Originally Posted by DavesX-fire

Schools been a b*tch, so my girlfriend and I are thinking about heading down to flordia (from michigan, its like 1100 miles) for spring break. We are planning to go camping at one of the state parks, we've done it before and it was great. What I am concerned about is the fuel economy of the drive. I did it a year ago (michigan to flordia and back) in a v8 dakota and got around 19 MPG which was steller for that truck (rarely broke 15mpg anytime). The window sticker of my X-fire says highway is 28mpg which is great, but running the numbers with a 15 gallon tank, that should give a range of about 420 miles, but I rarely get over 300 with a mix of highway and city driving, (conservative driving). Does city driving really hurt that much? or is just because I haven't run the car down to fumes? I try to fill up when the yellow light comes on. This drive would probably be around 75-80 mph average what should I expect?

PS, it looks like there is a red light next to the E on the fuel gauge, does that light up when its dead empty?


Hoping to get a tan

Davesx-fire