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27.2 Miles Per Gallon Not on Highway

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by smillerton, Jan 27, 2014.

  1. Jan 27, 2014 at 5:07 PM
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    smillerton

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    I hooked up to my ECU and drove around the neighborhood for a few miles. I drove conservatively and aggressively for pretty equal lengths of time... driving well over 5000rpms and over 50mph at times. Frequent stop signs and accelerating at a normal pace when I was driving conservative. This is what the average came out to. I think its pretty good seeing as MPGs were never a reason for any of the modifications iv done so far. BTW The OBD reader Im using is from GoPoint Tech. I guess this makes sense, during off-road trips Iv easily gone close to 400 miles per tank of gas but I'm usually driving around 30 to 50 mph...
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  2. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:09 PM
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    Is this a joke?

     
  3. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:11 PM
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  4. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:16 PM
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    It's no joke. It's BS.
     
  5. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:19 PM
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    I've heard on 2 different occasions where a 01ish reg cab 4 banger getting 28 mpg, it's not unheard of.
     
  6. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:19 PM
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    not
     
  7. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:20 PM
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    Don't Canadians get like 40 KPG?
     
  9. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:22 PM
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  10. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:23 PM
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    kilometers per gallon ?

    US or Imperial ?
     
  11. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:24 PM
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    Oh don't get me wrong, OP is full of shit, I was just stating my findings.
     
  12. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:24 PM
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    kilometers is KM not K right? and what is imperial?
     
  13. Jan 27, 2014 at 7:28 PM
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    KM is kilometers

    There is US gallon , and there is Imperial gallon , Canada uses imperial gallons , which is larger than the US gallon
     
  14. Jan 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM
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    Its not a joke, i dont think i could get that for the whole tank... I was just able to get this average from about 7 miles or so of varied driving. It all pretty much averages out to being 22-24 mpg thats US measurements... Thats still pretty good... And of course it varies depending on the type of driving but im not dragging at every stoplight and im not driving 90 on the freeway but im also not driving grandpa speed...
     
  15. Jan 29, 2014 at 12:01 AM
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    LOL :rimshot:

    That's some funny calculations right there.
     
  16. Jan 29, 2014 at 12:16 AM
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    Ultra gauge shows less than 10 mpg for city driving, from a cold start, range < 5 miles.
    On hwy i can get ~25 MPG
    Fuelly shows an overall 23 MPG

    And that's on a 2.4 engine.
     
  18. Jan 29, 2014 at 1:17 AM
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    That's US kilometers!! :)
     
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  20. Jan 29, 2014 at 7:06 AM
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