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Before everyone thinks that switching to the EMS might be a way to get better gas mileage I crunched some numbers to figure how long it would take for it to pay for itself and it was a really long time..... I'll post the numbers when I find them.
I crunched a little myself. At $3.00 a gallon for gas, 10,000 miles a year, and $5000 for a turbo setup... if I went from 28 mpg to 33 mpg, it'd pay for itself in just over 30 years
Thanks for the input. I actually get about 25-27 mpg and this is 50/50 city/highway driving. I dont push my car 100% of the time but I would have to say I rev it up pretty high at least once every time I am in the car - I dont expect that to make a major difference in the mpg though.
For some reason though, I used to get closer to 300 miles on a tank and now I'm only getting about 250. I havent really changed my driving style. Does humidity make a difference? I have moved recently to a more humid location and I am wondering if the air filter absorbs some humidity and that is affecting the mileage. Any thoughts?
The official specs say that the tank is 50 litres or 13.2 gallons. I have driven it down to zero bars left which would indicate I am on reserve and then filled up only about 11 gallons. Over 2 gallons reserve seem high don't you think?
Also, how often do you need to change a fuel filter?
Here is the futility of fuel economy mods .... It basically says, that if something costs $200 and you want to recover your cost in 10,000 miles, it had better give you an average of 5 mpg better than the stock S otherwise it's not worth it. That's about 30 mpg as the stock S is rated at 25 mpg on the highway.
09-20-2005, 07:45 AM
