Normal vs. PWR mode- The mileage experiment
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Hello.
I wanted to see the difference I'd get in mileage on a tank of gas in NORMAL mode vs. a tank in PWR mode. I drove almost identical routes on both tanks. Lots of stop and go, back road driving. In NORMAL mode, my is250 AWD went 353 miles, while in power mode, I only got 287 miles. I feel like that's a pretty significant difference. It's too bad, I love driving in PWR mode. Anyway, I'm just curious about other peoples thoughts on this. Also, does anyone know exactly what's happening inside the engine when you're in PWR mode.
Thanks.
I wanted to see the difference I'd get in mileage on a tank of gas in NORMAL mode vs. a tank in PWR mode. I drove almost identical routes on both tanks. Lots of stop and go, back road driving. In NORMAL mode, my is250 AWD went 353 miles, while in power mode, I only got 287 miles. I feel like that's a pretty significant difference. It's too bad, I love driving in PWR mode. Anyway, I'm just curious about other peoples thoughts on this. Also, does anyone know exactly what's happening inside the engine when you're in PWR mode.
Thanks.
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Hello.
I wanted to see the difference I'd get in mileage on a tank of gas in NORMAL mode vs. a tank in PWR mode. I drove almost identical routes on both tanks. Lots of stop and go, back road driving. In NORMAL mode, my is250 AWD went 353 miles, while in power mode, I only got 287 miles. I feel like that's a pretty significant difference. It's too bad, I love driving in PWR mode. Anyway, I'm just curious about other peoples thoughts on this. Also, does anyone know exactly what's happening inside the engine when you're in PWR mode.
Thanks.
I wanted to see the difference I'd get in mileage on a tank of gas in NORMAL mode vs. a tank in PWR mode. I drove almost identical routes on both tanks. Lots of stop and go, back road driving. In NORMAL mode, my is250 AWD went 353 miles, while in power mode, I only got 287 miles. I feel like that's a pretty significant difference. It's too bad, I love driving in PWR mode. Anyway, I'm just curious about other peoples thoughts on this. Also, does anyone know exactly what's happening inside the engine when you're in PWR mode.
Thanks.
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it's funny how you say engine doesnt' change.. it would be amazing if you can change your engine by a switch of a button... mechaically things don't change but electronically the throttle reponse is a lot better...
0 -60 times with and w/o power mode.. has anyone tried?
0 -60 times with and w/o power mode.. has anyone tried?
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lol, all this milage talk amuses me... Gas could go to $10/gallon and I still wouldn't think twice about "milage"...
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...
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lol, all this milage talk amuses me... Gas could go to $10/gallon and I still wouldn't think twice about "milage"...
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...
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I think most people on this forum would at least consider gas mileage in their decision. It's a big part of why I chose the IS350 over the S4 (and to a lesser extent, the G35). But if you've got no problem forking over massive amounts your hard-earned cash to ExxonMobil, more power to you.
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lol, all this milage talk amuses me... Gas could go to $10/gallon and I still wouldn't think twice about "milage"...
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Funny thing is, even when I had my viper and was active in the viper forums there were people talking about how to get slightly better gas milage out of the viper! ROFL...
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