Exige S gas mileage

[vyuen]

What kind of mileage are the rest of you guys getting on a full tank? I'm getting about 210-220 miles of combined driving on a full tank, so was wondering if the rest of you are getting the same as well.

[charliex]

I made it from just outside temecula to las vegas on one tank, about 260 miles, i know the bullrun car did it from beverly hills to las vegas on the same.

[vyuen]

Originally Posted by charliex

I made it from just outside temecula to las vegas on one tank, about 260 miles, i know the bullrun car did it from beverly hills to las vegas on the same.

I guess that's mostly highway miles I gather...

[charliex]

yeah traffic for about 50 miles then freeway all the way

[Chili Red]

I got much better gas mileage in the winter when I wasnt running the AC. I averaged 26 with more city driving than hwy. Now that I run the AC all the time I get closer to 21-22.

[shay2nak]

i get about 20 average. Best was 23-24 on one of the canyon runs. I had let the car glide downhill in neutral as I couldn't take the loud exhaust anymore.

[Fryman]

interesting thread

i get about 370kms out of a tank on average .. its completely stock

if your going to be the tighest rich people on earth use decelleration a lot as it doesnt use fuel on decel!

[Stephen]

I almost always get 25 mpg and always drive combined city and highway. My S has about 2200 miles on it.

Stephen

[Yokozuna]

I have a 90 mile round-trip to work and back and I average 27 MPG. I have just over 4000 miles on the car now.

[slaughtr]

Originally Posted by Fryman

interesting thread

i get about 370kms out of a tank on average .. its completely stock

if your going to be the tighest rich people on earth use decelleration a lot as it doesnt use fuel on decel!

Hey, an Aussie.

I used to live in Adelaide and I'd love to go back some time. Never did make it to Perth though.

[robains]

I average 27 mpg even with the ForcedFed ECU/pully,550 injectors, and tune. Considering the HP to weight ratio, this must be the most fuel efficient sports car I've driven that can drop 12.0 flat 1/4 mile.

Maybe the Arial Atom can one up it?

I'm using Redline 10w-40 but that hasn't changed the mpg -- but I only have 1115 miles on it. Having a hard time finding time to drive it.

Rob.

[macfly]

To & from the track ~ 26mpg (91)
WSIR - 9mpg (100)
SoW - 11 mpg (100)
BW-CW13 - 8mpg (100)

[vyuen]

Originally Posted by Fryman

interesting thread

i get about 370kms out of a tank on average .. its completely stock

if your going to be the tighest rich people on earth use decelleration a lot as it doesnt use fuel on decel!

Who says you have to be rich to drive an Exige??

[uclacyc]

I drive an Elise, but I only get 22 mpg. What am I doing wrong? And I thought that I was driving like a grandpa (with an occasional lead foot).

[robains]

Odd 22 mpg? Wrong type of engine oil or tranny oil?? Crappy gasoline? AC on all the time?

Rob

[wildwhl]

>25 mpg - enthusiastic driver.

WW

[uclacyc]

Originally Posted by robains

Odd 22 mpg? Wrong type of engine oil or tranny oil?? Crappy gasoline? AC on all the time?

Rob

No idea on the engine or transmission oil, since I bought this car used from a dealer (Fox Valley) with only 5200 miles, so most likely it's the original oils? Maybe it's old oil? They did mention that the dealer performed the last service (1,000 mile).

I'm using Shell, 91 octane.

I got 24 mpg after filling up today, after purposely shifting at lower RPMs and driving like a grandpa. But still...

I'll do freeway runs this weekend and see what I get.

[Chris Mackey]

Does anyone else's gas light come on with 3 gallons of gas left?

[robains]

My light comes on right around 1 full bar (guessing that is about 3 gals) because on NO visible bars I have just over 1 gallon left.

Just filled up and looks like I'm at 22.6 mpg (221/9.7) -- strange, last tank was 27.4 mpg -- could be I reset my fuel to zero late or just a lot more city/spirited driving.

Not that it matters, I could be getting 10 mpg and still be a happy camper -- but it's not my daily driver, got my Prius at 52 mpg doing that chore. But freeway mileage is not so good in the Prius my recent I-5 SF to LA route takes about 4.5 hours at 90-100 mph but mileage is crap at 41 mpg.

Rob.

[vyuen]

Originally Posted by Chris Mackey

Does anyone else's gas light come on with 3 gallons of gas left?

Yeah, mine does that too. I tried running all the way down to the bone - no bars and when I reached the pump I filled 39.50 litres (about 4 gallons). According to the specs the fuel tank holds 42-43 litres so I was close to a bingo fuel situation.