13 MPG Hwy?

[nissanh]

Check what I got for 80 mph driving. I think I am at 18 mpg!

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[Johnnie]

Got slightly under 13 mpg driving the interstate at 70 to 75 mph from So Cal to New Mexico in a stock 1998 with stock size tires.

 

[MongooseGA]

Check what I got for 80 mph driving. I think I am at 18 mpg!

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Yeah until the last 'half' of the tank via the gauge depletes twice as fast as the first half! Almost all of my cars show killer mileage the first 1/2 tank (per the gauge) but eventually evens out by the end of the tank for the correct mileage.

I used to get up to 16mpg in my 2000 LC w/ DT Headers and 33s. Now with my '05 LX and 34s, I get 13ish.

Generally we just don't talk about the mileage. Gas money is diverted from the funds that I would have used to buy another car that the LX takes the place of anyway.

 

[atnolan94]

^^^^this^^^^

13mpg parked, downhill, uphill or otherwise. I've tracked over 60 tanks in mixed conditions. Here in Central TX, I avg 13mpg regardless of how I drive. In CO, the truck avgs around 15mpg.

In the end, don't overthink it. These are 3 ton pigs that eat gas.....hence my new license plate "EATSGAS"

Same. Literally on the head every time no matter how I drive.

 

[gatormark91]

Got all the way down to 7-7.5 mpg once towing our 5200lb travel trailer on the interstate (2000 LC, 2.5" lift, 33s, steel front bumper)... Bought a '17 Tacoma thinking the mileage would be better, but that thing rarely gets over 10 towing,8.5-9 is normal with the trailer on. Lesson: Towing sucks gas. So going back to towing with the LC. Anyone interested in buying a '17 Tacoma TRD Off-Road with a lift (springs/shocks, not spacer), BFGs and 17K miles, IM me. (Seriously!)

 

[atnolan94]

I've gone down the path of considering a fuel efficient DD, but the economic do not make sense for the amount I drive. Any car payment and insurance negates any gas savings. And I'm not driving a $2,000 s**tbox just to get more MPG.

 

[KraziAzn]

Got slightly under 13 mpg driving the interstate at 70 to 75 mph from So Cal to New Mexico in a stock 1998 with stock size tires.

Cool. I feel better now, I get around 12.5ish-13ish cruising 65-70mph on 33".

I've gone down the path of considering a fuel efficient DD, but the economic do not make sense for the amount I drive. Any car payment and insurance negates any gas savings. And I'm not driving a $2,000 s**tbox just to get more MPG.

100% Agree.

 

[MongooseGA]

I've gone down the path of considering a fuel efficient DD, but the economic do not make sense for the amount I drive. Any car payment and insurance negates any gas savings. And I'm not driving a $2,000 s**tbox just to get more MPG.

This is how I justify the fuel cost when I'm driving my LX around town and not my diesel Mercedes. I could spend an extra $100/mo on gas in my 100, or buy a POS for a few K and still have to insure it. If I went to one office every day and stayed there, it might be viable. In my work, though, I'm traveling around the Metro area constantly, taking people in my car, people seeing my car.. It would be a detriment to my income if I showed up in a beater to meet people entrusting me with their monies.

 

[Exiled]

I run a permanent "experiment" with two 1999 UZJ100s running similar tires but very different weights. The Watermelon (195K) is my hunting machine, custom front bumper, 4x4 Labs rear bumper, big steel wheels and MT tires, sidebars, lots of gear inside. Lots of highway driving with this one, get about 12-13 MPG consistently on Texas roads (where MPH are comparable with western states and higher than the rest of the country). Luna (130K) is my stocker, light OME and 285s but everything else is pretty stock. On the highway, I get about 14-15 on this one as long as I don't get carried away with speed.

If it matters, I only run Regular unleaded in mine, never put Premium in either one during my time of ownership.

Frankly, mileage isn't a big concern other than being curious about the differences between the two rigs. In the end, we drive Land Cruisers that were built to withstand the conditions in Australia, Pakistan and South America, fuel economy didn't make the top 100 on the list of priorities for Toyota's engineers! The extra cost of fuel pays for the cheap therapy that is the bliss of driving these beasts every day.

 

[trdcorolla]

I tracked my gas mileage for a 4 hour trip I took recently. On the way to my destination, no traffic, going 75-80mph with my 32" KO2's (at 41 psi) tires I got about 14.5mpg. On the way home, some traffic but not bad, going 70-75mph, I got 16.6mpg. Both trips were Chevron 91 octane gas. The MPG's include the 32" tire adjustment.