Fuel Question

[Type S]

Heres the deal. The specs for a 2002 type s are as follows: 9.7L/100kms. The type s has a 50 litre tank. So if you do the math i should get a maximum of 500kms per tank driving the car easy. Which I do not normally do all the time. But I decided to fill her up and baby it for an entire tank of gas. The best i could get was 350kms. Is this normal or do car companies just exagerate about gas consumption to make the car look better. Anybody have a oppinion or simular comparision.

[crazy_canuck]

Depends on your driving style (lots of revving and VTECing = lower mileage) and if you do city driving. Its not an exaggeration as this rating was done my the Canadian Ministry or Transport and its not rare for me to hit 500KM a tank but I only occasionally redline and its almost all highway.

[Type S]

Ya i'm sure if I did all highway driving i'd see better results too. Small town = not much highway driving. Anyways, its still pretty good milelage for a car like this i guess.

[crazy_canuck]

If you drove another car in this segment with the same driving style you'd get even worse mileage. My RSX gets mileage almsot as good as my old 1.5L Protege.

[RSX-S777]

...that is f*cking hilarious...

Best avatar debut EVER!

[Type S]

What is hilarious.

[Type S]

Ya i guess its still pretty good ecspecially considering the the performance you get out of this car. I was spoiled driving a civic all these years.

[crazy_canuck]

He was talking about my avatar.

Glad you like it, S777.

[mason_RsX]

I dont check automotive forums for 4 days and canucks got a Clay Aiken avatar! hahahaha only in the rsx forum

[RSX-S777]

Not only is it a Clay Aiken av...but the title of the CD is "MEASURE OF A MAN"...

how the hell do we top that?

[crazy_canuck]

Haha yeah I know, I laughed as soon as I saw the title. I'm guessing for him we'd have to use fractions of an inch. Or maybe negatives.

[SwiftAddictions]

it is times like these that I wish I could see the avs... sigh ...