I just cerently bought an 05' SRT4, and dang this car eats a lot of Gas. I thought it was suppose to be 22 on City and 30 on Highway. Imagine me putting full tank of gas, then in less than 200miles its about 3/4 of the way already. Is there anything wrong with my car or this is just normal, the gas is really getting killed fast. By the way my car has 700+ Milage, and driven normaly at the moment. Thanks guys.
My 05' Eats a Lot of Gas!!!
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. After you get more miles your MPG will go up. And do not try to baby the car, you will just bog it and waste more gas 
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Thats normal. I get around 20 mpg, 18 if I get on it alot. I get about 180 miles to the 1/4 full line. After that you can get another 50 miles pretty easy. When the gas light starts blinking at you, consider yourself warned.
I fill up at 1/4 tank, and its only about 9 to 9.5 gallons. The car gets reasonable gas mileage. Keep the engine in the 1800 -3200 rpm range and don't depress gas pedal more than a hair. (stays out of boost) You might get 24 -30 mpg.
If the cost of gas is an issue, I would suggest getting a different car. I knew in advance the amount of $$$ I spend on gas was going to double. I was getting 29mpg in my old car on 87 octane. Now I get 19 with 91 octane. The price you pay for boost... its so worth it.
If you really want good gas mileage put 87 in your tank. the PCM will pull boost and timing so quick you'll have no option but to go slow and use less fuel. I *HIGHLY* reccomend NOT doing this though.
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so do the 04s... and the 03s.
I get 180 when hits the red avg. cant stay out of it. oh well. 20k mi
I get 180 when hits the red avg. cant stay out of it. oh well. 20k mi
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after the welfare exhaust, i get about 20 more miles per quarter tank than before....should be around 280 per tank now
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here we go again.......... now its the new '05 gas consumption threads
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I get about 190-200 miles to the tank on my 05'. So this is normal for normal driving and it will get better after 1000+ miles? I only have 500 miles on the car right now.
Dealership says 12000 miles to break the engine in fully. Expect a significant improvement in mileage when you get over 2000, after that, it improves gradually - almost not noticably. My spec V had a similar break-in period. By the end of it I was getting 24 mpg city driving, even tho I was getting 16-18 at first.
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Non Linear gas gauge
Have you actually refilled and calculated the mileage AFTER a previous fillup? Early cars like the 03's had a non linear gauge that makes you think it's using gas quickly at the TOP of the gauge range but then tapers off later. Do a fillup again, note mileage, drive, refillup and calculate. Probably better than you think because of that non linearity. Hope so, anyway. I noticed same thing on my first few tanks, but when I calculated mileage it was nominal. :clap:R8V3N said:
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