 L/100 km = 80 MPG US. That'd get you over 1000 km / ~600 mi per tank.

    Thread: Speed vs. mpg/mileage/fuel economy chart - Mirage 1.2L 5-spd and CVT


    Just put one of those slow-moving vehicle triangles on the back. I'm sure you'd be fine. Maybe add a Massey-Ferguson decal too.

    Quote Originally Posted by dspace9 View Post
    What speeds are you going to get those? I would say you have to be going very slow and for a long time steadily to get the best mpgs.
    Most of my driving is on quiet country roads / scenic routes. 80 km/h max. If nobody's behind me, I might be a couple of kmh below the limit. But I stick to the limit if there's cars behind and no opportunity to pass. Also, the kill switch gets regular use approaching stops & turns - that really brings up the average. Remember: lots of eco-mods on the car.


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


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