Compare Fuel Mileage? Really that bad?

I have been tracking mentally but I downloaded an app today to keep track. Anyways I filled today and I had 375 km on 65.99 l of gas. Granted there has been lots of snow lately and I am city driving the whole time so it may get better later on....?

 

Thats basically what I get in winter

 

So I asked the same question about a week ago... I have a 2014 DC V6 4x4. I drive about 60 miles a day mixed highway and city, but all gridlock or 80mph- I have been getting 16mpg standard and then it dropped to 14-15 when winter fuel came. Now, I am stock but I have a rack on the roof and it takes about 2mpg off the truck, as it did my car before. If you are not one to calculate milage it is 300 miles till my light comes on and that is 16 mpg. I do a formal calculation on every fill up but that is a good ball park. 250 is 14mpg

 

Fuel line freezes are applicable to diesel and heating oil, the logic does not apply to the gasoline you pump at the gas station as far as i know. The seasonal fuel program was created by the EPA [source] and US stations have different blends of gasoline dependent upon season and region in order to comply with federal smog and ozone laws. Winter blend has more butane than summer blend, which contributes to a decrease in both price and fuel efficiency.

Are you idling your truck in the morning in order to heat up the cab? This tends to greatly decrease your fuel economy as idle time is 0mpg. FWIW I've averaged 19.5mpg in my truck over the last 5 years.

 

Are you saying fuel line freeze up isn't a thing with gasoline? I'm pretty sure I've experienced it. I'm not saying the gas itself froze, but The battery cranked the engine and it just wouldn't fire. When temps came up a couple days later, she fired right up. It happened on my Nissan a couple times, but only during stretches where temps were well below zero for awhile.

 

I get about 19-20mpg in my 2014 DCSB OR. It's an auto and I drive mostly highway to work and back. I just recently changed the spark plugs and super cleaned the K&N Filter. Before that I was maybe getting about 17-18mpg. Not great but decent for a truck that, in my experience, has been relatively bulletproof.

 

Ah, I misunderstood.

 

My 2013 Limited gets 23 mpg(imperial). To convert for you yanks, that's appx 19 mpg.
Not sure how many liters per hundred km. That's all French to me.

 

So I just filled again. I got 420km from 65 litres. That was a mix of highway/city and dome snow/4x4. So it was not bad I think my issue is stop and go traffic is killing my milage. I think without the snow and 4x4 I would have got more then 500

 

So... are we supposed to do the math to figure out your fuel milage? What is the miles per gallon for our yanky friends? What is the liters per 100 km? Nobody here is going to finish it for you.

 

You should start reading this thread from the beginning... ps you live in Canada....

 

I've read from the beginning.
Not every Canadian is converted all metric. Most are only half metric. Tell us how many km on so many liters is unfinished math. This is a US based site so I convert to us gal for you. For me it's miles per imp gal.

 

I would go out and buy a $120 Scangauge. It really opens your eyes as to how your throttle activity can kill MPG. I can coax 18 MPG city if I watch the gauge. Sure, it's not as fun as mashing the gas pedal all the time but it's also kind of fun coaxing more mileage from your tank.

 

i've been saving this (as a joke)

 

btw..as an engineer..i LOVE the metric system.

 

Gotta pay for your "free" healthcare somehow.

 

Nope, wish it did. Even the upgraded NAV doesnt do that.

 

Ya, that's funny!
Health care isn't free! Lol

 

For engineering, I get it.
For construction and baking, English is better.

 

For the mathematically challenged 420 km = 260.976 miles; 65 liters = 17.171 gallons. That is 15.2 mpg, about what I would expect under the described conditions.

Also, as 420 km = 4.2 "100 km", so 65 / 4.2 = 15.47 liters/100km