My new truck and fuel economy
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,222
Likes: 4
From: NB, Canada
Ok, so I did some impromptu figuring here, anyone wanna check my Canadian math? I haven't actually checked my mpg accurately by filling it up etc yet...
IT costs me almost exactly 30 bucks a day to go to work and back, 70kms round trip.
Got $60 worth yesterday morning, which was 50 L.
SO, 25L per 70KMs= 35.7L/100KM (our version of MPG, which I do not like)
And according to Google, 35.7 l/100km = 6.58864379 miles per gallon
Does this add up half-assedly? If so, holy crap! I think Cup cars are getting better mileage than me!
Oh, and better double the cost because my wife is running my dad's Ram atm, which costs at least as much as mine to drive, approx the same distance for her too... 30 bucks a day X 5 days X 2 trucks = getting old quick!
IT costs me almost exactly 30 bucks a day to go to work and back, 70kms round trip.
Got $60 worth yesterday morning, which was 50 L.
SO, 25L per 70KMs= 35.7L/100KM (our version of MPG, which I do not like)
And according to Google, 35.7 l/100km = 6.58864379 miles per gallon
Does this add up half-assedly? If so, holy crap! I think Cup cars are getting better mileage than me!
Oh, and better double the cost because my wife is running my dad's Ram atm, which costs at least as much as mine to drive, approx the same distance for her too... 30 bucks a day X 5 days X 2 trucks = getting old quick!
Grand Champion
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,099
Likes: 6
From: Colorado
There's nothing wrong with your graph, I think it is awesome. My joke was bout how poor of gas my truck gets, I just used your graph to make the joke. Sorry.
Veteran
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 316
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From: Arizona
Ok, so I did some impromptu figuring here, anyone wanna check my Canadian math? I haven't actually checked my mpg accurately by filling it up etc yet...
IT costs me almost exactly 30 bucks a day to go to work and back, 70kms round trip.
Got $60 worth yesterday morning, which was 50 L.
SO, 25L per 70KMs= 35.7L/100KM (our version of MPG, which I do not like)
And according to Google, 35.7 l/100km = 6.58864379 miles per gallon
IT costs me almost exactly 30 bucks a day to go to work and back, 70kms round trip.
Got $60 worth yesterday morning, which was 50 L.
SO, 25L per 70KMs= 35.7L/100KM (our version of MPG, which I do not like)
And according to Google, 35.7 l/100km = 6.58864379 miles per gallon
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,222
Likes: 4
From: NB, Canada
Or maybe a nice late 00's 3rd gen
Last edited by Maxx_Magnum; Mar 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM.
Legend
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 8,663
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From: Central Oklahoma
Anyone who uses a pickup as a daily driver (essentially an air hauler) is nuts for being concerned about fuel economy. If you want fuel economy in a daily driver, get someone with 4-cylinders. A truck is for hauling cargo and is damned good at it.
