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Replying to: tfelton (Aug 20, 2008 11:38 am) I'm getting between 280 and 360 miles to a full tank of gas. That means, I fill up - To the top!, and fill up again, after the fuel light has come on, and that's what I'm averaging. It gets a bit better on the highway - 435 is the best I've got on a tank of gas so far. I'm averaging 16.5 gallons to each fill up or about 26 MPG at the best, and between 17 and 22 on average. The dash says everything from 10.3 MPG to 28.7 MPG. Not what I was hoping for, but it is what it is. I will be taking a long trip coming up here in a few weeks, so I'll get a better handle on highway mileage then. The trip will have me driving to South Carolina via I95, so it won't be stop and go traffic. I do have a heavy foot, so my mileage will be based on 5 - 15 OVER the posted speed limits during the trip. The car, a 2008 Avalon Touring model, will have had it's first oil change just weeks before the trip. The car has 3700 miles on it now, and likely around 4,000 by the time I head out. I love the car, just not the gas mileage. And this from someone who's NEW Avalon has been in the shop several times for issues. The left front drive axle was replaced yesterday. The VSH sensor had to be replace, the spoiler is lose and the right side axle may need to be replaced, not to mention the car doesn't have a coin tray (a side joke folks). Damn, I might be talking myself into buying a (better / different) new car, maybe a Mercedes, Genesis, G35 Infinity, Lexus E350??? Skip
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Replying to: ncee (Feb 14, 2009 5:38 am) Jamie
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Replying to: jpm1908 (Feb 14, 2009 9:11 am) The original post on this subject had to do with only being able to get 16 gallons of gas into the tank when the "low fuel indicator" was on. |
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I'm a bit surprised as well. Maybe even more disappointed then surprised. I guess more rthen anything - it bounces all over the place, 245 Miles to the tank, 320 miles to the tank, 278 miles to the tank, 435 miles to the tank. As I mentioned before, I always wait until the fuel light has come on, and even then I'll drive another 20 40 miles before putting any gas in. I do this so I can always try and get about the same gallons in the tank each time. I'd say I get between 15.8 and 16.9 gallons in the tank at each fill up. There has been one road trip where I got only 15 gallons in the tank, and it said I had gone 453 miles so far. That was a good day. Again, I'll be heading out in a few weeks and should get a pretty good idea as to my MPG then. Now here's hoping it's not to cold, or stormy, as that will change the MPG a fair amount. Skip
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Replying to: ncee (Feb 15, 2009 4:32 am) At the end of March my wife and I have to go on a trip east of the Mississippi and cover about 3,500 to 4,000 miles. We haven't been in that direction with the Avalon yet so I will be interested in the mpgs. I don't really like driving in that part of the country with all the traffic, etc. Once you get east of Memphis it's a different world. I like the west where you can have hundreds of miles of flat nothing. |
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I'll have to try and and remember to post the results before you leave. My trip is from March 11th - 16th. I should put on around 2,500 miles, 980 each way, via the highway, and the balance driving around the area I'm visiting. Skip
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| This is an interesting situation ... also scared heck out of me. This morning at 4:00 a.m. I took my wife to the airport. I arrived back in my area about 6:30 a.m. ... low beams on, running lights on, radio on, navigation on, cruise control on but not being used. It was foggy and I missed my intersection by about 100 feet, so I stopped, put the Avalon in reverse and zipped backward. I got within 20 feet of the intersection, starting to touch the brakes lightly, and all my electrical systems died ... lights off, engine stopped ... pushed everything and the car stayed dead. Meanwhile on this dark street cars were stopping a couple of feet behind me, and I was getting more nervous. Finally the car started and has been running properly since. I took it to the service man at the local Toyota dealership. He didn't have a clue about what could have happened. He offered to take the Avalon into the shop and look it over, but we both understood he didn't expect to find anything, so I came home. It was like the car had a circuit breaker that popped and then reset itself ... took a couple of minutes. I have never had a car's electrical system turn off everything in the middle of a street. I'm posting this note in case I'm not the only guy in the world with a strange Avalon elecrical system. | |
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Replying to: fmfl (Feb 17, 2009 10:27 am) Just curious but, is the one-touch opening/closing for your front power windows and moonroof working? When power was restored, did you notice if you briefly get a MIL on the dash? thx. Amaury ’08 Limited
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Replying to: fmfl (Feb 17, 2009 10:27 am) BTW, the vehicle is an 08 Avalon LTD with about 9,800 miles. |
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| Had my 07 Avalon on an inclined driveway recently. The car was in drive, but I wanted to look at something so I just took my foot off the gas and let the car creep backwards 6'-8' feet. At that point the engine just died and the car sorta lurched to a stop. It took me a few seconds to figure out what had happened. After putting the trans in park, I restarted the vehicle, but it was a little reluctant to fire up immediately. | |
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