One and ONLY gas mileage thread please

[mkelly984]

I don't do enough long distance driving to really worry about it, this was mainly a curiosity deal of or me due to a one time quick trip. I doubt with my little 7 mile round trip to and from work this would pay off.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Who cares....for those that do, buy a Prius.

 

[mkelly984]

I don't care, good gas mileage is for the wife's car. Just thought I'd shard what I thought to be an interesting observation.

 

[SilentShooter]

I will say 99% of the time I really do not care about MPG. Now when I am on a Long road trip I do not mind simple things to get me a little extra in the MPG department. If I was driving from FL to CA and I could tape up lets say half the grill to get an extra 2mpg then I might do it on a trip like that, as on a 2700 mile each leg trip 13 vs 15mpg would save you about 30 gallons of gas each way almost saving you one full fill up on each leg. Outside of a 5000+ mile trip I don't care about my MPG

 

[lka]

I noticed .02 gain with premium and I may be crazy but it seems to idle better, the clicking stopped. I'll keep running it for now on.

Funny story, when I was test driving the thing and making small talk with the sales guy I asked what the mpg was his reply "uhh um, guys that buy these things don't worry about mpg" lol.

In all reality it really isn't that bad not much worse then the EB, better then the Mercedes GL.

 

[SilentShooter]

If you are driving 60k miles a year then MPG could be important for you. I almost had my parents buying a G wagon but when my mom saw the MPG she no longer wanted it. I laughed at her. I told her who cares about MPG when you are spending 100K+ on a vehicle.

The H2 was just as bad on the MPG. Simple fact is no matter what engine they put in when you have 35" tires you are going to give up MPG with all the weight. I would love to see someone put a set of LT tires on a raptor and drive it on the highway and see what it gets, just to know. I bet you pick up 1.5mpg

 

[Sage]

I put 3400 miles on last month in one trip. Most was 70mph when legal. I averaged 16.2 on the trip computer.

My trucks main readout has never been reset. 22,000 or so miles and it's at 15.2 and over 5000 of those miles were towing, either a loaded car trailer or a loaded 14' cargo trailer. Quite a bit of the towing was also at 70mph (probably about 3100). I should also note the area, mountains not flat.

 

[TheJoker]

I noticed improved mpg when I open the moon roof slightly as well as the rear slider. It's not practical in the winter though. Maybe, tape in the winter, spring, and fall, and moon roof in the spring, summer, and fall. Not too concerned, with fuel prices at $2.50/gal.

 

[SilentShooter]

I set my Cruise control between 80 and 85mph most of the time and at that speed I can get about 13 to 13.5 mpg with nothing in front of me.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

yeah, gas has gotten cheaper recently. i wonder why though.