Vacation MPG
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Laughing Gas
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Vacation MPG
I came back from vacationing at North Carolina's Outer Banks and with a light load in the bed and three of us in the cab only got 17.5 mpg (not complaining). Speeds were mostly in the 55-70 MPH range, and we did hit serious traffic the last couple of hours or so. My buddy and his wife has a 2013 4x4 XLT Crew Cab 5.0, and he told me he also got 17.5 MPG. I go to the Outer Banks almost every year and always clock my fuel mileage and as a reference, my '05 got 17.2, my '10 got 19.2 and had higher hopes for my '13. I know I have a long 157'' wheel base truck with 4WD and big tow mirrors hanging in the wind with 3:73's, so that will always be my killer for economy, IMO. Just thought I would share some real world numbers.
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Laughing Gas
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Yes indeed the tires were properly inflated. I'm sure the traffic didn't help the MPG either.
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What engine efx4? I just pulled 17.9mpg per the digidash all highway with 5 people and light load...
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Can you tell me more about this load in the bed? Weight means very little when it comes to highway fuel economy, but if it was something that rose higher than the bed sides it could have cost you. Stop and go will kill your efficiency as well.
Very true Tim, but this is often misused in a given situation. Power only takes fuel when it's being produced. It only takes 60-70 HP from the engine to push the truck down the highway regardless of what the engine is capable of. His EcoBoost was making just as much power as any other engine would have. The difference is parasitic losses within the engine, and typically the smaller 6-cylinder engine has less than the larger V8s. Of course a pair of turbos change this a bit depending on boost and load conditions.
I averaged 21 MPGs running dead empty back from OH at 70 MPH. This was trying out premium fuel, but after a couple of tanks back and forth I'm convinced that it didn't have much of an increase over 87 octane.
Very true Tim, but this is often misused in a given situation. Power only takes fuel when it's being produced. It only takes 60-70 HP from the engine to push the truck down the highway regardless of what the engine is capable of. His EcoBoost was making just as much power as any other engine would have. The difference is parasitic losses within the engine, and typically the smaller 6-cylinder engine has less than the larger V8s. Of course a pair of turbos change this a bit depending on boost and load conditions.
I averaged 21 MPGs running dead empty back from OH at 70 MPH. This was trying out premium fuel, but after a couple of tanks back and forth I'm convinced that it didn't have much of an increase over 87 octane.
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Just completed a drive in Florida from Orlando to Jacksonville in my 2013 5.0 4x4 with 4,000 miles 3.55 gearing screw and got 21.8 mpg with the cruise set at 70 mph. It was about a 150 mile drive and it was all highway. This was a hand calculation. The truck computer said 19.2. I filled it up at the beginning and at the end of this trip. Very pleased. Of course being in Florida the road was very flat with no hills.
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Yesterday I made a day of it and ran down to the Delta farmland in Louisiana. I had a 30 minute meeting 268 miles away and nobody knew how or wanted to learn how to conference me in on the phone. That's besides the point.
I was tickled to death to figure out after I got home that my 5.4 SCREW 4X4 got 16.8 MPG 'till I read this post. All highway, down there and back. Cooler full of iced down water in the back was the load.
I was tickled to death to figure out after I got home that my 5.4 SCREW 4X4 got 16.8 MPG 'till I read this post. All highway, down there and back. Cooler full of iced down water in the back was the load.
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I have been meticulously tracking my fuel average going to and from work while driving on cruise control at 65 mph. I got my all time best so far (truck has 4200 miles) Going to work I got a best of 19.5 mpg and coming home I also got a best of 21.4!! One way to work is 33 miles and I have hills and one steep grade to climb (approx. 6%). Coming home I am on a downgrade a lot of the way after getting over that 6% grade. There's some real world for you!
Ecoboost 3.73 gearing!!
Ecoboost 3.73 gearing!!
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