2014 MPG Question

[JayceeP]

I see 20 MPG achievable at those speeds in the perfect conditions only. Which mean: warm temperatures, low-speed winds, and flat driving conditions. People should not take this as granted, as wintertime, hills and winds will lower the 20MPG figure to 18-17 mpg easily, or even worse.

Is this a post for the sake of posting? Lol. I clearly stated the conditions and traffic. Conditions weren't perfect, it did rain for several hours and, as mentioned, I encountered a decent amount of traffic. I clearly stated the conditions so folks could judge for themselves. With winter we all know winter gas, cold start-ups, idling etc kill the tank. My consumption has increased 15% since November. For for those wanting to know what kind of summer road trip/long highway consumption to expect, this is it. I also had another passenger and luggage.

 

[eddiebx]

Is this a post for the sake of posting? Lol. I clearly stated the conditions and traffic. Conditions weren't perfect, it did rain for several hours and, as mentioned, I encountered a decent amount of traffic. I clearly stated the conditions so folks could judge for themselves. With winter we all know winter gas, cold start-ups, idling etc kill the tank. My consumption has increased 15% since November. For for those wanting to know what kind of summer road trip/long highway consumption to expect, this is it. I also had another passenger and luggage.

How many percent ethanol do you guys get up there for summer vs winter blend? Down here all I can find is pretty much 10% year round...with that said, the best realistic average I can achieve is 17-18 MPG @70MPH straight on the highway with no traffic and no stops (except for gas).

Dropping the speed down increase the MPG phenomenally, I think I was able to hit at least 23-24MPG+ @ ~50-55MPH; BUT I was no where near patient enough to cruise at those speeds for that long, so my sample data is obviously really small and not the most accurate, lol.

 

[JayceeP]

How many percent ethanol do you guys get up there for summer vs winter blend? Down here all I can find is pretty much 10% year round...with that said, the best realistic average I can achieve is 17-18 MPG @70MPH straight on the highway with no traffic and no stops (except for gas).

Dropping the speed down increase the MPG phenomenally, I think I was able to hit at least 23-24MPG+ @ ~50-55MPH; BUT I was no where near patient enough to cruise at those speeds for that long, so my sample data is obviously really small and not the most accurate, lol.

I believe the law is 5% for regular and I believe most stations are running on a 10% blend. It goes down as you increase grade and I also believe (lol) that premium typically has no ethanol.

I haven't done any long flat-road trips in the winter like I did to DC this summer. I put about 60 miles one way (few miles getting on and off highway, some hills but a good chunk of flat) a couple of weeks ago and I was around 17.5mpg. Below freezing, say 10F, and doing 75mph.

 

[diverscale]

Is this a post for the sake of posting? Lol.

See my post count...Lol

I clearly stated the conditions and traffic. Conditions weren't perfect, it did rain for several hours and, as mentioned, I encountered a decent amount of traffic. I clearly stated the conditions so folks could judge for themselves. With winter we all know winter gas, cold start-ups, idling etc kill the tank. My consumption has increased 15% since November. For for those wanting to know what kind of summer road trip/long highway consumption to expect, this is it. I also had another passenger and luggage.

You misread my post, I was not talking about traffic and pit stops, but overall weather conditions and geographic conditions like hills, which I observed, affects the most our mileage. Got only 21MPG going from montreal to new york going 60-65 MPH during summer, no pit-stop, due mostly to the insane amount of hills in vermont. Drove with a scangauge for 5 years untill I got bored of analysing the mileage figures, and I still state that not much people will get 20MPG out of this truck doing 75-80 MPH except with near-perfect conditions.

 

[JayceeP]

See my post count...Lol




You misread my post, I was not talking about traffic and pit stops, but overall weather conditions and geographic conditions like hills, which I observed, affects the most our mileage. Got only 21MPG going from montreal to new york going 60-65 MPH during summer, no pit-stop, due mostly to the insane amount of hills in vermont. Drove with a scangauge for 5 years untill I got bored of analysing the mileage figures, and I still state that not much people will get 20MPG out of this truck doing 75-80 MPH except with near-perfect conditions.

Haha, true. No I understand. Hills can easily add 10% to consumption for me, that's why I indicated I95 is a fairly flat drive and typically how we measure a vehicle's fuel economy. That's still pretty decent fuel economy for mountains. The best I've gotten from NS to NB is somewhere around 18-18.5 mpg because there are tons of hills and almost always a strong head wind for half of the drive. Again though, doing 75-80mph.

 

[eddiebx]

I believe the law is 5% for regular and I believe most stations are running on a 10% blend. It goes down as you increase grade and I also believe (lol) that premium typically has no ethanol.

I haven't done any long flat-road trips in the winter like I did to DC this summer. I put about 60 miles one way (few miles getting on and off highway, some hills but a good chunk of flat) a couple of weeks ago and I was around 17.5mpg. Below freezing, say 10F, and doing 75mph.

At prices they charge you guys up north, I would've figured you'd be getting 0% ethanol, lol. I wonder if your lower profile/skinnier LE tires have anything to do with it?

 

[JayceeP]

At prices they charge you guys up north, I would've figured you'd be getting 0% ethanol, lol. I wonder if your lower profile/skinnier LE tires have anything to do with it?

I'm running the OEM spec 17's for winter: Michelin X-Ice Xi2's. I'd say the skinnier tires definitely help for the summer though. I put the Husky mud guards on at the end of Oct for winter driving and I do wonder how much drag something like that would add.... I'd have to say minimal, but I'm sure it makes and ever so slight difference for the worse in fuel economy.

 

[dekeman]

I believe the law is 5% for regular and I believe most stations are running on a 10% blend. It goes down as you increase grade and I also believe (lol) that premium typically has no ethanol.

Yes, federal law in Canada requires 5 per cent ethanol, but Newfoundland is exempt and some provinces like Saskatchewan add more, so the actual ethanol percentage is all over the map. And to really make things clear, not all premium is ethanol free (Petro Can's Ultra 94 is not ethanol free), but plenty of other grades are. Here's a list of some ethanol free grades:
New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI: all premium grade gasoline is ethanol-free.
British Columbia: Chevron 94.
Ontario: Shell V-Power 91; Costco 91; Canadian Tire 91; Esso 91; Ultramar 91.
Quebec: Shell V-Power 91; Esso (all grades)

 

[MartyT]

Mpg

I get an average of 15.5 on my 2014 Trail; I lost around 2 mpg after I put my 285 BFG T/As; my driving is around 50/50 between street and highway; with the Bilstein leveling and those tires, the truck looks great and I could care less about the fuel economy. Marty