Re: (Slightly OFF-Topic) Neon 2.0 Fuel mileage

From: Ronald Taylor (scsilverdakdml@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 11:11:19 EST


I've been doing the same thing.........I reset the trip mileage meter when I
pull in to fuel up and fill the tank then watch the gauges as the mileage
goes up and the fuel level drops.

Then I can calculate the actual figure..........

I've had 4 Dakota's and I got acustomed to mileage figures working with a 22
gallon tank......I figured the Neon has a 10 Gallon tank before Bernd
pointed out it has a 12 gallon.

That would increase my figures to the high teens to low 20's in these winter
temps.

Ron
01' Dakota Sport RC 3.9...
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From: Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: (Slightly OFF-Topic) Neon 2.0 Fuel mileage
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:02:30 -0500

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:59:32 -0500, Ronald Taylor
<scsilverdakdml@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I picked up a 03' Neon with a 2.0 to drive to and from work and the
> ocassional Run to Wal-mart thinking I might get a little better
> Mileage.......
>
> What I'm Getting is about 100-125 miles to 3/4 tank of gas which is worse
> than my 99' 5.2....
>
> How big of a FUEL tank is in these cars?.........what kind of realistic
> Mileage will this thing actually get?

What's your actual mileage, calculated by miles between fill-ups
divided by # of gallons pumped?

I fill the Acclaim about as often as I was filling the Dak (doing the
same commute), with a gas tank 8 gallons smaller. Actually, I can
sometimes manage one "leg" longer than the Dak, upwards of 350
miles/fill (3.5 days) on the Acclaim vs. 300/fill (3 days) on the Dak.
  Acclaim's getting 25+ MPG.

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