Gas Mileage Experiment

[Zoich]

Swisstype, do you have a 4.8 or a 3.0? I am jealous. I may give this a try. As my daily driver (4.8), I am getting 14.7 miles to the gallon..
I do have the third row seat, is that really that heavy?
rh71, if the 3.0 gets only 15.7 miles to the gallon, may be I don't feel so bad...

[rh71]

Originally Posted by Zoich

Swisstype, do you have a 4.8 or a 3.0? I am jealous. I may give this a try. As my daily driver (4.8), I am getting 14.7 miles to the gallon..
I do have the third row seat, is that really that heavy?
rh71, if the 3.0 gets only 15.7 miles to the gallon, may be I don't feel so bad...

It's really weird... when I drove up and down the road to the train station exclusively for nearly a full tank, like 2mi. a day, lots of red lights, I was only getting 12.7mpg. Now I'm still doing that (it really hurts) but also doing like 50mi. highway on the weekends and getting that nearly 16mpg "mixed". If I did majority highway (like working somewhere other than home) I'm sure it'd push 18+...

[swisstype]

First off, I have the 4.8. Next, I live in South Bend, IN, so the "City" driving is more "around town." I have the luxury of going maybe 1/2 mile at minimum before I have to stop normally. On ething that I have been focusing on is not mashing the pedal to start and giving myself plenty of coast when I see a yellow or red light. So far I am right about 17.0 mpg and my MPH Avg is 28.2, so I am not getting the highway miles to offset this. I will post some pics.
And yes, it is B O R I N G!