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shatto
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Monday, May 22, 2006
Concord to Novato. Picked up 20 boxes at 509 pounds, took them to Sacramento. Stopped in Vaccaville on return for gas.
166 freeway miles. 21.6 MPG.
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craig
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5/24/2006
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how fast were you going
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shatto
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5/24/2006
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Cruise Control, needle just on the low side of the 65 hash-mark. (Just above, MPG is lower.)
A/C on.
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Scott C
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5/24/2006
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thats not bad..... but i cant do under 65.... i like to get where im going without taking to much time.... now when im going to ocean city md i set the cruise control and i can get about 350-375 miles to the gallon but in return im traveling back up hill so of course it takes more gas.... but getting there i use almost a half tank and thats outta 22 gallon tank and theres times with my foot it seems that my truck drinks it like a fish in water...
Scott C
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StathiB
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5/25/2006
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I just filled up here in Toronto after driving 176 KM in the city...Only had to put 24.5 Litres!!!! It worked out to be a shade over 20 MPG :):)....This is an all time best for me in all city and this was even with the new E10 gas they implemented.
Good Luck Guys
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craig
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5/25/2006
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what kind of gas mileage do yall get regular daily driving? any of yall have lifted trucks? i was thinkin about liftin mine 3 inches and puttin 33's on there..but i dont want to take the mileage shot cause i do alot of driving. as it stands its a ext cab 3.9 dakota sport 4x4
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shatto
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5/26/2006
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Friday, May 26, 2006
Picked up 1200 lbs at Concord,CA. Delivered in Modesto. 84.4 miles. Drove empty to Livermore and gassed up.
65 MPH on cruise, A/C on.
124 miles, 5.380 gallons, 23 Miles Per Gallon.
Right!
Since; May 22 (Above):
May 23...299mi....15.516gl.......19.3mpg
May 24...151mi.....8.135gl.......18.6mpg
May 25...220mi....12.032gl.......18.3mpg
May 26...178mi.....9.829gl.......18.1mpg
The 23 mpg represents 99% highway driving.
More important, I only trust the averages. I always add a little after the pump clicks off, when filling up. I've had times when I did this, drove away and discovered the needle on 3/4.
Craig,
The reason I did all this is so you can see how I calculate the city driving;
I am a courier, driving in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Even the freeway driving is in traffic going to city streets, etc.
Scott C.
The way you drive is why God made Cruise Control.
Pretend you are old.
Think of all those people risking a speeding ticket, but not you.
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Matt G.
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5/27/2006
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1993 Dodge Dakota with 50mm F&B Throttle body Magnaflow Muffler, MSD Ignition, Splitfire spark plugs gappd to .055", K and N Air Filter, Ported Heads, KRC Cam, Port matched intake manifold, 5speed tranny, JBA Cramic coated headers, JBA y pipe 3.55 diff., 180 degree thermostat, Proform electric fan, Amsoil fluids in engine, tranny and diff., Mopar Perf. PCM. 203rwhp. 22 to 24 mpg city, 28 to 30 mpg freeway. This truck weighs 3800 lbs and will do a 15.5sc quarter mile.
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Matt G.
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5/27/2006
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Forgot to mention fiber glass bed cover. The E key on my keyboard is going bad.
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Palmier
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5/27/2006
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I have a 91 dakota with about 260000 km on it and i do a lot of gravel road and highway driving here in saskatchewan, and i got about 23 miles to the gallon cause i drove 400 km on 48 liters, so that was 248 miles and about 10.6 gallons. I Didnt think this was that bad, i want to get a K&N air filter and sythetic fluids, this was with the AC on too. I also have a Fiberglass lorider topper on it its a 3.9 liter, is this bad or average, how can i improve it?
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Dave S.
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5/29/2006
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1996 Regular Cab v6 Auto Stock 11 mpg city and 16 mpg freeway.
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IowaSQ
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5/29/2006
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so i took a trip of ~1300 miles last week and decided to do some unofficial testing..here's the breakdown...
2000 CC 3.9
On the way there..36psi(cold), ~200lbs of randomness in the bed...cruise off most of the time, 70-75mph avg., AC off(it was like 55-60ambient)
fuel stop1: 15.4 gal/310miles = ~19.5
stop 2: 14.6gal/ 294miles = ~20.1
(stop 1 used Iowa's great 89corn gas, #2 was 'normal' 89)
return trip
39psi cold, cruise set to 65, AC off, ~400lbs in the bed
stop1: 16.1gal/374 = ~23.2
stop 2: 15.2gal/383 = ~25.2
both of these were 'normal' 89....
conclusion? slightly higher tire pressure and slowing down a bit added 15-20%....
oddly enough, every time i filled up, the gauge didn't even move for the first 100-120miles, then it dropped like a rock.
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Shatto
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5/29/2006
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IowaSQ,
You gave yourself away, telling about the gas gauge waiting until most of the gas was gone then dropping like a rock. Chevys do that.
Used to , anyway.
Matt G,
It would help to know where you get all this great MPG.
Example; I rented a loaded 4X4 Surban in New Mexico, and it got well over 23MPG at 70MPH. I asked and nobody here in California gets anywhere near that. I think it's the gas.
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Trevor
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5/29/2006
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Hey, Palmier which type of gallons did you use? One imperial gallon is 1.2009 US gallons. Most of these guys would be using US gallons.
I'm from Manitoba, i drive a little bit of gravel, city and highway and i get 14mpg. I'm definately not a granny driver.
1999 Extended Cab 31x10.5r15 tires 4x4 3.9 3.92 gears V8TB
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Dan M
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5/29/2006
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My old 95 SLT CC 4x4 3.9L auto got up to 25 on highway. The 25mpg was driving 60mph (speed limit 55) up US 31 from indianapolis IN to south bend IN. I had a tonneau cover on it.
When I traded it in at 167k miles i was getting 17-18mpg combined. all stock except edelbrock air hat, K&N filter and autolight plugs and wires.
I usually averaged just under 20 to just over 21 on long highway trips driving 70-75.
- Dan M
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Matt G.
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5/30/2006
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I live in Texas, most of my driving is on flat land and warm temperatures. I think this makes a difference. I have taken my truck to visit friends who moced to Colorado and my mileage will drop an average of 2 or 3 mpg.
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Palmier
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Hey trevor,
Yea i just realized im using imperial, so heres the new figures:
so i drove 400km, or 248 miles, and i used 48 liters or 12.68 gallons so that is 12 lietrs per 100 km, or 19.55 mpg , im definatly not a granny driver either, lol, but im slowing down gas prices are killing me
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Shatto
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6/07/2006
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Sure would be interesting to take into account the wind. Just occurred to me to mention I have a long bed with a high shell.
Just returned from taking 1100 pounds of political mailings from the printer in San Jose to the Main Post Office (near LAX) Los Angeles.
Topped off in Gilroy. Filled in Van Nuys, Topped in Bakersfield and filled home in Concord, East of Oakland.
68 MPH-cruise, A/C........21.4 MPG. Going down.
(98 degrees in LA, 76 degrees in truck)
78 MPH-cruise, A/C........17.6 MPG from Bakersfield, back up I-5. Some headwind. Empty.
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N56629
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6/07/2006
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Wind certainly makes a difference on a one-way trip. Round trip it averages out. Increased head wind is pretty much like increased speed. The increased head wind increases drag.
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jackson
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Drove 121 miles, filled up with 5.3 gallons. Drove 139 miles, filled up with 6.1 gallons. Average gas milage is 22.8 mpg. That's with a custom exhaust, no a/c on, and driving 70 mph. I should mention the gas milage should be better than that on the highway. About 20 - 30 miles of the 260 miles was driving in town. Only cost me $120.00 for the cat, pipes, clamps, and muffler. I have much better performance and better gas milage. I was getting 17 - 19 mpg before. It'll only take me 4000 miles to pay for itself. No problem. I drive about 120 miles a day. So, that's like a little more than a month.
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