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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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Mine does well on the highway, city driving I'll only get a bit over 300 km to a tank, however, I only let my tank get to 1/4 before filling it.. It works the pump too hard. Since my blower install, it has only gone down a bit, providing I'm not on the boost.
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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I haven't noticed much difference in the CA/US gas.

I feel the number 1 thing is how you drive and AC
My last trip to the States was through KY/OH/MI where the speed limits are either 65 or 70 MPH.

I go 120 KPH in 70 MPH zones
and 110-115 KPH in 65 zones

With the computer here's what I got;
120/AC on -> 9.1 L/100 kms
115/AC on -> 8.8 L/100 kms
120/AC off -> 8.6 L/100 kms
115/AC off -> 8.0 L/100 kms

I had the AC on, on the way down and it off on the way back so the distance was decent enough to get a fairly accurate estimate.

The distance left is totally dependent on the milage and calculates it on the fly. I fill up at the border after driving on the highway the whole trip. When full it reads about 580-590 kms till empty since it's initially based on my highway milage. But after a bit of city driving that number drops in a hurry since my city milage is anywhere from 13-14.5 L/100 kms.
Old Sep 26, 2010 | 03:18 PM
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In Canada on the 4 lane highways I drive a shade under 120, in the US I drive about 8-9 MPH over the posted speed limit, in a group even higher sometimes.

All my mileage calculations are done on a sheet which coverts it all to imperial Gallons and miles, no formula errors either, it just seems weird?

AC is not a factor but top down does make a slight difference.

Can. = 25-(27.5 very best)
US = 29
Old Nov 21, 2010 | 02:40 AM
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this is slightly off topic but fuel in bc,chevron to be specific.they have 92 octane with no ethanol and i got 28 ,pg in the mountains....once i hit the bald prairie and i converted to shell v poweri got just over 22.I wasnt hindered by the wind factor in sask either ....maybe a mild breeze but not a 6 mpg breeze
Old Nov 21, 2010 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Everett
this is slightly off topic but fuel in bc,chevron to be specific.they have 92 octane with no ethanol and i got 28 ,pg in the mountains....once i hit the bald prairie and i converted to shell v poweri got just over 22.I wasnt hindered by the wind factor in sask either ....maybe a mild breeze but not a 6 mpg breeze
Contrary to what tree huggers would like you to believe Ethanol has less energy than gasoline and reduces your mileage..
Old Nov 21, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 CRUZEN
Contrary to what tree huggers would like you to believe Ethanol has less energy than gasoline and reduces your mileage..
Yup...they don't advertise that stat or it takes 6 times the amount of energy to get one gallon of ethanol vs one gallon of gas .... When I get up beside a hybrid I rev ER to 6 grand and dump it....
Old Nov 21, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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All my Ponies except the latest one have all gotten over 30mpg in Canada or the USA=nice
Old Nov 29, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 CRUZEN
Contrary to what tree huggers would like you to believe Ethanol has less energy than gasoline and reduces your mileage..

Just got thinking, the possible solution is that there is less ethanol concentration in the US gasoline than in Canada? Although, there is a gasoline depot where I live and half the tankers picking up gas are US bound to sell Canadian gas at US stations cheaper than it sells for in Canada?




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