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485 miles on 12.3 gallons!

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    10R New Member

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    485 miles on 12.3 gallons!

    Did a little roadtripping over memorial day weekend. Thats the farthest I've ever gone on a tank of gas. It ends up being 39.4 mpg, through crappy traffic, and pretty much driving it like I stole it. I'll have to try to break the 500 mile barrier at some point. Do prizms/corollas have a low fuel warning?
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    mine doesn't (8th gen). I know the 9th gen's have a gas light though.
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    wow, i also have a prizm and only et like 28-29mpg
    monkey4005, May 29, 2006
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    rolla02 Corollalcholic

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    My 8th gen has one but it only comes on when there is only like 3 gallons in the tank.

    But thats not bad man, I did 400 miles on 10 gallons

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    My average speed was about 65 mph
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    My car gets about 18 - 20 mpg when I drive it hard and probably 30 at best when I'm running in vacuum. But its boosted :D
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    JLee TD05 3SGTE

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    Mine had a warning light too..never put much more than 11 gallons in (even after stretching it a bit), so I'm guessing I still had 3 - 3.5gal left when the light came on. I think the best mileage I got was ~41mpg highway.
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    My03Tundra ROLL OUT!

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    Damn you... ;-)

    I wish I got near that in my Tundra, but I do get about 16-18MPG depending on tire pressure and driving habits. I wouldn't trade in my truck though, too much fun to drive. :-D
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    best ive gotten was about 40 as well, but I was going 55 for the trip. You dont get good mileage going 75-85 >_>.
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    wonder if my light is broken then. because mine doesn't come on at 1/8 tank even
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    mine use to come on till i switched clusters......
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    hehe my avg's (boosted mind you)

    drivin like i stole it.. -> 26-29mpg
    normal city/hwy mix driving.. -> 29-32mpg
    all hwy (road trip) -> 32-36mpg

    btw... if im not mistaken, the cap on newer rolla tanks is 13 gal. your fuel light may be broke - don't get too cocky.
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    I try not to let it get below an 1/8th of a tank. I've had it lower than that and no light came on, so it must be broken.
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    Hehe, wow you guys get good gas mileage... I have trouble hitting 475kms (about 300miles) on a tank of gas in the Integra :S
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    My passat, running at max 19psi gets about 31mpg on highway.....I can get about 450 to the tank.
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    I average 28mpg with mine right now...
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    vortex Well-Known Member

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    and your gas guage... you drive a prizm right? which is modeled on the 8th gen corollas if i'm not mistaken... they only have 12-13 gallon tanks, so your light should have been on @ 11 gallons used and you should have been below E.
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    The gas light on Corolla's only go on when its just about on the empty line (my '94, I could drive with black showing between the empty line and the needle :S lol).
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    vortex Well-Known Member

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    however, the fill light is *not* based off of where your needle is on your tach. it's based on a secondary sensor where the fuel level sensor is. a float raises up and down a circuit panel indicating fuel levels. once the amount of fuel in the tank gets to a certain level, the light comes on. (coinciding with the marker at e) if there is anything such as corrosion keeping signal from being sent after a certain point, that could also cause the guage to hang at a certain point and no longer report as it goes farther down the circuit panel eventually turning on the light.
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    I only get ~17mpg with my Tacoma, but it's lifted with 33s. ;)

    My rolla was indicating darn near empty when the light finally came on.
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    Yeah, my light must not work. Mind you, when I fill my car up I fill it until gas is pretty much at the threads where the cap screws on, especially if I can get gas cheap.
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    teevee247 Well-Known Member

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    I didn't know they we're on seperate sensors, very good to know, thanks! :)
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    vortex Well-Known Member

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    well technically its all part of the same assembly, so it could be deemed part of the same sensor assembly, however - they are two seperate entities on the same circuit board. :)
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    i get about 34mpg. took this picture just the other day. LOVE MPG!

    [IMG]
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    gimme some gas!
    JspeXAE102, May 31, 2006
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    Rolla95 Rollin' Out y0

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    damn, my gas mileage sucks right now, i think i gotta clean my injectors and shit, im making just voer 200 miles to the tank...and my 7th gen has a gas light, it comes on right before the empty line
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