Gas Mileage, Is that possible? Options

[914itis]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) I decided to check my gas mileage on the 2.0. (stock Djet)

I filled up, with 89, drove 100.03 miles, averaged 50 miles /HR with slow traffic at times then fill up again. The tank took exatly 2.60 gallons. If i did my math correctly thats about 38.5 miles per gallon.
Is that real?

[Dave_Darling]

Could be accurate, but any measurement errors in filling will be pretty large relative to the amount of gas used. And that will have large effects on the MPG calculation with small amounts of gas consumed.

Better is to run down to the reserve light being on, then fill up to where you can see the fuel in the filler neck. Or have it come up to a notch on a pre-measured stick you put down into the tank.

Best is to do that over the course of many tanks. The errors will tend to average themselves out.

--DD