Lots of road miles today and had to get gas at a sunoco instead of the mobile gas that i usually put in it. Bought 94 octane gas, but the one thing is,, put nearly 23 gallons in according to the gas station. Thats weird though cause although i haven't checked the manual yet, i thought it was a 22 gallon tank. Hmmm,, anyways, usually i stick 93 or 92 octane in it, i wonder if i'll feel a difference,, hmmm,

Anyways, one more thing, only 9 miles per gallon this time, i've been consistently up at 11 to 13 ( i do mostly city driving ) truck sounds fine, even had been without a passenger seat in it for a good portion of this tank ( rewiring my stereo, not racing

 

I believe it's a 25 gallon tank.

 

what a huge *** gas tank,, your probably right though, maybe i'm dislexic and read the other 5 upside down.

much like the dislexic, atheist, insomniac, the guy who would stay up all night wondering if there really was a dog


~Toast

 

how do u guys figure out your mpg? just reset the trip odometer after a fill up and divide total miles by 25 or 22(whatever the lightning tank is)? or does ur little compass thing tell u? all mine does is direction and temp.

 

joe, when you are done filling up check the gas pump,, it'll tell you how many gallons you just put in your truck,, and if you reset your trip right after the last time you filled it up, you should have exact numbers,, take the number of miles on your trip,, divide that by the number of gallons you just put in your tank according to the gas pump. To do this correctly you will need to fill up the tank every time you pump so you have accurate numbers to go by

~Toast

 

thank you, did not think about that

 

Some of you will get better gas mileage than others.

I can't be everywhere with my siphon hose but, I do try to be fair.

 

Raoul, lol, so you ready to start syphoning the suburban neighborhoods this weekend? Toast, the L has a 25 gal. tank. Last fill up, I got 230 miles for a full tank. (city driving)

-Ian

 

I FINALLY GET IT!!!!

Raoul has accidently been drinking some of the gas when he siphons it. maybe you should start using a pump or something.

 

Took mine on vacation and i got 15 mpg... never checked city ..

True Blue 2002
2.0 Stock unless you call tint and bed rug mods....
13.4
101.00

Blown 93 Lighting
1.83
13.2
102.00

 

i consistently get 11.5-11.6 mpg

 

Since the new intercooler i get about 14mpg... With the old one i used to get 15+mpg !!!

Justin

 

It's only money. It's pretty bad when you long for the better mileage of a 2000 Suburban 4x4.

 

Funny story about syphoning gas, and it's a TRUE story!

A guy broke into a barn where a guy kept his motor home. The next morning the guy that owns the barn woke up and saw the barn door was open and went to investigate. He gets in the barn and sees a hose hanging out of the RV and a gas can next to the hose. Next, he notices puke all over the place. Upon further inspection, he realizes that the inept, would-be criminal had accidently stuck the hose into the "waste" tank (we call 'em honey tanks out here in the sticks) and syuphoned out the "wrong stuff"!!!! Justice is served!! This was in the "funny section" of a Galls catalog. All of you Police/Fire/EMS guys probably saw this already.

Later,
Roger

 

ha, what an IDIOT! that is great