MPG ON AN OFF-Road

out of curiosity, can all the Off Road owners chime in on the question.

Before I got my OR I had an SR5, my SR5 was averaging 21-22 mpg. but my OR is averaging 17 mpg and I’ve been driving the same with this truck like my previous one, what’s everyone averaging??

 

Really depends on how frequent you stop and go. I get anywhere from 16-18 in the city usually around 16 in the winters, summer i'm usually averaging about 17mpg on a tank. Hwy I'll usually get 20-21mpg. What you're getting is pretty standard

 

17.8mpg at 20K. Short trips kill the mpgs. The longer my trips the closer I get to 21mpg.

 

But that’s the thing, I’m average 17 on the hwy. I do all my driving on the hwy and like previously stated I haven’t changed my driving habit from when I had my SR5. My SR5 was getting awesome mpg!

 

Same engine? Same gearing? Same transmission? Same tires?

 

No I have a brand new OR DSCB my previous truck was a SR5 DSCB.

 

I get about 14-16 but there’s no freeway here so it’s mostly short trips and idiling.

 

If its brand new, let the engine break in a bit. My mileage slowly got better over the first few thousand miles

 

I was freaked out about my 2017 OR getting 16.5 when it was new. After about 8k miles it got much better. I think I've hit 20 on long Highway trips, and now average about 17.5 to 18.5 doing daily commute and such.

 

I understand what you’re saying, but before the SR5 was totaled out it only had 1500 miles on it but from literally day one it averaged 21-22mpg.

 

Did your SR5 have an air dam? I believe the lack on the OR lowers MPG by 2 or 3, seriously. I would read what the SPORT and LIMITED guys were getting and thought mine was a dud and I was doing it wrong.

 

Around 20-21mpg, but that was commuting 90% highway every day (80mi/day).

Now with bigger tires I still get 19mpg.

Mine didn't start to get better mpg until I hit 10k miles.

 

It did, but that’s is crazy if the air dam makes that much of a difference!

 

Winter fuel? Colder temps? Weight, tires? Could be anything causing the discrepancy. Unless you went from an OR getting that to an OR thats one thing, but we're kind of comparing apples to oranges

Edit: read the above post and made me also think of tonneau covers helping with MPG

 

Its a truck. Why are you freaking out over 2-3 mpg difference, tires alone can make up that difference.

 

I hope that’s what that is. If not, I may have to get an air dam and see lol

 

Seriously? That air dam is freaking hideous. Free gas just isn't worth it.

 

No one freaking out, it’s a question whether I should be questioning the trucks drivability. And 2 to 3 mpg kinda adds up in the long run.

 

18.5 or so

 

I had a Sport 2wd that averaged 20.5. My TRDOR is only averaging 17.5. I had the ARE cap on both trucks.