Petrol question: How many miles does $20 get you?

MaxDepth

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We've been talking about the rising gas costs and what we drive, so I thought I combine the two.

A Jackson ($20 USD) won't fill my tank anymore, more like $25.50. But last week I put only $20 (on empty) and rode it out until today.


I got 268 miles and five days out of a $20 bill.
I drive a Mazda B2300 truck (4-cyl).
 

CChaos

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Until my car was stolen two weeks ago, it got me a month of driving to the train station and occasionally around town on the weekends. It was a '97 Civic.
 

techfuzz

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At current gas prices, I'll get about 300 miles for $20 worth of gas if I take it easy with my driving. I drive a Honda Accord (V6).

techfuzz
 

edro

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My 97 Accord fills up @ ~$20 and I get 400+ miles a tank. (I get gass for about $1.50/gal at work)
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Christ people! I cant get 400 miles out of a FULL tank of gas, and thats 30 gallons!!

Same here. $20 will get me about 140 miles give or take.
 

ElFenix

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one tank about 300 miles (12 gallons per fill)... thats about $20 with gas at $1.63
 

Analog

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P-E-T-R-O-L "that's a funny way to spell Water"

Anyone remember where that's from?
 

LordJezo

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Christ people! I cant get 400 miles out of a FULL tank of gas, and thats 30 gallons!!

Your car sucks at gas milege then.

I get about 30 to 31 mpg out of my car.
 

isasir

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Originally posted by: techfuzz
At current gas prices, I'll get about 300 miles for $20 worth of gas if I take it easy with my driving. I drive a Honda Accord (V6).

techfuzz

I have a 2000 Accord V6, but most of my driving is local miles, so I only get about 20 MPG, so I'd get about 230 miles.
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: LordJezo
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Christ people! I cant get 400 miles out of a FULL tank of gas, and thats 30 gallons!!

Your car sucks at gas milege then.

I get about 30 to 31 mpg out of my car.

No, it doesnt. I dont drive a car.My wifes car gets good gas milage though.
Now, my suv is another story altogether :p
 

Hammer

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: LordJezo
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Christ people! I cant get 400 miles out of a FULL tank of gas, and thats 30 gallons!!

Your car sucks at gas milege then.

I get about 30 to 31 mpg out of my car.

No, it doesnt. I dont drive a car.My wifes car gets good gas milage though.
Now, my suv is another story altogether :p

do you have stickers on it with your kids names and what sports they play? :p
 

GasX

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$20 gets me 10.7 gallons of 93 Octane

at ~ 23 mpg I get 246 miles

1998 Ford SVT Contour
2.5L V6 195HP
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: LordJezo
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Christ people! I cant get 400 miles out of a FULL tank of gas, and thats 30 gallons!!

Your car sucks at gas milege then.

I get about 30 to 31 mpg out of my car.

No, it doesnt. I dont drive a car.My wifes car gets good gas milage though.
Now, my suv is another story altogether :p

do you have stickers on it with your kids names and what sports they play? :p

Har har har.......
 

Calin

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Some 350 km (220 miles). My car burns about 8l at 100 km, and unleaded fuel is at 79 cents a liter (3$ a gallon). A full tank (70l, 18.5 gallons) will take me 875 km, or 540+ miles :D. Too bad a full tank of fuel costs about 55$

EDIT: The consumed fuel is about 7.2l per 100km, and I hope in summer will decrease more (so 242 miles)

Calin