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My experience in mpgs with the V8

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:44 pm
by palmerwmd
Over the past couple months I been checking my mpgs.
Here are the results

City: 12 ish mpg
Mixed City-hiway: 15
Pure Highway with maximum attention paid to driving for fuel economy at 55-60 mpg : 21-22 mpg
Same but with lightly rolling hills: 19.5 to 20 mpg
Interstate going between 80 and 90 mph 16-16.5 mpg
Normal interstate driving around 70 mph: 17 mpg (hills) (when flat; 18 mpg)

Most of my fuel is mid range but a lots of regular too especially if I know i will drive at a bit of altitude and/or gently.

Re: My experience in mpgs with the V8

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:22 am
by VK56LE
Mine is very similar. We took a trip from Florida to Colorado last year and averaged 18 doing ~85mph going with the flow of traffic. Those stints on back roads where you do 55-65 is the sweet spot like you noted where I can get above 20mpg. My city doesn't get that low, with kids car line and city I drop to about 15, 14 if you idle excessively in parking lots for whatever reason. I'm probably going to be hauling a Travel Trailer this year for our trip so I'm interested to see what MPG I get with that. I'm around 225K miles on mine as well.

Re: My experience in mpgs with the V8

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:27 am
by palmerwmd
Thanks for the additional data! :D

Were you measuring your mpg by what the vehicle told you or by pump vs trip odometer?
What kind of fuel do you use?
Regular, Premium or midrange? 8)

Re: My experience in mpgs with the V8

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:07 am
by ShipFixer
The funny thing is the V-6 is about the same, without the big dip for city idling. :?

Re: My experience in mpgs with the V8

Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 5:37 pm
by palmerwmd
ShipFixer wrote:
Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:07 am
The funny thing is the V-6 is about the same, without the big dip for city idling. :?
Do you use regular or premium fuel?