There is no way for me to avoid gas pump shock, my truck is 5.5 months old and I have about 30,000 km on it, I get shocked about twice a week sometimes.Originally Posted by ZR
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There is no way for me to avoid gas pump shock, my truck is 5.5 months old and I have about 30,000 km on it, I get shocked about twice a week sometimes.
Lotz of driving.
Good, that's what I was looking for. So in your routine driving of the truck, you avg about 14.2L/100km.
That overall, longer term average is what people should be comparing, imo, if they wish to make any comparisons at all. And obviously that average will be dependent upon your driving style, terrain, wheel/tire combo, city/hwy, etc.
I've been off for the last 5 days. My economy has gone down because I've been driving more around town as opposed to my regular highway commute. It normally reads 13.2 or slightly lower. It's now at 13.3L/100. I haven't reset this for about 1 month.
13.2 is really good compared to mine, most of my driving is Hwy but i do drive the truck hard most of the time. I think I could get close to your mpa if I took it easyGood, that's what I was looking for. So in your routine driving of the truck, you avg about 14.2L/100km.
That overall, longer term average is what people should be comparing, imo, if they wish to make any comparisons at all. And obviously that average will be dependent upon your driving style, terrain, wheel/tire combo, city/hwy, etc.
I've been off for the last 5 days. My economy has gone down because I've been driving more around town as opposed to my regular highway commute. It normally reads 13.2 or slightly lower. It's now at 13.3L/100. I haven't reset this for about 1 month.
^^^I don't think resetting your fuel mileage counter each time you fill up or once a month should have any effect on your trucks overall fuel mileage...
I don't hypermile (ask some of the guys here, I used to like to see how far I could go on a tank based on my driving habits), but I don't drive too hard either. I'm fairly easy off the lights and do about 20 over in the 80 and 100 limits. I generally stick to the limit around town tho.
If you're filling up every two weeks, maybe no. But if you're filling up once a week, the end average after that one week might not completely reflect your driving habits or commuting routine. Like, if I were to have just worked all this past week and done all my driving on the highway, my avg would quite likely be a few points lower. But mix in days off, days on, some highway and some city, it would be a more accurate reflection of my actual real world fuel economy.
The supercab 4x4 2.7L Turbo F150 I had just over a year ago did high 11's, low 12's on avg. It was peppy as hell too when I put my foot into it. That was a great motor.
^ I just mean, say you drive for a month straight and filled up 5 times and you didn't reset and you ended up with 13/100
take that exact same month and you reset the calculator everytime you fueled up, your still going to end up with 13/100
Resetting the counter had nothing to do with your driving habits or what mileage the vehicle got...does this make sense, or only in my head?
and I get really good fuel mileage but I also drive like a little bitch most of the time LMAO
Although I will say, it's fun to open the taps getting on the hwy sometimes...I'm impressed with how fast these trucks actually are!!
I don't know. My head hurts. You Dodge guys...
LOL
GR's complicated way of saying: the number on the dash is irrelevant.
IMO, the only relevant measure of a vehicle's mileage is highway on a long trip. City or mixed driving is WAY to dependent on multiple factors that will affect mileage.
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