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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DRW06
when the pump automatically stops, you can still squeeze at least 1 additional gallon.. if you want more miles...
more invisible miles, since you're just paying for gas you're pumping back into the nozzle
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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^^ .. EXACTLY
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by fastlane
im gettina a scion tc really soon i want to new how much it takes to filll the tank and also how log does it go to 0 to 60 in. on a stock tc
how much to fill he tank, you ask? depends on how empty the tank is to start with.

how fast from 0-60? depends on traffic, how hard you push the pedal, manual or automatic, uphill or downhill, what gear you start in... that sort of thing.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:25 PM
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The tank size should be 14.5.

Times $3 gas. Equals $43.50 a tank.

HWY mpg is 31. 449.5 miles
I think City is 23 mpg. 333.5 miles

* correct my math if you may *
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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yes i know the tank is 14.5 but who really puts 14.5 gallons in? I fill up everytime when the yellow lite comes on and it is about 12.5 gallons...
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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I don't get this post at all...

seems kinda straightforward....

good luck trying running the tank down enough to get 14.5 in it 13.5 or so is the lowest I've ever gotten, and going around the last corner, she almost died on me.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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DRW06 wrote:
when the pump automatically stops, you can still squeeze at least 1 additional gallon.. if you want more miles...


more invisible miles, since you're just paying for gas you're pumping back into the nozzle
i meant manually pouring and me watching the flow of gasoline... ya know
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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if you put in 14.5 gallons.. you must've been pushing your car into the station.. at which then you're stupid for running out of gas.


and DO NOT TOP OFF YOUR TANK

http://www.epa.gov/donttopoff/
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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EPA.... Darn Envirnmental People... Good points though... I like my car too much to risk fuel dripping down the side...

PLUS... I live in one of two lovely states where for some insane reason, it is illegal to pump your own gas... so I have to sit in my car and gamble that some minimum wage hack doesn't smack the nozzle into my car or drip fuel down the side.... Lame State of Mine.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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i remember when i was in Oregon and I stopped at a gas station. I got out and starting go and pump. This guy came nad started yelling at me! I was like what the hell does he want? I am sure they get that alot with out of staters. he understood though. I never heard such a thing when I did it and I thought, how crazy is this.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Isn't NJ the same?
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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i am not from NJ. I from Rochester NY...far from them

but i think you are right though
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I'm a stupid west coaster... I tought NY and NJ were neighbors...
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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yeah.. it may have been in NJ...

i just remember stopping by somewhere on the east coast on a road trip one time and then this one guy came up to pump my gas.. it felt so damn weird..... full service.... weird...
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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^^ double true.

Do you spend more money overall by filling up more often throughout the week or not if you fill it up once a week?
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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depends...is the gas station out of the way?
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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yep, oregon and new jersey are the only 2 states by law that a full service be required at a gas station. i'm from oregon by the way and i just recently went to NJ to visit some family and they're like that too.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by tcKing
Do you spend more money overall by filling up more often throughout the week or not if you fill it up once a week?
depends on the price of gas that day... i'd say.
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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$2.37 per gallon last night in south Jersey
Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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WOW - imma drive to jersey and fill up!



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