MPG Challenge...Wanna Play?

[norcalyoter]

when i first got my 85 runner with a re in it and 35 ssr's with open 5:29's i got 15.9 not matter what i did up hill down hill head wind tail wind all the same lol. however when i put a brand spanking new motor my milage at first dropped to like 15.4 and after 4300 miles it jumped up crazy to 18.9 and on my way from redding to Lee Vining for my summer job i got a whoping 20.3 i thought that was pretty good 

[norcalyoter]

oh yeah that was with the top on and fully loaded with all my junk and one of those reciever rack deals with 10 extra gallons of gas and camping equipment out back.

[BLACKDOG]

I think I'm set for some of my best MPG yet.  Did a trip to VV and back yesterday, drove around a bit, and drove around some today.  I'm still at a little less than 1/3 a tank, and have 403 on the trip   usually am sitting at about 360-370 at this point.  I'm betting I can pull another 70 miles at least outta this tank before the fuel light comes on (3 gal or so left)

[KDXSR5]

ok, I went from my (lately) normal mpg of 14ish up to 17.02 with this fill up I did today. I am happy with a 3 mpg increase, although it still is not as high as it used to be (19). The truck got parked today in preperation of engine swap, so i will not have any new mpg numbers for like another month to month and a half.

[Kurlee Daddee]

Just put in my 4.88 in the rear of my 85' 22RE Xtra cab on 33's. The last 2 tanks of gas I got 20.1 and 19.7 mpg. I drive my truck more than my CTS-V because it is not only better on gas, it takes 87 octane. I love my Toyota.....

[Big Pap Dog]

I thought the following link would fit in this thread.  "Hypermilers"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25463389

[DTB]

I thought the following link would fit in this thread.  "Hypermilers"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25463389

I dont stop at stop signs or red lights anymore! gas mileage has improved 23.45% 

Can i be in the hypermiler club?

[WHITE_TRASH]

Last set of tanks I ran through the truck netted 5.996 mpg.  Not bad at all considering I haven't changed my driving style in any way shape or form....  Just put new drive tires on the front axle and hammered down.

Oh and I re figured the fuel cost with the better mileage and fuel is costing less than $.80 per gallon...  Like I've said, if a trucker is whining about fuel cost he's getting hosed by his dispatch company or just lying looking for sympathy....

[NorCalToy]

.80 per mile?

[WHITE_TRASH]

Per gallon.....   The fuel surrcharge we get is $.74 per mile.  We have a negotiated rate with CFN to pay right under $5 a gallon everywhere we go and the truck gets just under 6 mpg so we don't end up paying much for fuel in the end.

[NorCalToy]

so each driver pays .80 every gallon of feul then...?

[WHITE_TRASH]

No...  The truck gets paid $1.20 a mile to haul cheese south.  On top of that we get a $.74 per mile surrcharge added on top of that to cover the cost of fuel.  So if you figure $.74X6mpg=$4.44 per gallon that THEY pay US to drive their load.  So in the end we actually pay about $.55 per gallon.... Crap when I figured that origionally I worked the math at $5.25 per gallon... We actually pay $4.99 everywhere we go so its cheap.

[Big Pap Dog]

2004 subaru forester XT 5spd.  I averaged 23.9 mpg over 4 fillups.  70 miles a day in some of the most hateful conditions driving into washington DC to work.  Not too bad i don't think.  CTENG, it seems that you can't really trick these foresters into good fuel economy by driving with a raw egg on the gas pedal, but it's debatable.  Check out www.subaruforester.org ...they have a few mpg threads.  I read an article or something about using a heavier throttle and shorter shifts for up to 20% increase in mpg...maybe quickly overcoming friction?  In my case, in overcoming vacuum to get to the BOOST (woo hoo) may be an added factor that saps out the mileage.

bump up top for beating a dead horse