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**UPDATE** ok so 2 days ago my car was on the empty line... so i decide to filler-up... b4 i did i checked the trip odometer to see how many miles i put on the tank... it read 335 miles... i NEVER went over 300 miles on a full tank... so i did the math and i still average 24-25mpg... so i actually had 14+ gallons of gas in my car at one time... when i filled up, it filled just like the usual, 10-11 gallons... that 14+ gallon tank lasted me almost 2 weeks... wierd stuff u guys!!!

 
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If you drove 335 miles and you re-filled with 10 gallons, then you would of averaged 33.5 mpg. 335/10 = 33.5

I think you should try a different gas station. Sounds like their pumps arent calibrated correctly and are ripping people off. I seriously doubt that you have a larger tank.

 
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i NEVER gotten over 300 miles to a full tank EVER.... i ALWAYS averaged 24-25mpg, no more no less....

 
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damn I didnt realize how many of you actually worry about your gas mileage, I could care less. The only time I would worry would be if I had to fill up like twice a day on little driving or something.

 
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Maybe I even have an issue...13.2 gallons or not, I drove 20 miles with the gas light on, the needle was in below the red, and it only took 10.5 gallons to fill. I NEVER have to put more than 9.5 gallons in on a regular fill up, and I still do about 300 miles. Should I have honda check my gas gauge? -BTW, I have an 02 EX 5-spd

 
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I think you should be averaging around 28 to 32 mpg, unless you drive your car hard. You don't have a larger tank than anyone else, like someone mentioned earlier, the pump meter is probably way off. Plus never "top off" your tank, as soon as the pump clicks off don't try to squeeze any more gas into the tank just to round off the total price, just hang it up and pay the odd amount ( example: $14.32).

Try using a different gas station for the next couple months, and divide the gallon amount into the total miles on your last fill up. After you've done this for around 6 fill ups add up all the milage and gas used and divide the totals to get a over all MPG average.

 
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^ i agree with this, fVcking gas stations....bastards...i think they are rigged

 
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why dont you guys try testing the pump by measuring gas with a gas can?

 
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too much work with a gas can...

 
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the gas station is definatly ripping u and others off

 
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That's crazy.

 
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the gas station DIDN'T rip me off...i got about 335miles to that tank... when i should have gotten 250-260miles on a regular 11.x gallon fill-up... i understand that our tanks cant hold more than say about 13gallons... but when it filled up to 13.815 PLUS the gas that was still left in the tank, nothing leaked out... i dont know how it happened... alll i know it hasnt happened yet again....

 
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Okay wait a second here: If you got 335 miles on 11+ gallons of gas then you were averaging aroung 30mpg, which is very normal for a Civic. (335 miles ÷ 11 gallons = 30.45mpg)

If its only happened once is it possible you were reading the amount of dollars on the pump instead of the gallon amount? Don't laugh because I've done this, and I've seen it happen many times when I worked at a gas station.

 
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guys, there is an overflow tank on gas tanks

 
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No there isn't, now there's a over flow tube, so if you over fill your tank, gas will spill all over the ground. I've never heard of a overflow tank on any car and I was a ASE cerified mechanic for 10 years.

There is a over flow tank on most radiators on cars.

 
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its not a tank per se, but there is a little chamber i guess, the tube you are speaking of is probably the same thing i am thinking of

 
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once i was on E for like 50 miles and i filled up my tank at a 76, and i put in about 13.3 galons

 
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You were ½ gallon away from running out of gas, didn't your "low fuel" light come on?

 
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yea, but i was in the middle of BFE and i didn't see any gas stations and i was with a bunch of other cars so i couldn't really stop

 
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Actually, if he put in 13.3, he had less than half a gallon. Our tanks 13.2 ... he probably had a block and a half left distance-wise... if that pump was accurate, that is.

 
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so what if it was too much gas....$29 where the hell do you live and how expensive is gas?!?

 
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I had a similar problem a few months ago. I went to a Chevron and filled up my tank. I like to keep track of the amount of money I spend on gas a month so i always get receipts. About 5 days later I went to a Texaco to fill up and the gas was the same price as the Chevron I went to earlier that week. According to the Texaco, I put more gas in my car there than I did at the Chevron, but I paid more at the Chevron.