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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1918 on: June 24, 2024, 01:53:20 PM »
yup, on gassers you don't run the tank down to less than 40 mile range often.
Folks get spooked when the gas light comes on

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1919 on: June 24, 2024, 01:58:29 PM »
Our Hyundai has a 14.3 gallon tank apparently, and is rated at about 37 mpg, but rarely hits that mark, it's more like 33 mpg.  I start looking for gas on a trip when it shows under a quarter full, which is about 3 gallons left.

I once saw 39.5 mpg driving in the mountains according to the computer.  It gets poorer fuel economy on the freeways oddly enough.
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« Reply #1920 on: June 24, 2024, 01:59:47 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 24, 2024, 01:58:29 PM
Our Hyundai has a 14.3 gallon tank apparently, and is rated at about 37 mpg, but rarely hits that mark, it's more like 33 mpg.  I start looking for gas on a trip when it shows under a quarter full, which is about 3 gallons left.

I once saw 39.5 mpg driving in the mountains according to the computer.  It gets poorer fuel economy on the freeways oddly enough.
The gerbils under the hood can only do so much. :)
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1921 on: June 24, 2024, 02:01:24 PM »
not as aerodynamic as a sedan
pushing too much air at freeway speeds
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« Reply #1922 on: June 24, 2024, 02:05:24 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 24, 2024, 01:53:20 PM
yup, on gassers you don't run the tank down to less than 40 mile range often.
Folks get spooked when the gas light comes on
I love when I'm pulling up to the Costco pump just as the car says "0 miles remaining". I guess I'm just a risk-taker :57:

(Granted when it says "0" remaining you've probably got 10+ miles of range left...)
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1923 on: June 24, 2024, 02:05:42 PM »
It's not as aerodynamic, nope, but on a freeway, there is no regen either.  It has "adequate" power I think.  0-60 is reported to be 7.1 seconds.  More importantly, I think, it responds if I need to go from say 50-70 without a lot of noise.
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1924 on: June 24, 2024, 02:07:09 PM »
She tells me she really likes it a lot and is glad we bought it.  I do miss the GTI and shifting gears when I felt like it.  Using regular gas is nicer.
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« Reply #1925 on: June 24, 2024, 02:07:40 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on June 24, 2024, 02:05:24 PM
I love when I'm pulling up to the Costco pump just as the car says "0 miles remaining". I guess I'm just a risk-taker :57:

(Granted when it says "0" remaining you've probably got 10+ miles of range left...)
I'm sure your wife loves this

how many times have you had to walk in the past 10 years?
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« Reply #1926 on: June 24, 2024, 02:08:32 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 24, 2024, 02:07:09 PM
She tells me she really likes it a lot and is glad we bought it.  I do miss the GTI and shifting gears when I felt like it.  Using regular gas is nicer.
sorry, the post about your wife was for the risktaker, betarhoalphadelta
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« Reply #1927 on: June 24, 2024, 02:34:05 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 24, 2024, 02:07:40 PM
I'm sure your wife loves this

how many times have you had to walk in the past 10 years?
Zero actually. The only time I can recall ever running out of gas was in my old truck that I got rid of in 2012, and it had to have been 2-3 years before that. That was when I realized that the fuel gauge in that truck had malfunctioned, and would read 1/4 tank if you were anywhere between 1/4 tank and empty. 

From that day forward I didn't even fix the fuel gauge. I just knew that I needed to get gas really soon when it got down to 1/4 tank. Never ran out of gas in the next several years with that truck. 
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1928 on: June 24, 2024, 02:34:46 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 24, 2024, 01:58:29 PM
Our Hyundai has a 14.3 gallon tank apparently, and is rated at about 37 mpg, but rarely hits that mark, it's more like 33 mpg.  I start looking for gas on a trip when it shows under a quarter full, which is about 3 gallons left.

I once saw 39.5 mpg driving in the mountains according to the computer.  It gets poorer fuel economy on the freeways oddly enough.
If its just normal, everyday driving, I do the same but at 1/2 tank.

But if we are on a road trip, I try to get as far on a tank of gas as I can and generally don't start looking for gas until I am below a 1/4 tank, depending upon how populated the next 100 miles are. In other words, will I be able to find a gas station every 10 miles or so, or is it a remote enough area where I better not risk it. 

When driving a significant distance, I try to eliminate as many stops as possible and will squeeze every mile out of a tank of gas that I can. 
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« Reply #1929 on: June 24, 2024, 02:59:44 PM »
heck, at an 8th of a tank on my gauge, the Impala's 18 gallon tank will still go another 100 miles or so.
I many times wait until the estimated miles is down to 50 or so.  At 40 it just goes to "Needs Gas"
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1930 on: June 24, 2024, 03:03:37 PM »
19 gallons was getting me 550 miles on the highway.
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1931 on: June 24, 2024, 03:04:08 PM »
My truck has a 29 gal tank and I hate the thought of dropping $100 or more to fill it. So when it gets to 1/2 tank, I figure that $50-60 doesn't hurt as bad. ~???
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