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It was bound to happen by somebody and a matter of time for me. Mileage info over last 700 miles since last fuel up:
I was going to wait for a 1 year review of the truck, but this seemed worthy for a seperate topic. I've been using Fuelly since day one, can be found at the following link or searching "Blue Flame"
Truck is basically stock, shown at bottom of signature, only add ons are a rear cover, Anzo lights, bug deflector and seat covers. The Fuelly number in sig was before I started towing the boat for this season. Truck is calculating about 1.5mpg overall higher than what is hand calculated. Here is the last Fuelly input for the record that gives 27.4mpg which is 1.8mpg lower than the truck:
The 100% city cycles noted are when I tow with my boat. As you can see, the mpg have been relatively high and was a matter of time when traffic was good, weather cooperated and didn't have significant construction to deal with. I work 42 miles away, about 60% highway, 30% what I call boulevards (Telegraph/Lapeer Roads for those familiar) and 10% city. I don't exceed 65mph on highway, go 5mph faster on rest of roads to make lights.
My previous fuel up hit 980 miles to empty, so I had the mileage and fuel economy rolling good. Note, you can't get this number by simply filling up, coasting down hill for 30 miles and filling up at bottom of the hill. Your DTE numbers use previous mileage for weighted averaging.
Full discolosure - I do work for Ford in case anybody asks, but I'm here since I love F150's, had one since '97. I am glad to give information that is publicly available and common practice what I know.
Dang, I drive very conservatively with my 5.0 and at best averaged 21 (hand calc)
Maybe its the 3.73s?
What's your secret Victoria?
Hypermiling to the max, use S/S, no jackrabbit starts unless needed and no racing to the lights. It is a pia to follow but once I started on the last fuel up, I paid attention to see where I ended up. At the end of my 1 year, I won't be tracking. But this is typical, even with my previous trucks, I always got great mpg.
Originally Posted by carrierj
Upside down satan? lol
It shows correct for me via pc, but I know when some view it via Tapatalk or other it shows upside down. Not sure how to correct for all.
Note - 999 is the max the DTE will show, I was tracking around 1030 miles DTE before the fuel up. Sitting in my driveway, it still shows 999 to home from gas station.
Last edited by stormsearch; 07-21-2017 at 09:31 AM.
Yeah I get 30+ mpg when doing 50 mph as well, with 3.73 gears. Your time and mileage average out to around 45 MPH average driving speed. It's the 65+ MPH that makes the mileage take a dive. Still love the 2.7 though!
07-21-2017, 08:28 AM
999
