Postby smj999smj » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:22 pm
They don't do well on gas mileage and they do best on long, highway runs (versus around town or stop-and-go driving) and they also tend to do best when you use cruise control a lot and avoid mashing the gas pedal. I gained 2 mpg combined average once I started to use the cruise control as much as possible and avoided putting more foot on the pedal than actually needed, if you know what I mean! I have a 2006 LE 4.0L AWD that can get 19.5 to 20.5 mpg on a long trip of mostly highways and interstate driving using 87 octane regular unleaded and driving 65-75 mph average. Around town, though, that drops to around 16.5 mpg. Overall, I'm typically seeing 17.5 mpg combined. You'll have to do the conversion math for kilometers!