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[AzScorpion]

I think my Ranger is broken. lol I continue to get really good mpg and most of this were short trips (4 miles) each way bringing Annie to the gym. I did fill up last Saturday morning before going to Tombstone but even that was all backroads driving. The only highway driving was 32 miles up to central Tucson yesterday.

Crazy MTE

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[IdahoRanger]

I think my Ranger is broken. lol I continue to get really good mpg and most of this were short trips (4 miles) each way bringing Annie to the gym. I did fill up last Saturday morning before going to Tombstone but even that was all backroads driving. The only highway driving was 32 miles up to central Tucson yesterday.

Crazy MTE

Quite the hypermiling feat Dave. Not me, I have a lead foot.

 

[AzScorpion]

Quite the hypermiling feat Dave. Not me, I have a lead foot.

If I could hyper-mile I'd be at 50 mpg and 600 MTE!

 

[awd.nv]

Gez man, catching every green light maybe? The red lights KILL my MPG here in Vegas. I too do a lot of 2-5 miles drives and can easily end up in the 13mpg range driving normal but also have too many traffic lights on my way. If you get one you darn near get them all.

 

[AzScorpion]

Gez man, catching every green light maybe? The red lights KILL my MPG here in Vegas. I too do a lot of 2-5 miles drives and can easily end up in the 13mpg range driving normal but also have too many traffic lights on my way. If you get one you darn near get them all.

The city I'm in is small, only 2 miles x 8 miles and we don't have many lights here. On my normal route there's only one and even if I hit the red it changes pretty quickly. Plus it's flat here with very few hilly areas and those areas are in the southern section which I rarely need to go to.

Once you get into Tucson there are lights everywhere and you can watch your miles crash. There are lights every 50 yards and it can take you 20 minutes to go 5 miles especially if you're trying to go east to west. They don't have any highway splitting the city so it's stop n go all the way across. Luckily most things we need are on the west side and we rarely have to cross over to the east.

 

[TJC]

The city I'm in is small, only 2 miles x 8 miles and we don't have many lights here. On my normal route there's only one and even if I hit the red it changes pretty quickly. Plus it's flat here with very few hilly areas and those areas are in the southern section which I rarely need to go to.

Once you get into Tucson there are lights everywhere and you can watch your miles crash. There are lights every 50 yards and it can take you 20 minutes to go 5 miles especially if you're trying to go east to west. They don't have any highway splitting the city so it's stop n go all the way across. Luckily most things we need are on the west side and we rarely have to cross over to the east.

I was seeing those MPG numbers when traveling. Esp when going south from central NC to the low country of South Carolina. Lost a mpg going back north. 450' change in elevation. I 'd see 27-28 going south. 25.5-26.5 going north. Putzing around here in the Piedmont of NC with mild hills I see 25.5 or so in daily driving. it'll dip to 24.5 if I drive a bit more heavy footed, but I rarely drive aggressive.

 

[awd.nv]

The city I'm in is small, only 2 miles x 8 miles and we don't have many lights here. On my normal route there's only one and even if I hit the red it changes pretty quickly. Plus it's flat here with very few hilly areas and those areas are in the southern section which I rarely need to go to.

Once you get into Tucson there are lights everywhere and you can watch your miles crash. There are lights every 50 yards and it can take you 20 minutes to go 5 miles especially if you're trying to go east to west. They don't have any highway splitting the city so it's stop n go all the way across. Luckily most things we need are on the west side and we rarely have to cross over to the east.

Man, sounds like a peaceful town to drive around in. When we first moved here there werent as many people, traffic and lights. Did the Glendale, CA drive again today and was happy to almost touch 23mpg on the cluster, should have been an actual 22mpg trip at least.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Most recent mpg with the tonneau cover still on the truck and the spare tire bungee strapped in the bed.

I'll update later on with the tonneau cover off and the spare tire back in under the truck. We'll see how much it falls off lol.
This is on 87 octane btw.

 

[AzScorpion]

Most recent mpg with the tonneau cover still on the truck and the spare tire bungee strapped in the bed.

I'll update later on with the tonneau cover off and the spare tire back in under the truck. We'll see how much it falls off lol.

The tonneau cover really doesn't help much if at all. You might see a slight improvement (a couple of tenths) but not what most think. Just like taking the tailgate off actually hurts your mpg. All this has been wind tested to show the advantages and disadvantages of doing both.

https://cartipsdaily.com/does-a-tonneau-cover-improve-gas-mileage

Here’s the twist: your open truck bed might already be smarter than you think. When air hits the sharp edge behind your cab, it doesn’t tumble into the bed like water into a bucket. It creates a spinning vortex—a cushion of rotating air trapped in the bed. This locked vortex acts like an invisible cover, letting high-speed air skip over the bed instead of slamming into every surface.

Think of it like a protective bubble. The tailgate keeps this bubble contained. That’s why dropping your tailgate actually hurts fuel economy—you’ve just popped the bubble and let chaos spill out behind your truck.

Eight-foot beds see bigger gains than short beds because the natural air vortex is less stable.

 

[Grumpaw]

Ironic that when I had the Ranger I never really watched my mpg other than when I cleared the odmometer and then was usually around 20 mpg and much less when towing.
Last week I had to run down to North Carolina to pick up a pait of running boards in Tank, my current 2019 Expedition. Ran interstates all the way, 70-75 mph, around 560 total miles.
Tank weighs around 5650 and with me, stuff I carry, full tank, around 6000 lbs...3 TONS !!! Twin turbos, almost 400 hp.....120,000 miles on it.
Ran midgrade in tow mode....and got right at 24 mpg....beat out the Ranger easily.
Now, around town it dosen't get anywhere near that....maybe 16-18, but on the open road its great.
Dash odmometer was 23.8 and my ScanGauge lll also verified at 23.9.
Just throwing this out for comparison.....
(Maybe the 6 dampers Tank has that helped)

 

[23HRPXL]

24 mpg. 40k miles. Hot summer, 5W-40 only for the summer months because of towing the camper once a month.

 

[Doc]

6G, 87 Octane 24.4 mpg

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