Finally over 20 mpg

my suspensin & tires are still stock...i got 200K on my 08 tacoma....1) qc hawks & whoever...i am obviously doin it wrong....cuz i own a truck AND i do consider fuel mileage....i drive 50 miles 1/way to work...and i am not fond of civics & prius'...the driver or car never fares well when you hit a deer, big dog or even an accident...2) i do get routinely get 20+ mpg....but rarely on the intrstate bcuz i roll a lil top heavy...if i can drive 67-68 i get 21+, 74-77, 19's....if i top 85...way down 17-17's.....i see mt best mpg driving 2 lane rural roads to wrk & back....20-21...@ 60-64mph....and these #'s are very close to the 2.7...

 

Funny....everybody funny....now u funny too.....

 

That proves to me that hills make a big difference. If I drive 74-77, I get 14-15, but that's in NH and ME where the highways are, I'm sure, significantly hillier than Louisiana.

 

Hills would play a huge difference in mileage number.

But in the hills of WV, I just did an average of 20.46, no highway miles, all back roads around 55 mph.

 

Fuelly tracking to get your long running average, best tanks, etc. is your best option.

 

I've noticed this also in my highway driving regardless of season. Go above 60-65 and fuel mileage goes down exponentially.
I'll do 75/80 if I have to to keep up with traffic, but I know my mileage is going way down when I do. If traffic is light enough to allow me to do 60 without causing a problem, I will do that.

 

Yup.

My UltraGauge showed a fuel burn of .4 GPH while during the warm-up/idle.

Doing that every day, twice a day will add up.

 

I agree it is more efficient, in terms of performance. I don't agree in terms of economy.

The volume of the air is less, but for the same volume it is much denser.

There have been a few documented MPG calculations where people re-route their intake just beside their exhaust manifold, and their MPG goes up (in the winter).

 

Hey Baz, it's the fuel that adjust to the air. In winter for a same displaced volume of air the total amount of O2 available is higher so more fuel is injected.

About the winter blend, i know that weather is getting slowy warmer but here i can say you the day they switch from winter to summer blend. In one tank my mpg is moving from 12.5-13 mpg to 15.5-16 mpg.

 

Damn I've had my 2014 DCLB for a year today. 36K miles and I get right about 18mpg no matter how I drive it.

 

I'm averaging 19 On a regular basis, using regular gas.

 

You're from Florida, you don't know what means temperature variation over the year... Plus is flaaaaat.

 

Um, 14.7:1 is a fixed number, not variable. it doesn't matter if 14.7:1 is with air at 20ºF, or air at 120ºF, it is still 14.7:1. The only difference is that at a colder temperature, the air is more DENSE. It is STILL 14.7:1 ratio, no matter what temperature it is.

 

I get 19-20 with my 06 DCLB Prerunner on 285/70/17s mixed city and freeway driving.

 

21+ last 2 tanks. Hwy back and worth to work. Some traffic and a couple of stops with one light. Hwy speeds 60 - 75 mostly. This is with warmer temps lately.

 

In all actuality they dont...
I have had too many friends with them and they average the same as a tundra ...which is why I went with my tacoma

 

Something I noticed a couple of weeks ago. I was driving on a 2 lane road, little to no traffic (except oncoming traffic) and doing about 60 MPH.....when I got off of the 2 lane on onto I-4, my Scangauge said I was getting 21.1 MPG. I drove about 35 miles on I-4 doing about 70 with NO oncoming traffic (obviously) and my MPG went up to 21.6. So does oncoming traffic create enough wind resistant to make your MPG go down? Seems like it to me. Both roads were pretty flat and in good shape.

 

I'm stock. Drive up/down the coast and a bit of I-5 to/from work each day. Can get low 19's - low 20's. I track mpg's with Gas Cubby.

Other than psi, my trick is to coast as much as possible up to red lights and try to time it the light so I don't have to start. I'm sure I sometimes piss off the guy behind me by crawling up to a light or down the off-ramp, but it's more of a game to me to try to time the light without stopping.

 

Lol, your heated seats must be dragging your average down, haha!
I've got 265/75R16 LRC Duratracs on mine but other than that it's bone stock, and I've been getting between 17-19 mpg's all winter, with a 50/50 mix of highway and back roads. highway is usually a sustained 75 on cruise, with bursts of 80+ for passing. Most of my backroad travel is in the 45-60mph range.

During the summer the same habits net me 19-22 mpg with Dunflops and summer gas.

Don't bring Science into this, 'Bama.
All evidence presented in this thread must be purely anecdotal!

 

those Ford guys like to lie about their MPGs. Very few people with the 3.5 ECO Boost get any where near the EPA numbers. Now I do not dispute that driving at 55 on hwy and like a grandma will get you 23. Fact is almost no one that drives and Eco can keep their foot out of the gas.