Gas mileage

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danielkim

Discussion Starter · Aug 21, 2004

Filled my scion tC for the very first time. There is a string connecting the gas cap to the car (very convenient). I calculated the mileage to be 20.6 mpg for my first tank of gas. (I don't drive on the highway much)

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gtalord

· #2 · Aug 21, 2004

Floor it much

you won't get the best milage for the first 1k, and it'll keep improving up through 5k.

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TCrazy

· #3 · Aug 21, 2004

20.6 is pretty good for the first tank, and mostly city! I remember my Mustang used to get around 14mpg in the city If i was easy on it......argh. - t

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FrostbytetC

· #4 · Aug 21, 2004

That does seem a bit low to me.... I got around 26 mpg my first tank, but I was also granny shifting at around 3k rpm. Are you beating on it? What grade fuel are you using?

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Zygote55

· #5 · Aug 21, 2004

I got 28 on my first tank.... 31 since then.

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TCrazy

· #6 · Aug 21, 2004

quick question, what method of calculation did you use? - t

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imasaf

· #7 · Aug 21, 2004

Hmm... I roughly calculated my MPG at around 21 MPG too.

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TCrazy

· #8 · Aug 21, 2004

Originally posted by imasaf@Aug 20 2004, 08:12 PM
Hmm... I roughly calculated my MPG at around 21 MPG too.

you must have the V8 version of the tC

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imasaf

· #9 · Aug 21, 2004

Originally posted by TCrazy+Aug 20 2004, 09:12 PM-->QUOTE (TCrazy @ Aug 20 2004, 09:12 PM)

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@Aug 20 2004, 08:12 PM
Hmm... I roughly calculated my MPG at around 21 MPG too.

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you must have the V8 version of the tC

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Sure... you didn't know??? Its actually V16....

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FrostbytetC

· #10 · Aug 21, 2004

Ohh wow! V16? Quad Turbo?

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basilisk4

· #11 · Aug 21, 2004

I *never* floor mine, and I make sure it shifts smoothly and around 3-3.5k RPM, and I still got 21.7.

First tank, I guess...should need to refill soon, so will be interested to see if I do better on the second tank...

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imasaf

· #12 · Aug 21, 2004

Originally posted by FrostbytetC@Aug 20 2004, 10:54 PM
Ohh wow! V16? Quad Turbo?

Hahaha.... remember looks can be deceiving...

Who knows whats under my hood???

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redwine

· #13 · Aug 21, 2004

I just got 27 mpg on my second tank. Manual tC

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basilisk4

· #14 · Aug 22, 2004

Refilled today, and got 24 MPG with 90% slow city driving. Good enough for me.

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GA tC

· #15 · Aug 22, 2004

It improves. Started at about 23 and is now up to 27 with 1.2K miles. I drive it hard, but have a fair mix of highway miles as well!

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__EviL_cLoNe__

· #16 · Aug 22, 2004

I drive alot on the freeway. I drove around 370 Miles and put in 12.5 gallons. Pretty good and it might even get better then that i hope! lol Sweet car so far.

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FrostbytetC

· #17 · Aug 22, 2004

Yeah, the gas mileage will always be better if you have a fair mix of highway and city driving. For those of us stuck between redlights, stop signs, and old people, our gas mileage will faulter, but its still decent. Take the ups with the downs....

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danielkim

Discussion Starter · #18 · Aug 23, 2004

i use regular gas and i didn't think i floored it too much...trying to gently break it in. I calculated my mpg by just dividing the odometer reading by the gallons that i filled my first tank...i'm sure the mpg will get better over time...the car is running great so far.

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