Fuel economy ??? Poll

Stock with tonneau 2017 AT. 95% highway but half of that is heavy traffic.

Winter around 18.5.

Summer is around 20.

Short around-the-town jaunts will drop that drastically to around 15-16. I also don’t drive too crazy and don’t use ECT too often. I drive about 20 hours a week for work and it is too tiring to constantly switch lanes and try to get ahead. So I pretty much go into zombie mode and granny drive.

 

Good question but I don't actually think I drive like shit lol, I'm a little heavy on the pedal sometimes but more times than not I drive like a grandpa. A lot of the poor fuel economy could be gearing down in poor traction instead of just flipping 4WD on. Haven't gotten used to having a decent truck. My other two vehicles were a death trap '92 Mazda RWD pickup and a Honda Civic lmao
edit: It's been roughly -30 for the past 2 months. Can't help at all either.

 

This was today, on Highway 9 passing the town of Snohomish in Snohomish County. My lifetime Fuelly average is 23.2 mpg.

 

With my cruise on from Texas to Mississippi with cruise set around 75 I got 19 mpg

 

Here's a road trip to my parents this weekend.

 

Cruising I-5 north..

 

4 cylinder?

 

I get about 12 on I5 cuz I'm cookin….

 

4 +2

 

Downhill with a tailwind?

 

Lots of you guys showing good mpg on the very first quarter of your tank lol. What are you getting right before fill up?

 

2300 miles on my DCLB OR with SL 265/75r16s. Averaging right now around 18 in the city. Just got these tires yesterday so we shall see how my milage turns out.

 

I have 49k on my 2016 TRD OR. It has a Century Cap on it. 31" BFG tires with stock wheels and an icon suspension. It also lives with a thule bike rack on it and a platform in the bed for sleeping. With my power mode on and driving it under my normal driving conditions I average 15-15.5 MPG. When I drive lighter and keep the power button off it averages 17-18 MPG no problem. Today I was pulling 18.2 out of it on a 40 minute drive at 65-70mph. Not too bad for a 4x4 truck with weight on it. Im pretty happy.

 

Never less than 21 for a tank average and best is 27 over 350 miles. Sitting somewhere between 24-25 on this tank.

 

When accounting for the difference in tire size vs stock I get about 14-15 in the city and ~17 on the highway. Tampa Florida. Before I did any mods I saw ~16 city and about ~18 on the highway. I saw 19 once that I remember. (285 75 16 vs 265 70 16)

 

It helps a lot. My other taco was a stick

 

15-16 with this winter fuel. 17.5-19 in the summer. Lifted, duratracs, RTT and prinsu. Not sure if skids help or hurt

 

Stock tires/suspension.

Avg. 16in town , 18-20Hwy.
My camper sits higher than the cab and I think that really had an impact on the aerodynamics.

 

Here is my trip today with wife from Paradise Cafe (Ca317/Ca74) to my home in Irvine Ca via CA-74 > CA79 > Temecula Parkway > I-15 > CA-91 >CA-241 > CA-261 > Portola Pwky > Culver Dr > Bryan > Cambridge > Farragut > Porter......My truck is great with MPG since 2500 miles....Speed was 65mph to 72MPH........i just don't understand why so many are getting 12 to 17 MPGs......

EDIT: stock truck except for side steps and BakFlip MX4 tonnaue cover
EDIT: disregard trip A......forgot to reset when it was at 159 miles

 

The default mpg number that screen 2 shows is TANK mileage, that's probably what most folks are referencing. You're looking at TRIP mpg for a freeway ride, no shock that that's different. I always do better on a tank if I get out of town for a couple weekend trips. If I spend a whole tank doing 5-mile errands then it creeps below 15.