Miles per tank / not mpg
Originally Posted by boxingfan
Just curious what you guys are averaging per tank. MPG is great to know but what matters is how far you go before another $75 fill up. I am getting around 411 to 416 miles per tank but I drive like a grandpa. Anybody getting better/worse?
$3.06 here in Phoenix and stupid California oxygenated fuel to boot.
512 miles on 32 gallons in a 35.7 gallon tank all in town stop and go driving. I normally get about 1 MPG better when we switch to normal gasoline.
512 miles on 32 gallons in a 35.7 gallon tank all in town stop and go driving. I normally get about 1 MPG better when we switch to normal gasoline.
I've actually gotten quite good gas mileage in the right conditions... 80 degree day, wind at my back, downhill out of west texas. 2 partial tanks for the trip. I measure MPG from top-off to top-off.
First one I got 30.2MPG ... thought I miscalculated. It probably had a little fudge due to the way the truck was sitting on fill-up or something, so I doubt my MPG was actually that high.
Then my next top-off got 27MPG! I couldn't believe it since I couldn't have gotten a "favorable" fill like that 2 tanks in a row!
Haven't seen numbers anywhere near that since. That was with a brand new air filter, too.
I did get 18.2 MPG on my trip this last weekend.
That's with a 5.4L V8 and a cruising speed of about 76.
First one I got 30.2MPG ... thought I miscalculated. It probably had a little fudge due to the way the truck was sitting on fill-up or something, so I doubt my MPG was actually that high.
Then my next top-off got 27MPG! I couldn't believe it since I couldn't have gotten a "favorable" fill like that 2 tanks in a row!
Haven't seen numbers anywhere near that since. That was with a brand new air filter, too.
I did get 18.2 MPG on my trip this last weekend.
That's with a 5.4L V8 and a cruising speed of about 76.
I've never let mine tank get down to empty, I usually fill up around the 1/4 mark. I usually get about 320 - 330 miles by that point. I just drove down from TN today and got 393 miles (19.1 mpg) before I filled up. That was 100%highway miles. Most of my driving is mixed though and I average around 16 mpg. That's a 2006 SCREW 5.4L with 30 gal tank.


