Yesterday in my '04 Expy, 5-10-08 my family and I drove from Hampton, Va to Bowie, Md and had a rare and wonderful opportunity to watch the US Olympic Softball team play the Washington Glory. Anyway the trip is 193 miles each way consisting of about 85 miles interstate driving and the rest rural farm land and small towns. My truck burned 21 gallons of gas averaging 18.63 MPG's. My truck has always gotten excellent mileage and usually averages 21.5 on the hwy. Granted, my truck has the 4.6L and is a 4x2 but it exceeds our families needs.

Tim

 

That's pretty decent mileage.

But here's my rant: My thinking is that one tankful does not give a very accurate reading of the vehicles fuel mileage. When you look at the shape of the tank and where the filler neck is attached to the tank, just the slightest variation in the slope of the ground where the truck is parked when you re-fill the tank can make a difference of a gallon or two in the amount of fuel you can pump in. (A difference of a gallon or two will make a big difference in the calculated fuel mileage for one tankful.)

My contention is that if you keep track of the fuel usage for ~1500 +/- miles and then top off the tank, that will give a more realistic MPG figure. (If the final fill up is off a gallon or two, over 1500 miles it will have an insignificant effect on the MPG calculation.)

I'm not trying to take away anything from the MPG your truck gets, just trying to account for the wide variations in reported fuel mileage on this forum.

 

I understand and agree whole heartedly. I bought the truck new and my mileage boasts have been consistant throughout the life of the truck.

I only made this post because so many threads refer to mileage disappointments so I figured I would give Ford some over due credit.

Tim

 

i average about 13.5 hwy.