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Otherwise, I just run errands and pick up my son from school.
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Normally get somewhere a little north of 250 miles under normal use before the low fuel light dinks on.
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What miles are you guys seeing per tank? Highest/average?
So far my average mixed tanks of city+ highway were in 300-370 mile range.
Highest tank I got to date was last Sunday, I ended up with 445 miles. This was not hyper-miling either, mostly 85MPH+. I was driving on flat I-10 to and from Tombstone, and on the way back I played with E55k for a while sitting at 130MPH+ on few occasions.
I now believe that 500 miles to the tank is possible. I will try to restrain myself at one point and drive straight at night at 70MPH in a Phoenix-Tuscon loop just to see how much past 500 miles I can squeeze.
Hi Kov,
That is awesome. My car runs like a champ, but, my gas mileage is awful. That being said, I am in stoplight hell. My trip to and from work is 19 miles round trip. In that trip, I have 13 stop lights each way - for a total of 26 lights. So, I could not have worse conditions for gas mileage. In addition, a lot of the roads are 35 miles per hour. That means if I don't want to lug around at 2000 rpm in 4th gear, I end up at like 2800-3200 in third at 8 miles per hour over the speed limit.
My gas mileage has been about 15 miles to the gallon......it is the only thing I don't love about my 996.
I will admit that I do get spirited between lights at times, but, not every time. If I totally took away the joy of driving the car, I could probably squeeze out another mile or two per gallon.
Take care,
Ray
23 in 50/50 Hwy/City and I run it to redline consistently once warm... all Highway trip returned 29... these results exceeded my expectations so I'm happy.
Slightly different situation since I'm in a 986S... but I only get about 50 miles per tank on the track. These engines are thirsty when you push 'em right!
Normally get somewhere a little north of 250 miles under normal use before the low fuel light dinks on. Don't think I've ever broken 300 miles.
Seenu,
That sounds like what I would get if I was on on the highway instead of in town. Not calling anyone inaccurate.....but the differences we see gas mileage between us is remarkable. I would assume most of us are keeping up with tire pressures and our cars run well. You woul think we would be pretty close on consumption.... Anyway...I agree with the smiles.....I never tire of the sound of the and how smooth she pulls.
Ray
It all depends on how you drive the car. Four years ago I was over 20 mpg in around town non highway driving. Now I'm lucky to get 18mpg. But I am having more fun!
If its possible to keep your foot out of it I am really impressed with the mpg's.
911- GT car. GT car goes places far away. Mileage is a huge consideration and a huge appeal of the 911. Porsche prides themselves on having their cars avoid the gas guzzler tax that hits almost all other high performance cars.
@ BAD.TAG, that is the ticket to high miles. On all of my cars I drive with cruise control on 95% of the time.
The torque of the engine is also very well matched to the rev range. My Acura constantly has to downshift when going up I17 on cruise, sometimes even to 3rd gear on very steep sections when doing 85MPH-90MPH. Porsche on the other hand, never breaks at a sweat. It sits right above 3k RPM at 90mph. Exquisite machine.
I'm a hypermiler so I care. Just 'cause I want a really nice performance car doesn't mean I don't appreciate some good fuel economy. That's why the Tesla S is sought after, it gives great performance on ZERO gas.
You paid a lot of money for a high performance sports car, presumably because of the high performance part; that performance is worthless if you don't take advantage of it. If mpg is your priority, you bought the wrong car.
If you're getting more than 20mpg out of your 996, you're driving it all wrong.
Guys,
I know it is high performance. I know it is going to burn gas.....I only ask the question because I am getting so far below what Porsche says I should get in town....I just want to know if something is wrong with my car. I don't want be bathing the cylinder walls in unburned fuel.
If everyone else was getting 14-16 miles per gallon in town.....I would just accept the fact that Porsche, like most manufacturers, publishes numbers better than reality.
Ray
Still exploring the capabilities of my "new" car.
Fuel economy, while an aspect of performance, is not yet on my horizion. I get basically 4-5 days on a tank, given my GF's location about 30min. away on mostly highway. Otherwise, I just run errands and pick up my son from school. That would be high-stoplight-density type driving. I do live in a semi-rural area so I get a fair amount of high rev driving in.
But, mostly, as I've said before, I run in a lower gear to keep the revs around 3k.
Purely anecdotal but that's why I'm on a message board and not publishing technical manuals.
TC
My Viper ACR would constantly net mileage around 27mpg on the highway and peaked at 30mpg. I know it's mostly gearing for that kind of mileage, but the 3.4-3.6 should come close for mundane driving.
A non-GT2/3/turbo 996 is not a high performance sports car. It's a good GT car, not a pure track-rat. So MPG matters.
LOL!
In general, people who own and drive their cars frequently do care about mpg. When I first picked up my Murci and found out that it would get 10mpg highway, I was irritated because my Viper would net nearly triple the mpg, and even my H1 would get better mpg (sold both for Lambo). It didn't stop me from putting a ton of miles on the car, but I did notice the fuel bills and I would find myself driving the 996 on long drives over the Lambo.
At what point do you start caring? 10 mpg? 5 mpg? Fact is it does matter.
We're not saying mpg is priority, we're saying it is a factor. A car that gets great performance out of less fuel is to be acknowledged. I'm sure most people who take their cars on longer races would agree too.
We're just wondering what the car is capable of. It's pretty impressive if it can almost match an economy car (from the same model years) even if you are babying it.
But presumably you buy a vehicle with the knowledge that it will perform within a certain range of values and only if there is a significant change in the norm is there something to be concerned about.
I have had my 996 for about 15k miles and it has never once gone under 20mpg no matter how I drive it. The best I ever got was just under 27 mpg.
It is really rare to see the low fuel light come on with less than 300 miles on the tank.
I usually look for gas without ethanol in it. Not sure if that makes a big difference or not.
Agree with sjfehr! The vast majority of my driving is in town. I have a Tip and drive it 100% in manual mode. I average about 13.5 mpg.
If I was concerned about mileage and my kids were old enough to sit in the front, I'd sell the 996 and buy the new Corvette which gets 29 mpg on the highway in econ mode. ;-)
Not that I care
but my last tank was roughly 18 mpg with the 50/50 mix of interstate and stoplight-intensive city streets. Mostly no shifting below 3000 rpm's and several forays above 5000 during each drive.
TC
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