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I've found that the MPG gauge on my Path is somewhat accurate.disallow wrote: Also of note is that the gas gauges in these trucks leave plenty to be desired when it comes to accuracy. The only way to really measure drops or gains in fuel economy is to measure the fuel in vs miles driven. The gas gauge is not an accurate measurement of this.
Actually I agree with you on this. The average fuel economy and average speed measurement are bang on.FLiPMaRC wrote:I've found that the MPG gauge on my Path is somewhat accurate.
When you were getting 350 for real? As in manually calculated? Or going by the digital readout below the speedo?FLpathFinder wrote:For instance, I'm at 263 miles on this tank, my screen says 28 miles til empty, what could be the cause for almost 100 miles less??? I don't drive too aggressive either, nothing more or less than what I was doing when I was getting 350.
Yes, I agree that the gas gauge itself is not accurate. I don't really concern myself with it since I fill up whenever it goes down to half.disallow wrote:
We will be doing a road trip this weekend to Fargo (400km one way) so as long as its not too windy, I will be doing some more measurements. And with cheaper gas! $1.229/L here in Winnipeg today, in Fargo its $3.49/gal or $0.92/L.
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No way you're getting 350 for real.NVSteve wrote:When you were getting 350 for real? As in manually calculated? Or going by the digital readout below the speedo?FLpathFinder wrote:For instance, I'm at 263 miles on this tank, my screen says 28 miles til empty, what could be the cause for almost 100 miles less??? I don't drive too aggressive either, nothing more or less than what I was doing when I was getting 350.
disallow wrote: But the gauge itself is not. For instance, today with DTE showing 29kms and my gas gauge right at the bottom, I filled up. The truck took 64L. It has an 80L tank. But the gauge showed it was right empty. (traveled 430km on that much fuel, which equates to 14.8L/100km or 15.8MPG)
I've hit 412 and had 1 gallon remaining (40 miles past the DTE hitting zero). Only did that once and not really on purpose. I regularly do 370-380 if I'm doing that commute though. Almost all highway, 140 miles a day at 75mph or so. I've wondered how much better it would do at 65mph but I just can't drive that slow.smj999smj wrote:So, I can see it being possible to get 350 miles out of a tank.
I have gone a few past the DTE showing 0 but never 40, that's def pushing it man. Good to know though...skinny2 wrote:I've hit 412 and had 1 gallon remaining (40 miles past the DTE hitting zero). Only did that once and not really on purpose. I regularly do 370-380 if I'm doing that commute though. Almost all highway, 140 miles a day at 75mph or so. I've wondered how much better it would do at 65mph but I just can't drive that slow.smj999smj wrote:So, I can see it being possible to get 350 miles out of a tank.
Well if I mix more than a couple miles of town driving it all goes out the window. That commute has me pulling out of my development onto a 55mph 4-lane road, driving 3 miles to a highway, around 65 miles on highway, two miles off the ramp and maybe stop at two lights as they're all timed quite well. As long as traffic doesn't clog up somewhere it's pretty easy to top 20mpg average. I would bet I could do 21-22mpg if I stuck to 65mph because this thing is a sail.....staynlean wrote: Also, I have never gotten more than 330-340 out of a tank and I drive like Grandma.