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OK..I know that it is hard to tell where a gallon begins and ends on the gauges, but after my first month of ownership and fills, I figure that three bars on the gauge is about a gallon.
Driving my normal speed and commute from Thousands Oaks to Century City, via Pacific Coast Hwy was getting me about 12 miles to the bar.
The other night, I got off late and decided to see how far I could go by driving slow and steady. On PCH ,which is flat with few lights(with a posted 45mph), I drove about 30 keeping the RPM at about 1.5. I had to climb up through canyons, and then onto the freeway which has a few ups and downs before steadying out. I went about 55 on the freeway, keeping RPMs at about 2.0.
Of course easy to do at 3AM, but impossible during the day. I can imagine an 18 wheeler riding your tail at 55MPH. I found that after three bars ticked off, I had driven 55 miles.
I will be curious to see what I can do, in the real world(during the day), trying to keep the rpms down.
Driving my normal speed and commute from Thousands Oaks to Century City, via Pacific Coast Hwy was getting me about 12 miles to the bar.
The other night, I got off late and decided to see how far I could go by driving slow and steady. On PCH ,which is flat with few lights(with a posted 45mph), I drove about 30 keeping the RPM at about 1.5. I had to climb up through canyons, and then onto the freeway which has a few ups and downs before steadying out. I went about 55 on the freeway, keeping RPMs at about 2.0.
Of course easy to do at 3AM, but impossible during the day. I can imagine an 18 wheeler riding your tail at 55MPH. I found that after three bars ticked off, I had driven 55 miles.
I will be curious to see what I can do, in the real world(during the day), trying to keep the rpms down.
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