How many miles should I be getting on a full tank?

Doesn't look very good to me. City or highway?

We're not mind-readers here. If you want a meaningful answer to that question, you're going to have to tell us what kind of car you drive, and the conditions in which you drive it.

getting 300km or 187miles, how bad is that? tx

I drive a Saturn SL1 2002, with 65000miles. We drive city and highway about 50/50. If anyone else has a saturn, I would like to know how many miles you get on a full tank, to give me a rough idea (also weather its city or highway and the year of your car). tx

... it all depends .. radio ON or OFF .. ?

.. there ya go ! I have a 2002 SL1 auto. 120k km. I keep fairly careful gas mileage data. I drive like an old grandpa. Mixed driving, summer - about 40 miles per Imperial gallon. Mixed driving, winter - about 37 miles per Imperial gallon. Best conservative highway driving - abour 45 miles per I Gal. note : Imperial gallon is a whole lot bigger than little measly USA gallons ... :-) but it costs a whole lot more too. .. I do not run to fuel warning light level - almost never - if I did ... probably about 550 km range per tankful. Your 300 km per tankful seems quite poor, to me. jt

getting 300km or 187miles, how bad is that? tx

Wow, that sucks.

We have two Saturns: 96 SL2 with 125K miles, 99 SL2 with 92K miles. Fuel mileage is very similar: 27 mpg city, 32 mpg highway with my wife driving, and about 2 mpg more with me driving.

Assuming that the tank in your 02 SL1 is the same size as in my 96 and

yeah, that's really pretty bad... I have an '06 Vue SUV (4cyl, 5 speed stick) that I'm now getting 31-32mpg, which is higher than the EPA rating. But you really have to base it on your MPG, not how many miles you're getting from a tank, because who's to say I don't run mine down as much as the next guy, therefore I would get less miles out of a tank than he did...I used to run it down to empty and have to put 14-15 gallons in (16 gallon tank) and would get about 340-350 miles out of it...Now, if I ran it down that far, I'd get a little over 450. I fill up every Thursday at lunch (pay day) and that lasts me a week. When I used to fill up I'd be at empty (like I said), now I still 3/8 of a tank left....(although it still costs me the same) :)

IYM

Real bad. Your car has problems.

My 1997 SW2 5 speed gets 39MPG = 468 miles per tank

My 1999 SW2 auto gets 32MPG = 384 miles per tank

And my wifes 2002 SW1 auto gets 36MPG = 432 miles per tank

Steve

Well... I'm running a 1992 SL1 with 530,000 km (330,000 miles) and I'm getting about 700 km out of a tank here. Still tickling with the advertised fuel consumption and it hasn't changed since the day I bought the car almost 17 years ago...

Alex

That depends. If you're driving a Vespa scooter, I'd say you're doing pretty good.

If you're driving my Avalanche with a 26 gallon tank (for which I usually go between 450 and 550 miles), I'd say you're having an issue.

What are you driving?

on a 2002 SL1 , which has a 12.5Gal tank, you should be properly achieving between 300 and 400 miles per tank (US gallons). 187miles (US ) on a tank of gas is really bad.

Everything else aside, the formulation of the gas is a big factor. Ethanol has, as I recall, only 60% of the energy that a gallon of 'traditional' gasoline has. As they increase the ethanol content in fuels, the MPG will decrease. If you wish to check this out, look up BTU of various fuels.

Seems that 300-400 miles on a tank is a design standard. My lw300 gets 300+ city and about 400 miles highway per 16 gallon tank. I generally refill when the warning light comes on (equal to two gallons remaining). Lately, I've been very light on the gas pedal, keeping to 55 mph and putting it in neutral to coast on downgrades. Picked up a good 10% in mileage. I'm toying with how to put an override on the transmission control to shift manually and control the lock up torque converter. Seems tuned for power rather than economy and I don't get the feeling that the Saturn techs really know how to retune. Heck, they could never figure how to keep the speed control from downshifting two gears and rocketing up to 6000 rpm on a slight upgrade. I figured it more simple to just turn off the speed control when approaching an upgrade. Oppie

Oppie, you could always look into one of those performance control modules, they run abuot $300. and you can tweak and tune fuel, throttle, shift points, timing etc...

I have seen them used on Mustangs and IONs, very effective once you learn how to use them. Seen em on Autoanything.com

Good tip, will check it out.

That sounds bad no matter what model. I just got a 2001 SC2. Around town, I'm at 28 mpg typically. This last tank I went down to 24 mpg somehow. Maybe somebody siphoned off a few gallons. On my only long highway trip with it, I got 38 mpg. This is with the automatic transmission so I'm pretty happy with the highway mileage. I keep trying to tell my friends, if you drive like me, you'll get good mileage. I don't launch from every stop sign. Hardly ever get the tack over 2,500. Coast up to stoplights and stop signs. I see other people racing around here like gas is 89 cents a gallon. Maybe they can afford it. Keep the car tuned, tires up to recommended pressure and a light foot on the gas and your gas mileage will surely go up. Tom