Hey guys hows it going, I have a 97 ES300 I get about 25mpg maybe 24.4 or so.
I refill my tank when it gets to half so it doesnt seem like it is putting that deep of a hit on my wallet or card :) When you go to refill the gas, the pump clicks when it is getting full. So you let it go down a little bit and maybe you get another half-gallon in the tank; and you stop pumping when you can see the gas, you know. If I stop when I see the gas the first time I can only go about 170 miles until i get to a half a tank (city driving keeping RPM's under 2250; or the first line after the 2000mark) If I slowly pump gas the entire time I am refilling the tank I can go 260miles give or take until I get to the half tank mark. Anyone know why this is? I have been pondering it for quite sometime...
Now both times wheather or not I pump the gas slow or fast, when I go to refill the following time i can only put in maybe 10gallons at the most,which would lead me to believe that their is nothing wrong with the gauge, because in reality a half tank is 9.2 gallons~ so it is a little off. But what I am not understanding is how pumping my gas slow or fast can make so much of a difference? I mean if i get 260miles for a half tank that comes out to be about 500miles a tank of gas? that doesnt seem right to me.
This is a little out of left field im sure your thinking after reading this; but can anyone shed some light on this situation? or has anyone had the same exspreience? Thanks in advance guys.
P.S: Also what is a good cold air intake system out there for lexus? K&N I just always thought of was for perfomance cars, or geared to them anyhow; I dont see the es as a perfomance car :)
Thanks Again