The Ultimate MPG thread.
09-24-2016, 11:40 PM
#822
09-25-2016, 05:33 PM
#823
It would probably drop to 22 at 70. Very respectable. I get those number with very light feet, but just normal hanging with traffic locally am closer to 17 MPG.
09-25-2016, 07:58 PM
#824
First trip was just me at 200 lbs and no bed cover with an avg speed of 60 = 23.8 mpg.
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10-06-2016, 02:24 PM
#825
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My new 2016 F150 with the 3.5 engine is only less than 2 weeks old and as I have done seemingly forever, I do a 'break-in run' on the interstate going from Carthage towards Kansas City Missouri, on I49, which is mostly flat and straight.
I fill up at a local station, record the mileage, stock up on coffee and doughnuts and then set the cruise at 55 to 60 mph and go about 100 miles or so and then turn around, go back to the same station and fill up and do calculations:
25 to 28 mpg!
Recently on the same road but holding it at 70 mph, I still got an impressive 25 mpg.
On my 24 mile, round trip commute, about 75% country roads at 55 mph and the rest city, I am getting 19+ mpg.
It will probably get better when broken in and I'm happy!
Sam
I fill up at a local station, record the mileage, stock up on coffee and doughnuts and then set the cruise at 55 to 60 mph and go about 100 miles or so and then turn around, go back to the same station and fill up and do calculations:
25 to 28 mpg!
Recently on the same road but holding it at 70 mph, I still got an impressive 25 mpg.
On my 24 mile, round trip commute, about 75% country roads at 55 mph and the rest city, I am getting 19+ mpg.
It will probably get better when broken in and I'm happy!
Sam
10-06-2016, 04:21 PM
#826
Junior Member
I guess I have a lead foot, or a lemon, cause my '16 isn't getting close to that.
The only road trip I've done I managed about 20, but then 70 was probably my
minimum speed.
The only road trip I've done I managed about 20, but then 70 was probably my
minimum speed.
10-06-2016, 06:38 PM
#827
10-06-2016, 06:42 PM
#828
That turbo has quite a punch and folks that have it can't help but put their foot in it. But rabbit starts at 2-3mpg take a long ride of 1500 rpm to make it up. Try this, set a trip screen to new, think about your start and try to keep it under 1500 rpm until reaching speed limit. Keep all acceleration under2000 rpm. When you see a light change ahead, try to coast up to it and not run up and stop. The vehicle will use much more fuel from a dead stop than it will rolling and the faster you are rolling the better. If the speed limit is 55 stay in the right lane but to the left side of the right lane. That big truck of yours will actually get a draft from all the vehicles passing you in the left lane. Keep some polish on the vehicle and clean of dirt and bird scatt, tree sap etc. Also when coming down a bridge or steep hill and approaching a reduced speed limit ahead, coast down to that speed and don't use the brake. The brake is for when traffic demands you stop or when you arrive to your destination.
This really is a mind set for conscientious fuel sipping operators.
I assure you FOMOCO did not sell you a lemon!
Even if this test is just 30 miles or so it should result in 25 mpg. The big secret is that the Coyote 5.0 is much easier to manage mpg due to fact that the twin turbo is so hard to tame.
I have a 2015 Cotote 5.0 and a 2016 single cab with the 3.5 and the 3.5 is way faster.
It will yank your neck back on demand, as you are aware I'm sure.
Sevenal
This really is a mind set for conscientious fuel sipping operators.
I assure you FOMOCO did not sell you a lemon!
Even if this test is just 30 miles or so it should result in 25 mpg. The big secret is that the Coyote 5.0 is much easier to manage mpg due to fact that the twin turbo is so hard to tame.
I have a 2015 Cotote 5.0 and a 2016 single cab with the 3.5 and the 3.5 is way faster.
It will yank your neck back on demand, as you are aware I'm sure.
Sevenal
Last edited by sevenal; 10-06-2016 at 06:44 PM.
10-06-2016, 08:38 PM
#829
That turbo has quite a punch and folks that have it can't help but put their foot in it. But rabbit starts at 2-3mpg take a long ride of 1500 rpm to make it up. Try this, set a trip screen to new, think about your start and try to keep it under 1500 rpm until reaching speed limit. Keep all acceleration under2000 rpm. When you see a light change ahead, try to coast up to it and not run up and stop. The vehicle will use much more fuel from a dead stop than it will rolling and the faster you are rolling the better. If the speed limit is 55 stay in the right lane but to the left side of the right lane. That big truck of yours will actually get a draft from all the vehicles passing you in the left lane. Keep some polish on the vehicle and clean of dirt and bird scatt, tree sap etc. Also when coming down a bridge or steep hill and approaching a reduced speed limit ahead, coast down to that speed and don't use the brake. The brake is for when traffic demands you stop or when you arrive to your destination.
This really is a mind set for conscientious fuel sipping operators.
I assure you FOMOCO did not sell you a lemon!
Even if this test is just 30 miles or so it should result in 25 mpg. The big secret is that the Coyote 5.0 is much easier to manage mpg due to fact that the twin turbo is so hard to tame.
I have a 2015 Cotote 5.0 and a 2016 single cab with the 3.5 and the 3.5 is way faster.
It will yank your neck back on demand, as you are aware I'm sure.
Sevenal
This really is a mind set for conscientious fuel sipping operators.
I assure you FOMOCO did not sell you a lemon!
Even if this test is just 30 miles or so it should result in 25 mpg. The big secret is that the Coyote 5.0 is much easier to manage mpg due to fact that the twin turbo is so hard to tame.
I have a 2015 Cotote 5.0 and a 2016 single cab with the 3.5 and the 3.5 is way faster.
It will yank your neck back on demand, as you are aware I'm sure.
Sevenal
10-07-2016, 01:18 PM
#830
My new 2016 F150 with the 3.5 engine is only less than 2 weeks old and as I have done seemingly forever, I do a 'break-in run' on the interstate going from Carthage towards Kansas City Missouri, on I49, which is mostly flat and straight.
I fill up at a local station, record the mileage, stock up on coffee and doughnuts and then set the cruise at 55 to 60 mph and go about 100 miles or so and then turn around, go back to the same station and fill up and do calculations:
25 to 28 mpg!
Recently on the same road but holding it at 70 mph, I still got an impressive 25 mpg.
On my 24 mile, round trip commute, about 75% country roads at 55 mph and the rest city, I am getting 19+ mpg.
It will probably get better when broken in and I'm happy!
Sam
I fill up at a local station, record the mileage, stock up on coffee and doughnuts and then set the cruise at 55 to 60 mph and go about 100 miles or so and then turn around, go back to the same station and fill up and do calculations:
25 to 28 mpg!
Recently on the same road but holding it at 70 mph, I still got an impressive 25 mpg.
On my 24 mile, round trip commute, about 75% country roads at 55 mph and the rest city, I am getting 19+ mpg.
It will probably get better when broken in and I'm happy!
Sam
This is what I did in a 40 miles drive at 62-64 MPH
with a 2011 XLT 5.0 COYOTE WITH 202,000. MILES