9300 mile trek 16.7 mpg*

[steelynorm]

2006 LX 470 293,000 miles.
mostly stock, 1 person loaded with skiing and fishing gear.
1/12/26 to 3/15/26
Houston to Vancouver and back, definitely not a straight line!
Lots of elevation changes.
9300 miles
560 gallons
$2200 in fuel(premium): In terms of fuel prices, my last 5 tanks had the war premium.
16.66 mpg

*I must give a caveat, i would not say that i was hypermiling, but there are some remote areas where the posted speed limit was 75 and 80, and i would just chug along at 75 mph.

 

[Mchodl]

Running premium fuel seems crazy to me.

 

[jaewastooshort]

*based only on my experience with my LX* ... that is a crazy average over that distance. I normally average a bit under 10mpg (calculated , based on odometer reading running 33" tires) around town and in the Houston area, but when I was in Colorado/Utah with my family a couple of years back I was able to average almost 18 mpg on a couple of tanks while we were in the mountains in Co, and that was fully loaded with 5 people and a pretty full cargo. Fuel economy took a complete nose dive again once we got back on flat ground closer to sea level.