How many miles you do with full tank??

bluegt03

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Hi folks, i have the 03 sonic blue mustang, 12 gallons tank +/- , i can do 170 miles in the city and 220 miles on highway , my engine is 4.6L v8 automatic, this mpg is ok?

thanks all!
Sorry for my bad english, i'm still learning :D
 
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funny i just tried to check how much i got last week.
from full tank to completley empty: 270 miles. City/Hwy. Heavy heavy foot, 3:73 Gears. I thought this was bad but i'm glad to know i'm on track.
 
I would usually get around 200 all city. Mixed is closer to 300. All highway I have gotten 370, but that was sputtering (literally) into the gas station and it actually died as I was pulling into the station lot.
 
Pretty sure Mustangs have 15.4 gallon tanks, but I could be wrong. Most of the time when I fill up I get between 12-13 gallons. When I have done almost all city driving I get 240-250 miles, but on the highway I have seen 370 miles, but that has only happened twice in the last year+ that I have owned the car.
 
I've got close to 400 on all highway (granted it was mostly 55 and 65 mph driving and pretty flat)

Usually I'm 150 or less on track days, non-track days I get around 220 per tank city/highway mix

HWY only I usually get around 320
 
wow I feel something is wrong with my car after seeing all these numbers...mine is pretty much stock and I get maybe 170 city and around 230ish HWY.

Might be. when was the last time you changed your fuel filter and spark plugs or did a tune up in general? I have found the need for a tune up to be the most common reason for bad fuel mileage on mildly modded or stock cars.
 
Thats probably what it is. Last year I was planning on doing a nice tune up before I headed off to college, but I never got the chance to do it. Now that Im in college (200 miles) away from home I dont have a garage or any tools to fix it up = /.
 
I'm at 270ish right now and probably a little below 1/8th of a tank.

Was hoping to break 300 on this mostly highway tank, but did some racing and that brought it down a bit.

Best I have seen is 320ish.
 
Miles per tank is a bit of a useless number since we don't drive until the car runs out of fuel, dead on the road.

But mine gets a pretty consistent 20-21mpg in mixed driving. In all city, with short trips, my worst is around 17-18mpg. My best with all highway is 26-27mpg.