i dont wanna seemstupid, could be cuz its 4 a.m. but i cant figure out how to find out what mpg i am getting. i have never filled up and set the thing and drove it dry. i would love to know how to estimate it but finding out like how many miles i am gettin to a 1/4 of a tank or an 1/8 then i can just multiply that. help please....

 

First fill your truck as full as it will go.

drive about 100 miles or so (as much as you want but the more you go the more exact it will be) then fill it up again keeping track of how many miles you went.


lets say you drove 100 miles and used 12 gallons of gas.......


100 devided by 12 = 8.3333333333333333

so this woudl give one 8.3 MPG


lets say you drive 100 miles on 2.2 gallons of gas

100 devided by 2.2 =45.45 so this would give you 45.45 MPG

 

I reset my trip meter every time I fill up - just divide the miles by how many gallons it took to fill it. This doesn't work if you don't fill it all the way up however. I fill mine at least once a week. Ex: 300 mile divided by 22.3 gallons = 13.4mpg About what I get.....

 

I try, and I repeat try, to fill up at a half of tank. Anything below a half makes the pump work harder and you'll be using more gas. With that being said I usually get about 14.5-15.2 mpg. Not too shabby

 

ok thanks for the help, sorry it was such a stupid uestion ,i was really tired. i will fill up next time and drive it down to a half then figure it up and see how i compare.

 

Hey man, there are no such as stupid question! Well, let me take that back. I hate it when women say, "Does this make me look fat?".
Good luck!

 

lol i have never hate that asked to me...i have had the same gf for like 5 months now and sometimes i get accused of calling her fat, but i dont, she just likes to play around like that. But thats funny question.