****.. i average 11 or so MPG... I usually get around 150-160 miles to a 7/8 tank. Im mostly city driving, considering my commute is only 8 miles round trip on the freeway.. heh. Most of the time im showing up all the imports in my city, to damn many rice-burners...

 

18/25 if I want to. 15 if I want to. Depends on the "field" on any given day.

SC

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by OfficerZ28:
<strong>I think that GM's main concern is they dont want the camaro going faster than thet corvette, (stock anyways).
They leave that for the power hungry owners to install aftermarkets, you know what i mean...but with upgrades, comes lower gas mileage, (for the most part anyways). Cheer up...I spend about $300 on gas a month...pinches a lil, but you'll get used to it.... <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">3200 miles a month dude you might want to get something that gets a little beter gas milage.
38,000 miles a year on an 01 thats 76,000 miles time to trade that beater in. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

<small>[ May 31, 2002, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: RedSS ]</small>

 

I get 13-15mpg city driving. I guess thats ok for the mods that I have. Oh yeah ,and every other light is a 0-60 test for me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

My car gets 20MPG going to and from work and about 23-24 on the highway with the cruise set at 80mph (1999 M6 Z28 w/ alot of boltons). My wife's 2001 Ram Air A4 Stock gets 20mpg in town and on the last highway trip for memorial weekend I got 20MPG with the cruise set at 90mph.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

With the cruise control set at just under 90 I got 31 mpg out of my car when it had 1,200 miles on it.... and the gas mileage only gets better... haha.
Around town... usually about 14-16 mpg, but i can squeeze out close to 20 with a light enough foot. Highway I average 28-29 most of the time. I check every time I fill up, get an average of 20-21 mpg out of the tank. I love this car, one reason being it's a low 13 second car BONE STOCK and can cruise home from the track at almost 30 mpg... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

 

I am getting about 22 mpg with a mix of about 40% city and 50% Highway, usually getting 260 miles on the car when I tank up, the car usually takes around 12 gallons or so.... On a highway only trip it will easily do 400 miles on 14 gallons of gas giving around 28 mpg, and city only driving it drops to the 18 mpg range. My car is a M6 with 3.73 rear gears... and highway is usually 70 MPH with the cruise control on. The overdrive on these cars is fantastic, since it is .5. My wife has a Blazer with the 4.3L six, and let me tell you.. .the gas mileage bites the biggey in that car. It has the HD Towing Package with the A4 automatic and 3.73 rear gears. I am finally getting it up to about 20 mpg on the highway and 17 to 17.5 on mixed driving. Wish it had the M6 trans in it..... My 98 LS1 has the stock cam, 1.8 RR with HD Valve Springs, TB, MAF, MAF T, 160T, No IAT (using the resistor trick to keep timing up to max), the ram air type cold air intake. Getting ready to put the LS6 intake on... and the Loudmouth with a set of Headers....

 

got 20 MPG on my trip to Palm Springs; the speed limit is 70 MPH and I hit 90 in spots with the A/C so that's pretty respectable... <img border="0" alt="[Camaro]" title="" src="graemlins/camaro.gif" />

 

I have questions about fuel mileage too.

I don't know what I was getting totally stock, but after the 'free mods', Borla,and lid and 500 mile highway trips, I was getting between 29 - 32 MPG depending on the highway. Hurray 6M and cruise!

After adding a pully and SPEC Stage III, it dropped to about 26. Now, since LT's it looks to be about 25. I was under the assumption that letting it breath better, the mileage should not drop. I did not expect more... that 30 MPG was crazy, but down to 25? Is that normal?

I am not complaining. I just thought better breathing all around would help.

If 20 is normal....then so be it!!! Worth every penny! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

OK forget it, I am done with this post....You guys can't figure out what I am trying to say and implying that I am crying about my MPG, so forget it.

 

First thank of gas the car got 16mpg. My car averages 24mpg with my normal driving. Highway my best mpg is 32.8 mpg,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2002 Trans Am:
<strong>Sorry Officer but I am a little upset when on a window sticker it posts 18 and 26 and does nowhere near that....Also funny thing is I am part of a Z06 forum and they had similar post to this one and all of them were producing 20-30mpg so why should I not expect the same???One of GM's main concerns is not allowing their cars to be a gas guzzlers, and though its a few MPG away from a gas guzzler it is still very low....Also my main flame was that it is posted on my sticker that I would expect 18 and 26mpg, if it was posted 14 and 18 I would be ok with it. Anyway I also drive an SUV, so automobiles that drink gas is not a problem with me, but being lied to in a sense pisses me off</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you gas mileage is that bad, sounds like a few things need to be checked. What mod's are on the car?

What oil are running? A good 5w-30 or 10w-30 like Moble 1, helps a little.

Are the tires inflated properly?

Might be worth running A-Tap and seeing what you can find out.

Driving style has a MAJOR influnence on mpg. The window sticker has small print that usually says something like "your mileage may vary" and list 12mpg to 40mpg as being the range with the EPA estimates as 18mpg and 26mpg. If your driving and M6 or an shifting over 2000 your probably losing mpg. If your winding an A4 over 2000 your probably losing mpg there. Smooth gradual acceleration helps with mpg.

Letting a car just sit and idle to "warm up" for a few minutes hurts mpg too.

Might be worth checking the plugs and wires. My car gained a little mpg with TR55's gapped at 55 over the factory plugs no two of which had the same gap...

If you keep looking you'll figure out why the mpg is down.

Good Luck

 

Im mostly driving to work which is 70 miles round trip...if you do the calculations, that should only leave about 28000 miles (for the 20 months that i've owned it) on my car. (mind you, thats just for work miles). And i've taken it to San francisco, Vegas, laughlin a few times, and the beach like all the time....I currently have approx 52000 miles on my LS1...So, dont ask where the other 24000 miles came from, cause i really dont know....Lets just say, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF MY LS1!!!! <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

Thanks for the advice.....I am going easy on the car, it an A4 with only 1300 miles on it...I plan to switch over to Mobil 1 at 3000 miles....Also no mods to date, but over the next year or so I should have a little something in it

 

Making ~430 rwhp NA with heads and cam...

~15 mpg city
29 mpg highway
33 mpg highway and drafting an 18-wheeler about two car lengths back <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />

 

'98 tanks are 15.9 gallons. '99-'02 are 16.7 gallons
Chris

 

I get about 160 miles to 12.5 gallons or so, almost all city driving. That's with just the mods in my sig. I don't dare try to go more than 160 because my gauge is on E by that time. Hell, I drove 15.5 miles after filling it up, and my gauge was on 3/4 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> Its waaaaaaaay off, cause I usually drive lightly.

The highway is a bit better I believe, but couldn't really tell you since I don't drive on it that much.

 

On a two way highway trip of 180 miles each way I averaged 24.5 mph. Around town its more like 15-16.

 

Its all about RPMs, if you keep the car around 2k-2300 RPMs on the Highway you should be around 26mpg I have a 99 A4 with 3:23 I got as high as 28mpg but switched to 3:42 and I get 25mpg now. Around town its the same deal keep the RPMS low and you can go farther between refuels... but then again what fun would than be?

Ozz

 

I usually get 20-23 in the city and 24-26 on the highway. I have gone as high as 29.5 on the highway.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by OfficerZ28:
<strong>Im mostly driving to work which is 70 miles round trip...if you do the calculations, that should only leave about 28000 miles (for the 20 months that i've owned it) on my car. (mind you, thats just for work miles). And i've taken it to San francisco, Vegas, laughlin a few times, and the beach like all the time....I currently have approx 52000 miles on my LS1...So, dont ask where the other 24000 miles came from, cause i really dont know....Lets just say, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF MY LS1!!!! <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">With mostly highway driving, and some street driving, being light on accelerator that is, im gettting 20.6 mpg...Thats 260 miles with 1/4 tank left.