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10-08-12, 11:46 AM
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haha touche. i've hardly surpassed 400 miles on a tank, and that's running on fumes already on 91 oct. lots of factors to consider but wow that's great gas mileage you have, both SpencerT and Boob!
i've heard of diesels in europe that can do 1000 miles on a single tank?!
i've heard of diesels in europe that can do 1000 miles on a single tank?!
10-08-12, 06:17 PM
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welcome boob! these cars are great, which is why there is still a strong following despite their age.
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
An Imperial (British) Gallon is ~4.55L, an American Gallon is ~3.79L.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
10-09-12, 02:27 PM
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haha touche. i've hardly surpassed 400 miles on a tank, and that's running on fumes already on 91 oct. lots of factors to consider but wow that's great gas mileage you have, both SpencerT and Boob!
i've heard of diesels in europe that can do 1000 miles on a single tank?!
i've heard of diesels in europe that can do 1000 miles on a single tank?!
welcome boob! these cars are great, which is why there is still a strong following despite their age.
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
i have an unproven theory that gas (or petrol) outside of the US burns better. i say this b/c cars in europe get almost TWICE the amount of miles than us stateside. they can get about 600 miles on a full tank. how is that possible?! all that makes sense to me is that their gas prices are almost double so that compensates for it all! same bang for the buck.
i've based all my info from watching episodes of top gear UK haha!
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I recently moved from NY to Virginia beach and it was roughly 415miles. We filled up before we left and ran a few last minute errands and than my girl took a wron turn and got sent 20 min out of the way. Even with all that extra driving (~30miles) we still got into town with almost half a tank. The last hour of the trip we were on a road with mega red lights and we were stopping every 10 min. The car was loaded to the gills with clothes and other crap so it wasnt light. It is sitting on slightly larger than stock diameter wheel's because they are from a 96~ and I have a 90', that probably had something to do with the mileage but still way beyond anything I ever expected and crazy better than city driving mileage.
10-09-12, 06:43 PM
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I recently moved from NY to Virginia beach and it was roughly 415miles. We filled up before we left and ran a few last minute errands and than my girl took a wron turn and got sent 20 min out of the way. Even with all that extra driving (~30miles) we still got into town with almost half a tank. The last hour of the trip we were on a road with mega red lights and we were stopping every 10 min. The car was loaded to the gills with clothes and other crap so it wasnt light. It is sitting on slightly larger than stock diameter wheel's because they are from a 96~ and I have a 90', that probably had something to do with the mileage but still way beyond anything I ever expected and crazy better than city driving mileage.
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10-09-12, 06:49 PM
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Just got off the phone with NZ Performance Tuning & the chap there says no body in the WORLD can retune a factory ECU for these, they do however sell an aftermarket one (Link) and that can be tickled.......at a total cost of about $3000NZD lol. So i'm going to go out on a limb here & say mine hasn't had anything done to it!
10-09-12, 10:50 PM
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So i'm going to go out on a limb here & say mine hasn't had anything done to it!
so if you want new punch, and you are a talented and meticulous solderer, it can be yours for less than $20 in parts!
10-10-12, 01:36 AM
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well if it hasn't had the ECU capacitors replaced, then you aren't likely getting the full performance out of it - mine feels like it has a turbo now! - ever since I replaced my caps, as this is a known defect in all LS400's
so if you want new punch, and you are a talented and meticulous solderer, it can be yours for less than $20 in parts!
so if you want new punch, and you are a talented and meticulous solderer, it can be yours for less than $20 in parts!
10-10-12, 06:52 AM
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well if it hasn't had the ECU capacitors replaced, then you aren't likely getting the full performance out of it - mine feels like it has a turbo now! - ever since I replaced my caps, as this is a known defect in all LS400's
so if you want new punch, and you are a talented and meticulous solderer, it can be yours for less than $20 in parts!
so if you want new punch, and you are a talented and meticulous solderer, it can be yours for less than $20 in parts!
10-10-12, 07:03 AM
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I recently moved from NY to Virginia beach and it was roughly 415miles. We filled up before we left and ran a few last minute errands and than my girl took a wron turn and got sent 20 min out of the way. Even with all that extra driving (~30miles) we still got into town with almost half a tank. The last hour of the trip we were on a road with mega red lights and we were stopping every 10 min. The car was loaded to the gills with clothes and other crap so it wasnt light. It is sitting on slightly larger than stock diameter wheel's because they are from a 96~ and I have a 90', that probably had something to do with the mileage but still way beyond anything I ever expected and crazy better than city driving mileage.