4 Bangin, Fuel Sippin, Full Tank Challenge!

You are right, you can do a lot better.

 

I just got my worst mileage on A tank yet. I haven't filled up and done the math, and I'm not sure I want to. Gas light came on at 238 miles. We've had several days in the single digits and below zero, so I waste a lot by letting the truck warm up for 15 minutes before and after work, plus it's been in 4 hi for 70% of this tank.

07 AC 4x4 5 speed running on 265/75/16's. In the summer I do much better

 

I warm up for maybe 15 seconds even if it's 0F, why 15 minutes?

 

I like my cab temperature to be tropical when I get in my truck. I'm not cut out for cold climates. I really need to move back to texas

 

My job requires me to be outside quite a bit, so I'm dressed for the cold, no need for heat besides keeping the windows clear.

 

I keep forgetting to take a picture of my odometer. I filled up before the light when on but was pretty close and got 324.1 miles on 16.56 gallons. Got 19.6mpg and it's my worst fuel economy so far. I think short trips through snow can be a killer. I'll try to remember to take a picture on my next soon to be fuel up.

 

24.9 on yesterday's fillup, which I thought was great. Included in this tank were several loads of junk I hauled while helping my brother move - and pulling his '94 Silverado and trailer out of the mud after he got stuck in the woods behind his house....

 

Filled up today before tomorrows big predicted snowstorm. Drove 243.4 miles/12.197 gallons = 19.95 MPG About 70 miles of urban interstate and the rest 3.5 miles trip back and forth to work. Lots of sub 20°F startups after work. Mornings are out of a heated garage. Can't wait for winter to be over.

 

I hear you Dan - this has been the coldest winter I can recall in 2-3 decades. I'm struggling to keep above 20 mpgs even on the commute home when things warm up. Many days at or below zero to start and warming up into the mid teens. Tough conditions beating up on the FE. No room in the garage unless I park my S2000 in the driveway instead of the truck (not happening).

 

Just got 21.43 mpg mostly highway(80%) with some in town(20%). Specs are a 4x4 access cab auto(its not that bad ) with P265/75/16 Hankooks. Would also like to add that the truck has a winch mount and cap along with a 2" lift so I'm very pleased. I will say that keeping my speed at 65 mph makes a big difference along with the temp. For a while I got 16-18 mpg when it was in the low 20's.

 

Found a nice app for my Android phone to find area gas prices -> Gas Buddy. You can search by your current location or store zip codes in the search. For the current location search, you have to have the GPS on and if you store zip codes, you have to sign up.

 

It's okay, but I stopped reporting prices and rarely open the app anymore.
I keep it for when I'm out of town and looking to find a station since it is going to be more current than GPS maps (been more than once Garmin has directed me to a vacant lot), but I don't rely on it for accurate prices... just a general ballpark for the area.

One thing is GB policy is that if the station has a cash discount, THAT price is to be posted... not the credit/debit price that is most useful. That can be a big difference. We've got a 76 station nearby that is $0.40 higher for Diesel for credit/debit, and he's $0.20 higher for gas. His cash prices are competitive with other's credit prices, but someone using the app and getting off the freeway is in for a big surprise.

Another big thing is points-padding. I could drive down a main street, noting gas prices, input the updates when I got to my office, and see that half the stations in the city had recently been updated by the same person, only a few minute apart. Okay, maybe he updated from his office like I am.
Nope... prices are wrong. He's just opening up stations and refreshing the prices that are already there.
So on my way home, I'd note the prices, then stop to get a drink and enter the updates before getting on the freeway.... someone else has been updating the prices, the same prices I entered that morning... and 3 out of 5 of the stations had changed prices during the day.

Also encountered a number of locations where it seemed that a nearby station was bumping the prices of its competitors.

Why send in false updates? GB has a regular drawing for a $100 gas card. You get one entry for every 1000 points you earn. You can earn a max of 750 points per day from gas updates, but you can earn more by participating in their forum (the forum for my county is dead).
Okay... so 750 points per day is only updating all three prices on two stations (150pts per price). Why try to pad?

Worthless "awards".
They have 9 categories of "awards" and the more prices you report, the more of these worthless brownie points you get. Each award has different levels, you increase levels by reporting more frequently.
The awards don't get you points, they can't be used for the gas card drawings, they don't even appear on the web site. Nobody but the person holding your smartphone knows about them. They are just bragging rights, like passing level 200 on Candy Crush.

But people "cheat" on GB prices. There is no benefit other than helping the community in reporting more than 5 prices a day, and it is not helping the community to report "stale" prices.

GB will ban users who are reported doing this, but it is just so common that it's impossible to get everyone. There were no less than 3 different people in the area of my office and 2 in the area of my home doing this. I found that half of my price reports were corrections of false reports... it just wasn't worth the hassle.

 

Most recent tank 347 miles on 17.2 gallons= 20.1. 50/50 highway and city and about 45 miles in 4x4. Pretty good tank for how cold it's been and the ratio for city to highway. 2012 access cab 5 speed 4x4 with 2 inch lift and 265/75/16

 

Just did a 220 mile trip to the Clemson SC area. Many hills between there and Charlotte. All but 20 of those were 65mph highway.

25mpg

-R

 

22.6, 22.4, and 23.4 mpg for the last three. Considering the incredible cold this year that's not horrible! Killing my average though.

Temp at the bank said -20F last night. Found out that my buddy's Avalon blows its EFI fuse every five minutes at that temp. Still don't know why. Pain in the butt. At least the Tacoma runs ok, albeit sounding like I'm using a hand crank to turn it over in the morning.

 

High winds have been limiting me to 19 mpg highway.

 

6 lug 4x4 standard cab i have gotten around 330 miles for 15 gallons which is about 22 mpg. this is the best i can really get. I'm impressed that the mpg doesn't drop that much for mixed driving. I can get 18 mpg city pretty consistently.

 

Worst tank in a long time, really cold and no long trips, just to and from work.

464 miles on 18.01 gallons for 25.8 mpg.

It can only get better from here.

 

Hey, this is the one and only time I'll ever be able to post that I actually had better mileage than WW, so I have to do it. Filled up Sunday: 369mi, 13.81 gallons for 26.7 mpg. It's been significantly warmer here lately which sure makes a difference.