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Old 07-13-11 | 04:28 PM
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I have had my 99ES for 2 weeks today, and just today the gas light came on. I did not take any real trips, only city driving 6 days a week, to/from work and around town. I was able to get 289 miles from F to E.

What are some of you averaging now, and how does it compare to when u first got your car?
Old 07-13-11 | 04:33 PM
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Im averaging 300 miles, when I got the car from my parents a couple years ago it was like 275, so I guess im a better driver haha
Old 07-13-11 | 05:42 PM
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I'm averaging anywhere from 320-400 per tank depend son my driving style. Recently i got it to 29.8 mpg. It's a 2001 with 165k miles
Old 07-13-11 | 07:10 PM
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Have an 05 ES330. Drive mainly interstate (probably 80/20) and normally fill up @ 400 miles. I have never filled up more than around 15.5 gallons so obviously, if the specs are right, I have an additional 3 gallons in the tank. I get consistenly around the 26-27 mpg range with the cruise set @ 75mph. I don't rapidly accelerate though so that helps.
Old 07-13-11 | 08:22 PM
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I have a 04 ES, driving to work, around 55-60 m.p.h., I get about 24-25 mpg, on the highway going 70-75 m.p.h., 26-28 mpg. About the same since new, 84000 miles. Thats in warm weather, winter with snow tires and black steel rims, about 21-23 mpg.
Old 07-13-11 | 10:53 PM
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I get just over 260 on my my 2ES with 300k+...[daily 46 mile commute to and from work averaging 70 MPH].
Old 07-14-11 | 03:16 AM
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Any ideas as to how much a 93 ES300 should give these days...mine is giving an average of 230 miles from F to E in city limits..
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grey_es300: how can u get that high mpg?

For me, usually.. 330-350 from F -> E(touched the E line) , average 23.8 but 80% freeway about 7xmph
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thanks guys for the info. I will be putting my ES on the road for a long trip next weekend, to get a true idea of from F to E what i get on highway. It seems based off my city local driving, Im right in line.
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Originally Posted by juvenchan
grey_es300: how can u get that high mpg?

For me, usually.. 330-350 from F -> E(touched the E line) , average 23.8 but 80% freeway about 7xmph
You have no idea how much i analyze the rpm's, my peed, changes in altitude ect. when i am driving. That and i run 91 which people say doesn't matter, but my gas mileage went up. Other things like oil is changed every 3k, tires are aired up 4 psi more then suggested, air filter is changed whenever needed and very soft with the throttle, for example i almost never have to use the breaks. On the other hand, i once got my mileage down to 16.9 when in nyc with how aggresively i was driving with the AC on full
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