Gas Mileage - not even getting 16mpg Highway

[RonM_TX]

Good call. I wonder if there individual locations that they drive in makes a bigger difference. Traffic density, stop lights etc.

I'm thinking how heavy your right foot is makes the biggest difference I guess if you baby it around town you might do much better.
For me I got 14.2 mpg at my first fill up. Now into my second tank with it showing 14.6. That is doing normal Texas interstate speeds of 85 mph. Around town mileage seems to suffer dropping into the 13s. Truck is still new less than 400 miles. I thought mileage would increase as it breaks in but from this thread I see I am getting close to normal mileage now.
Has anyone found going to higher grade gas gives better mileage?

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[Fawnbuster]

I'm thinking how heavy your right foot is makes the biggest difference I guess if you baby it around town you might do much better.
For me I got 14.2 mpg at my first fill up. Now into my second tank with it showing 14.6. That is doing normal Texas interstate speeds of 85 mph. Around town mileage seems to suffer dropping into the 13s. Truck is still new less than 400 miles. I thought mileage would increase as it breaks in but from this thread I see I am getting close to normal mileage now.
Has anyone found going to higher grade gas gives better mileage?

Well yeah a heavy foot plays a part lol.

 

[Mainer12]

I have about 5k and it’s about 6 months old.
12.3 around town and 19-20 on the highway. I live in the DC area however…

 

[Satex]

I have a Lariat FX4 with a 2.7. I use 93 premium when towing and 87 octane otherwise. Odometer is 4500 miles.

My lowest mileage has been towing a 4000 pound camper into 15mph headwinds in rolling hills at 65 mph ... 10.5 mpg.

The same camper with no wind, flat ground and the same speed ... 13 mpg.

Unloaded, all highway, mostly flat with moderate hills and 70 mph ... 27mpg.

Same as above, but with significant headwinds ... 23 mpg.

Speed has an enormous impact on mileage. For me, driving a bit slower is far more relaxing, and it is my preference regardless of fuel mileage.

Just for grins, I did a max mpg test for about 200 miles during a recent road trip. I wasn't on interstates, so drove between 60 and 65mpg. The indicated mpg was 29.6. Calculated mpg was 28.9 mpg.

The truck is capable is very impressive mpg, but not if you're in a hurry.

 

[bulldog36526]

Hi all. Obviously, I didn’t buy this truck for its great MPG, that being said; I did think I’d fare a LITTLE better than this.

To add some context, I’m in Texas at sea level, and have the ProCal installed for a little less than a month now, have been filling with 93 octane since then, and have 2500 miles on the dash, bought a 24’ new in January

Did my first tank of exclusively highway miles, with not much overtaking etc, in normal mode. Ran about 200 miles in the afternoon, fully highway, minimal to no stops or idling (minus a very quick 4 min McDonald’s drive thru) and only got 15.9mpg on my entire trip.

ive seen some posts in here of yall getting close to 20, in some cases 21. Just curious if anyone else has had the same experience, or has a guess why my mileage seemingly is a bit lower than what I personally expected, or this is about accurate.

I get 24 mpg hyway doing 70 mph. What are you driving? I have a 2024 ranger XLT FX4 2.3L .

 

[81stfacp]

Last reset on Trip 2, here's the combined mileage per gallon. Just regular 87. RR will be year old today

 

[DylanBra]

Funny enough I have been able to get 28-30mpg on long trips from cali to utah, I thought it was the car glitching but I get about 500-550 miles to the tank depending on driving. But in towns closer to around 24ish.

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