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[Hounddog409]

Filled up this morning.

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[Deleted member 1634]

So I'm still on track for 568 miles...

There is a little back story to these great numbers.

I have been driving the same route to work for 20+ years. I know every bump and dip in the road. Every hill, every curve and corner, every place where traffic slows. My route and driving is extremely consistent for acceleration, traffic and general flow of driving so it makes a good test bed for this and gives me something to do on my hour drive to work. With my previous vehicle I was easily getting 5-10 mpg better than what was stated. So with the new Ranger it was time to do some testing...

After my initial break in period, I did 10 tanks of fuel with 89 octane. I consistently averaged around 27.9 mpg. This was great and gave me a range in the high-400 mile range. But I just couldn't break the 500 barrier (496 was my best on 89 octane). I knew I could do better somehow, maybe with higher octane...

After 10 tanks of 89 octane, I have now switched to 92 octane. This has given me the boost on mpg and overall range. I am currently 4 of 10 tanks into the 92 octane run. So far I am getting an increase of 2 mpg or more than what I was getting before.

The 500+ mile range seems to only be possible with higher octane and I think its possible to stay above 30 mpg without too much effort. We will see how this lands in 6 more tanks. After this 10 tank run I will do a cost benefit analysis for 92 octane. We will see if the higher price is worth the fuel savings.

What's next?? After the 92 octane run, and the initial 89 octane run I already did, I plan on testing out 87 octane, the minimum that is safe for the Ranger. We will see how things change then and if the cost savings is worth it.

Well damn, I was hoping I was gonna be the mpg/range winner. haha Although I am just running 87 octane, so maybe I would be right up there with you if I switched to 92 like you are. But who knows, we'll have to see what your test runs show. I can only get mine on long highway road trips with a clean profile (no trailer or kayaks or any of that), which doesn't happen often and probably won't again until next summer/spring (since I'm sure winter will not help at all). We do a lot of travelling (7000+ miles in a little over 2 months), but usually it's not clean profile.

I was hoping to make it to 500 miles on this particular tank, and probably would have just made it if there was a gas station at that point. But alas there was not, so I had to bow out early. The tank for the drive home has been even better, but now I'm back to driving back and forth to work on that tank, which will ruin it.

But at least you've given me something to shoot for! haha It's no fun if there's no competition, eh!

 

[Hounddog409]

So I'm still on track for 568 miles...

There is a little back story to these great numbers.

I have been driving the same route to work for 20+ years. I know every bump and dip in the road. Every hill, every curve and corner, every place where traffic slows. My route and driving is extremely consistent for acceleration, traffic and general flow of driving so it makes a good test bed for this and gives me something to do on my hour drive to work. With my previous vehicle I was easily getting 5-10 mpg better than what was stated. So with the new Ranger it was time to do some testing...

After my initial break in period, I did 10 tanks of fuel with 89 octane. I consistently averaged around 27.9 mpg. This was great and gave me a range in the high-400 mile range. But I just couldn't break the 500 barrier (496 was my best on 89 octane). I knew I could do better somehow, maybe with higher octane...

After 10 tanks of 89 octane, I have now switched to 92 octane. This has given me the boost on mpg and overall range. I am currently 4 of 10 tanks into the 92 octane run. So far I am getting an increase of 2 mpg or more than what I was getting before.

The 500+ mile range seems to only be possible with higher octane and I think its possible to stay above 30 mpg without too much effort. We will see how this lands in 6 more tanks. After this 10 tank run I will do a cost benefit analysis for 92 octane. We will see if the higher price is worth the fuel savings.

What's next?? After the 92 octane run, and the initial 89 octane run I already did, I plan on testing out 87 octane, the minimum that is safe for the Ranger. We will see how things change then and if the cost savings is worth it.

I will be waiting your report after 10 tanks of 92 to look at any possible cost savings. I am running 89 for now, though still under 1k miles. Still, 25.5 avg with mid 400 range. Will reset after i hit 1k and decide if I want to run 92 or not.

 

[Arron]

Just finished tank 5 of 92 octane. 560 is possible though really, really hard. In my opinion with 92 octane I think 530ish is probably the real average as 560 took more work and more coasting than I prefer. But it is achievable. I again had 3 miles left in the tank when I filled up though I only filled 18.4 gallons so maybe I had a bit more in it than what the miles to empty indicated.

Below is tank 5 of 10 using 92 octane(ethanol free). 3 miles to empty indicated. 30.7 MPG and 561.8 miles.

 

[JimJa]

What are you all getting for a full tank? 447!!

Two complaints about the instrument cluster: 1) As shown in the picture "RPMx1000" indicator is exactly where the RPM settles. If you drive in sport mode the transmission shifts close to 3000 RPM, again right where the RPMx1000 resides. 2) The exact thing holds true for the water temperature gauge. Hello, McFly. Hey, Ford. You can do better than this.

 

[Rviator]

My range is around 460 miles or so for around town. This is so much better than my traded in 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk V6 which would show barely over 400 during a long highway trip. Around town it was in the mid 300 range. I'm hoping to see a 500 number on a multi fill up highway run.

 

[Tinsoldieroh]

Don't know about anyone else, but I just took a 2400 mile road trip (Ohio to FL and back). My truck said 27.1 MPG at 70 MPH, my calculations said 25.5 .

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