oh.... so not only are you talkin about the lighter truck, on highway mileage only... but the manual trannie? yeah... id believe it.... granny footer!!!!!!!

 

last i checked i was getting right at 10 and its dropped since the coldness has set in. another member on here told me to x that by 1. something (cant quite remember now) to compensate for bigger tires.

I baby the truck as much as possible, only 5 mile drive to work


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1998 5.4L - best tank 425 miles with a 25 gal. tank. Averages 17.

On the highway, I'd say I get around 19-20 mpg.
City, between 11 and 15 depending on if I'm lead-footing it

 

MY moms accord v-6 from 2000 gets 26 MPG mixed driving. UPNORTH i usually dont put sand bags or anything in the back. During HEAVY snowfall i put the snowmobile in the back (when i go far from town) like to the cabin or something where i know it isnt plowed. thats just safty sake if i do go in the ditch i have something to ride the 20 miles to get help since my cell phones dont work up there! but other then that if i stay around town i put nothing in the back. i have 285/75r-16 BF goodrich AT KO's and they seem to be great for what we go threw in MN. when people rate snow tires i sometimes wonder if they just go to a mountait and dirve in 3 inches then leave. It isnt like that up here, we have snow on the roads almost all the time in the winter with it packed down so hard its ice 95% of the time with light dustings on top. add3-4 inches of snow on that and i think we would have a differant situtation then most magazines test their tires with! hope that helps!!

 

i'm getting right at 16 mpg in my new (to me) f150. it has about 35k on the clock, and i have the 5.4/4wd combo. i think i have only broken 3K on the tach once.

prior to this truck, i had a worn out chevy that was getting about 17.5, but that was with a v6, manual tranny, and no air. i'll take my new ride and the extra two cylinders, thank you very much!



-matt

 

So far in the last month I've owned mine I seem to get around 12-13 MPG depending on the situations.

I am a bit suprised that it only got to -15 in Alexandria, I would have guessed much colder there. In White Bear Lake I think we stayed warmer that night then we had for the previous few, maybe there was some cloud cover or something.

Edited to add: I see a lot of discussion about tank size, I assume everyone is getting their mpg numbers by the actual amount of gas they are using and not the amount the tank can hold.

 

Agreed, especially since the tank size being tossed around here is wrong for the 2004+ F150's . I've been pretty **** about logging mileage in all my vehicles. I always fill up the same (to the first click) and record mileage as [distance traveled since last fillup/gallons added to tank]. It's accurate and get's more accurate with each fillup. It's also a great way to spot trends that can indicate a problem.

I also record things like fuel price and additives added (when I am filling up my TDI).

 

I hope so, too. On my truck, the low fuel light comes on at between 20 - 21 gallons burned.

Our trucks have the fuel pump located in the fuel tank. The fuel cools the pump. If you run your tank dry, your pump will be running hot and subject to premature failure.

Also, the sediment and gunk sinks to the bottom of the tank. Running the tank to the bottom means you are sucking any crap in the bottom of the tank into your fuel filter.

FWIW, there is a huge range of weights, gears, optional equipment, etc... on the F150. And fuel quality varies A LOT around this country. Factor in different driving and maintenance habits, and it is no surprise that observed mileage is all over the map.

 

01 4X4 Screw Lariat with 5.4L, 265/70/17 Revos, All Stock except for K&N Filter. Use Motocraft 5W20 oil & Filter.

Have Tonneau Cover.

Low City 13 US MPG, High Highway 16 US MPG

Dpostman

 

I have a supercrew 5.4 liter. I am lucky to get 14.5 miles per gallon. I usually get 12 to 13 miles per gallon. When I tow I get around 8 miles per gallon. I drive the truck normal. I never take off too slow and I never drive the speed limit. It's a truck drive it!!

Mabey if we had a standardized method of measuring our miles per gallon. Here's how I do it.

-Fill tank up (when the nozzle stops the first time)
-Set trip to zero
-Drive till almost empty
-Fill tank up (when the nozzle stops the first time)
-Now you will have the mileage and the amount of gallons put into the truck. Just do your division and you have the best results.

I was just thinking if everybody had the same method of measurment then we could compare on even ground so to speak. Just my .001 cents worth.

 

My '01 4x2 5.4L Screw with just a K&N filter, Magnaflow Catback, and Tuner consistently gets 17 around town and upper 19's on the highway. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm going 55 or 85 mph.

One thing will definitely drop your overall gas mileage though; making short trips when the engine is cold. Five 2 mile cold-engine trips could possibly be equal to one 20 mile trip in gas usage.

Ironically I bought a little '95 Honda Civic to put most of my "local" miles on. Not for gas mileage so much but because I like the F150 so much I didn't want to wear it out too fast. The Honda get about 38mpg.

 

I am lucky if I ever see 12.5 to 13! On colder days just traveling the 6 mi back and forth to work I only get around 10.5. I keep up with my normal maintainence so I have no idea what I am doing differently than other posters. My truck now has around 10,000 miles on it so the gas milege should be in it's prime. I have not manually calculated it. All of my data is from the Lariat computer system. Hopefully the computer is wrong!! But somehow i doubt it.

 

best i have ever seen is 10.9, i tend to see around 9-10mpg

 

I drive 99.99% in town, short (5 miles) trips. I average (over 18 months) 12.2 mpg.

 

this is how i do it... the 25gallon tank is in use with the 97 - 03 F150s, so what i do is, fill it up to the top, then drive till its half empty... doubt the mileage i got from that, and divide it by 25... that gives me a good rough estimate... and if the #s are off, its only by 0.5 MPG or so, which really doesnt matter to me... im just looking for a rough estimate anyways, not like im ever going to get the same mpg down to the millionth of a mile twice in a row anyways, so who cares? im talkin basics... i get from 12 - 15 MPG in my truck... and those are the measurements i use to come up with those numbers... the lowest ive seen city is 12, and the highest is about 15, maybe 16.. but no more... highway? dont drive it often, so i wouldnt know...