Car ranges .... what was your max?

[KFC911]

The other Honda thread made me curious...

Not talking about trucks with dual tanks, etc., just normal cars/pickups with different MPG and tank sizes..... seems like all of mine were in the 400 mile range. Anyone have one that could go 500 miles?

[stevej37]

I think most newer cars have 12 gal tanks? (cars in the size range of mine)
Mine is...so I get about 480 miles per tank.

I rarely let it go lower than a quarter full...so I've never tried it.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I think most newer cars have 12 gal tanks?
Mine is...so I get about 480 miles per tank.

I rarely let it go lower than a quarter full...so I've never tried it.

Prior to cell phones and gas stations everywhere, I have been in a "cold sweat" a few times on I-95 in rural south GA at night . I could have driven from here to Jax with your car tho' .... mebbe .

I push it to the limit....

signed....

Kramer

[2.7RS]

Cayenne 958 v6
70mph all highway on cruise almost 600

Around town 350-400

Tank is over 20 gallons for sure

[rockfan4]

My 2017 Jetta could do it. 14.5 gallon tank, 40+mpg at 70, even better if you were off the interstate and going 55-60.

The 2010 Silverado had a 34 or 36 gallon tank, and even though it only got about 17 on the highway, that meets your requirement.

The 2019 Silverado has a smaller tank - 28? But once I get the lift off it and get street tires on it, I'm hoping it gets over 20 mpg on the highway.

[GH85Carrera]

My 1985 911 has a 21 gallon gas tank. I have driven over 500 miles on one tank a few times. Usually when heading back home. I try to fill up with whatever gas I can get, and be near empty when I get home to get a tank of gas locally. If I am coming back through Arkansas, they sell 100% gas with no alcohol so I get the best mileage. Coming from Colorado, it is downhill all the way, and that helps as well. 5,000 feet to 1,200 feet.

I am not risking running out of gas, so I figure 19.5 gallons of gas with a comfortable reserve is 25.6 MPG will get me there. I do have a taller 5th gear than stock, and 255/45/17 rear tires.

I don't off hand remember the numbers for the 5th gear, but I have a post in on the tech site about it.

I drove my old 1974 914 2.0 non stop from Houston, TX to my grandmother's house and that is 500 miles. It was in the bad old days of 55 MPH national speed limit no speed records.

[Jeff Higgins]

I can darn near make 500 miles in my '72 911, believe it or not. I have the 100 liter (26.7 gallon) tank in it and, if I'm really really really nice about it, and cruise at a constant 60-65 mph without ever putting my foot in it, I can approach 20 mpg. This is with my hot rodded 3.0 liter, twin plugged, MFI inducted, big nasty cams, and 7:31 ring and pinion with the stock 5th gear, whatever that is.

On the track, however, 8 mpg is about average. Very, very throttle and rpm dependent. My all-around average on the street hovers around 15 mpg. So, even not really paying attention, I can go 400 miles.

[Evans, Marv]

My van's (2020 3.5L Ecoboost) computer indicates 480 miles on a full 26 gal. tank. Haven't run it too closed to ermpty. It gets 20+ mpg.

[look 171]

Don't own a car but my 5 gen 4 runner get just about 400 miles in a full tank, 21 gal. Mixed city driving, it get just rugnt under 300.

If I am nice with my right foot, my Duramax get me about 420 that's 27 gal at fill out wmpty according to my idiot light. I think its a 36 gal tank but that light comes on and I fill it, its always 27 gal

[otto_kretschmer]

I can get about 550 on my TDI. The last time I visited friends in LA I topped off in Quartzite, drove to Santa Clarita, spent a couple days with my friends and then back to Quartzite without needing to refuel.

[Daves911L]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My 1985 911 has a 21 gallon gas tank. I have driven over 500 miles on one tank a few times. Usually when heading back home. I try to fill up with whatever gas I can get, and be near empty when I get home to get a tank of gas locally. If I am coming back through Arkansas, they sell 100% gas with no alcohol so I get the best mileage. Coming from Colorado, it is downhill all the way, and that helps as well. 5,000 feet to 1,200 feet.

I am not risking running out of gas, so I figure 19.5 gallons of gas with a comfortable reserve is 25.6 MPG will get me there. I do have a taller 5th gear than stock, and 255/45/17 rear tires.

I don't off hand remember the numbers for the 5th gear, but I have a post in on the tech site about it.

I drove my old 1974 914 2.0 non stop from Houston, TX to my grandmother's house and that is 500 miles. It was in the bad old days of 55 MPH national speed limit no speed records.

+1
Many of our cross country trips in Mrs Dave’s ‘88 targa have been around the 500 mile mark between fill ups. Usually we need a break before the car does.

[javadog]

My old 86 Carrera could do 500 miles on a tank. I’ve had a couple cars that had 24 to 26 gallon tanks but they didn’t ever get good enough mileage for that to matter. One of my trucks would hold more than 35 gallons but it couldn’t break double digits on the mileage. I didn’t get much over 300 miles on a tank out of that thing.

My Boxster S would get better mileage than the Carrera but, by that point, Porsche had started putting small gas tanks in all their cars.

I have a buddy with a diesel Cayenne and he can get between 700 and 800 miles out of a tank in that thing.

[stevej37]

My Fit only had a 10 or 11 gal tank...but it would get 42 mpg.
When I put two 5 gal gas jugs in the back...I could go 840 miles without stopping at a gas station.

[oldE]

'93 Passat turbo diesel. When my son lived in Fredericton NB, we would do the round trip (1100 km) on a single tank. The '06 Jetta turbo diesel which replaced it had more power, but that came at the cost of only 1000 km per tank.

Best
Les

[aschen]

Rented a Peugeot diesel in uk and prepaid a ton for the fuel, returned it with way over 600miles traveled and on "fumes"

[Superman]

You guys' 911s get better mileage than mine. Still, it is fun to tell people this little car has a 21-gallon tank.

[jyl]

450-500 mile range on our primary cars.

We do the 600 mile drive from Portland to either the Bay Area or Tahoe a few times a year, and stop for gas & food & bathroom once.

[p911dad]

Our '84 Carrera had a bladder-busting range of at least 500 highway miles. Nothing I know of comes close. Probably at a steady 60 mph you could go 600 miles to empty.

[fanaudical]

I had a C4 Audi 100, fwd (not Quattro ) that would average 28-30 mpg on the highway and it had the bigger than standard fuel tank (I put in 24 gallons once and still didn't have the low fuel light lit up yet). That car was one of the first couple hundred of the introductory production run and had some other weird features (like a really tall top gear). I had a couple of cross-state runs I did without a fillup.

[stevej37]

Nobody on here that drives a tanker truck that holds 10,000 gallons of gas??
At 10 mpg that would equal 100000 miles easily.