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R55 Any justa owners hit 600 miles in a tank?

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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 04:13 PM
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It takes patience, and courage too... I keep running to a 600 mile pace and then chickening out before I hit the mark. Last tank went 545 miles on 12.8 gallons which would have taken me over the 600 mark if I had been willing to risk it. One of these days...
i have put 14.5 gallons in my tank, FWIW. You've got some margin there to play with.

Of course that's easy when I mostly drive in an area where I'm never more than a few miles from fuel. If I lived in the central or western states it'd be another story...
 
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 04:02 AM
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Auto-pilot

Good luck with that auto-pilot on your trip to Nebraska. I think too many people do that on a regular basis...
 
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 06:40 AM
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good luck with that auto-pilot on your trip to nebraska. I think too many people do that on a regular basis...
lol...
 
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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 06:10 AM
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!!

I did 612 miles, filled up with 13.9 gallons. No candy corns on the fuel gauge.. stress meter through the roof..

sigh... im never trying that again... I rolled through every light... ugh.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 07:43 AM
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I thought the cars have a 13.2 gallon tank
 
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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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I thought the cars have a 13.2 gallon tank
thats what the manual says, but I routinely fill up with 13.7, 13.9, 14.1 once!

Wife and I just went on a long trip, --- showed on the distance till empty and she filled with 14.5!!!!
 
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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Redhotz
I thought the cars have a 13.2 gallon tank
13.2 gallons, plus a reserve of 2.1. So you've got 15.3 gallons. Try not to use up that last gallon, it's not so good for the fuel pump

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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by shipjumper
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!!

I did 612 miles, filled up with 13.9 gallons. No candy corns on the fuel gauge.. stress meter through the roof..

sigh... im never trying that again... I rolled through every light... ugh.
You rule! I feel you on the stress meter...

Cheers,

Charlie
 
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cmt52663
You rule! I feel you on the stress meter...

Cheers,

Charlie
Thanks! Hey, are you in CT, have you or do you auto-x at CART in bristol? I used to auto-x with them...
 
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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Thanks! Hey, are you in CT, have you or do you auto-x at CART in bristol? I used to auto-x with them...
Nope - I am north of Boston and run with the New England Region of the SCCA.

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 05:16 AM
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yeah, im north of Boston too... We call it VT..
 
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