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Anyone else getting 400 miles a tank?

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Old 05-28-08, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by iialcii
does ur wife hit vtech often ? once u hit vtech gas will be consumed like crazy
Vtech? Isn't that a Honda term?
Old 05-28-08, 09:51 AM
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when i fill up my display reads 380-400 miles to go
Old 05-28-08, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by HighImStan
This past memorial day weekend, I drove down to LA from SF with a steady 60-65 avg mph. I got 387 miles before the 35 miles left gas light went on. It is possible if you drive conservatively. And I usually don't drive pass 70 if I want high mpg.
I would be interested to know how much fuel economy changes at different speeds. I would think that, with a decent Cd that the IS has that it would be somewhat less affected by higher speeds. Obviously, the engine/transmission has a 'sweet spot' speed as well.

Anyone tried this?
Old 05-28-08, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by VF84
that is not always true...
Care to enlighten us as to when burning premium is not more efficient?
Old 05-28-08, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by maxnix
Care to enlighten us as to when burning premium is not more efficient?
try a search, there are lots of threads about this. Simple answer is that many engines are not designed to handle anything over a certain octane.
Old 05-28-08, 04:40 PM
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All HWY driving I can go over 400 regularly. In my 80 city/20 hwy mix I usually hit right about 370-380 when the light comes on.

I am a pretty mild commuter and cruise at 65 on on the HWY, so MPG is fairly decent (24.0 lifetime on the car currently). Getting into the high 20s on the open road is relatively easy with a light foot and no jockeying about.
Old 05-28-08, 05:54 PM
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at onepoint filling up, my car actually said approx. 412. pretty cool.
Old 05-28-08, 06:01 PM
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wow this is interesting to me because i have an 08 is250 awd and i have never seen the aprox range over 302 miles...maybe they changed something in the system from the later years??? i have noticed that it will say like 300 miles remaining but i can drive an additional 3 miles before it goes down to 299...

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Old 05-28-08, 06:02 PM
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yup i was right i filled up today and it read 380.
Old 05-28-08, 10:32 PM
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I have driven 400+ fairly regularly, probably due to mostly highway driving. In fact, my "range approx" screen usually shows above 400 miles when I fill up.
Old 05-28-08, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sdpq
Just wondering if anyone else is getting 400 miles to the tank. I was pleasently surprised that the IS250 could do that. I used to drive pretty spirited and always had the ect pwr button on, but now because of gas prices nearing $4.50/gallon I decided to change my driving habits. I always use the snow button and rarely does my car see 2 rpm's (unless going uphill). The drive is a quite different but time wise, i dont think i'm loosing many minutes reaching my destinations. I drive about 75% city and 25% hwy. Its good to know that the IS can get that many miles out of a tank of gas.
i do 350 miles on average. but i think i hit 400 before cause i was driving from LA to SF one time and got better gas mileage than normal.

i think it has a lot to do with stop n go vs HIGHWAY miles
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Originally Posted by is250gurl
i always get around 400-450 with my 250 so i thought it was normal. filled up this morning with 14.2 gallons and reset the trip that was at 405. not bad!
Yup, same here. I usually get in the 375 - 425 range. When i drove to Vegas, i got 31-32mpg from SoCal which equated to over 400miles to the tank.
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Originally Posted by AznJason
At 27.4 MPG and a 17.1g tank, you should get 468mi/tank. If the range approx. says 10 miles, that's til 15-ish gallons, so I'm guessing you were a lot getting higher than 27.4 on the picture you took (maybe almost 30).

That or you got gas and didn't reset the trip counter
I always reset the trip odometer when I get gas. I got a calculated 29.197 mpg on 14.416 gallons. The indicated mpg was 28.4.
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OK I filled up last night. 91 Premium at Shell was $4.33 a gallon

14.8 gallons

436 miles driven - car said I had 9 miles left.

29.5 calculated mpg

31.1 trip computer mpg

472 miles trip computer range.
Old 05-29-08, 07:23 PM
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I used to get about 425mi per tank with my Is250.
whats kinda crazy is that im still getting 410-415mi per tank with my G!


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