300 miles? The tank in my 1.6 VW Golf is 55 litres (12 imperial gallons) and I get between 420 and 500 miles out of a full tank (I get around 37mpg combined and

300 miles? The tank in my 1.6 VW Golf is 55 litres (12 imperial gallons) and I get between 420 and 500 miles out of a full tank (I get around 37mpg combined and 42mpg on highways). Do your cars generally use more fuel than European cars? Do automatic cars really affect the gas usage /that/ much?