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How many miles can you get your car to go (or are willing to go) before refilling the tank?
In light of recent gas prices, I began waiting it out till my next paycheck or as necessary. This is the longest I've ever gone, and hopefully the first and last time I see the gas light  This particular tank got me to the CT meet and back, and another few days back and forth to work and school.
Trip meter is reset every time I refill.
The challenge is set: post your mileage or gauge records!
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thats pretty good for an ATX V6...i have gotten 400 hwy...but havent had the guts to go any farther. lowest i have ever gotten wa 188 city (with a foot on the floor at every stop  and every go!)
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Lucky [censored]... you get a low gas light  I will go as low as the 3/4 Mark 
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Originally posted by 98 SE:
How many miles can you get your car to go (or are willing to go) before refilling the tank?
In light of recent gas prices, I began waiting it out till my next paycheck or as necessary. This is the longest I've ever gone, and hopefully the first and last time I see the gas light This particular tank got me to the CT meet and back, and another few days back and forth to work and school.
Trip meter is reset every time I refill.
The challenge is set: post your mileage or gauge records!
Hmm, I guess you must like replacing fuel pumps. After my fuel pump issue, I never go under a 1/2 tank. Oh by the way I average 32-36MPG. Last week I reached a record of 41.0 MPG.
Now I hate America? That is a new one to me.
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the best i can do is 270-280 .  so do you go downhill a lot and turn your car off while going down the hill ?  just kidding! 
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Oh yah, forgot to mention that  Fuel Pump stays cool by the gasoline inside the tank... Fuel pump gets hot with low gas to not cool it... Fuel pump will go bad 
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Originally posted by ContourKev:
Oh yah, forgot to mention that
Fuel Pump stays cool by the gasoline inside the tank...
Fuel pump gets hot with low gas to not cool it...
Fuel pump will go bad
That is correct.
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For the record, I have let it get over 300 miles only twice, this first time working toward "the record" (haha) and second time it just happened. Under traditional circumstances I refill somewhere between 1/2 and 1/4 tank, and don't like to let it below 1/4. The fuel pump was replaced under warranty when we got the car at 24K miles. With both situations in mind hopefully it will last me a lot longer than you guys think. I tend to imply things other than I mean, of which this is another case This gas was el-cheapo $2.009 Wal-Mart gas of which I've used twice thus far, can you imagine I get seem to get better mileage with it? lol ...
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thats why i usually fill up with 1/4 tank still in there, but lately i have been stretching it more and more. but gas prices are back down( or getting there, gas was 1.68 at QT across the street froma shell station that had gas for 1.69...i love gas wars!)so i reckon i oughta stop stretching it. i actually ran the car out of gas once as i pulled into a chevron..trip odometer read 456 miles...
and shutting off your car while going down a hill and then turning it back on at the bottom is bad for many components:
1. fuel pump
2. cat
just to name 2...
Regards, Cole.
Relegating to troll status sometime this week.
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I only ran my car to E once
and that was cus when I first bought her, it just sat in a driveway... i wanted the old gas out
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