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Originally Posted by TRDMatrix-Eh
Today I squeezed out 667.0Km from 1 tank of gas in the Matrix!! My new personal
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What makes it interesting is that when I went to fill up the pump stopped @ 49.9xx L but I rounded it up to to $45.50 which afterwards read that I had pumped in 50.277L I thought
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That's a little over 31 MPG for the metrically challenged.
(667 km / 50.277) l * (0.621 m / km) * (3.78 l / g)
My longest tank was 435 miles on 10.589 gallons (700 km, 40 l) for just over 41 MPG. This is my typical fuel economy in summer on my UNusual commute: 12 miles at 35-45 MPH on uncrowded back roads with maybe 6 stops. Fuel economy is worse in winter due to the fact that a colder engine burns more fuel until it warms up -- I got 32 MPG my first winter without a garage. My second and third winters, with a garage, it only dipped to about 35 because the car was not starting out so cold in the mornings!
I've actually gotten 43+ MPG three times driving 300 miles round trip on state highways from eastern MA to central VT. All three trips were in summer with A/C, just myself in the car, speed was 50-60 MPH. I was careful not to exceed 60 MPH, as I was trying for good fuel economy, and it worked!
04 XR manual 2WD
New Personal Best Gas Mileage!
The only reason that I stopped was that it was the closest Shell and I wanted to add to my Airmiles, the Trix never stuttered, sputtered or hickuped!!
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