First real roadtrip
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11-18-2006, 03:07 AM
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First real roadtrip
Needed to go to a meeting at work and decided to drive to Raliegh-Durham instead of fly.
Over my 850 mile trip I got an average of 18.3 miles ger gallon (Hand calculated) and I drove 70-75 miles per hour the whole way.
I had something odd happen on my way back. As I was getting closer to Georgia my mileage started to go down.
I lost about 1 mpg (watching the overhead but it was pretty accurate) over a 200 mile stretch. The only things I can think that affected my mileage are
1. I topped off the tank a bit earlier (~18 gallons) (different fuel?)
2. It started getting colder as I got closer , about 25 degrees between when I started in NC and when I got to Atlanta.
Which one is more likely and can you think of anything else that could have caused it?
My truck seems to run a lot smoother since the drive too. I think the drive did her good.
One really cool thing, I get reimbursed mileage for the trip and its gonna be enough to get the mount, Pyro guage and half my mud flaps.. [sm=happy046.gif]
Over my 850 mile trip I got an average of 18.3 miles ger gallon (Hand calculated) and I drove 70-75 miles per hour the whole way.
I had something odd happen on my way back. As I was getting closer to Georgia my mileage started to go down.
I lost about 1 mpg (watching the overhead but it was pretty accurate) over a 200 mile stretch. The only things I can think that affected my mileage are 1. I topped off the tank a bit earlier (~18 gallons) (different fuel?)
2. It started getting colder as I got closer , about 25 degrees between when I started in NC and when I got to Atlanta.
Which one is more likely and can you think of anything else that could have caused it?
My truck seems to run a lot smoother since the drive too. I think the drive did her good.
One really cool thing, I get reimbursed mileage for the trip and its gonna be enough to get the mount, Pyro guage and half my mud flaps.. [sm=happy046.gif]
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11-18-2006, 03:12 AM
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11-18-2006, 09:10 AM
RE: First real roadtrip
If you were going down I 85 you can expect the milage to drop,not steep but,alot of up and down. will be doing a trip next week that goes thur western VA...middle TN...and western KY....now that the truck has 18,000 on the clock it should do better along with the "BREW" and keeping it around 2000 rpm.....let you know next week.
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11-18-2006, 01:55 PM
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RE: First real roadtrip
If you bought fuel in SC that could be your issue, fuel quality around here is not consistant. I live near Greenville, SC and I-85 between there and GA is Up and down a bunch. In that stretch if I run 65 my mileage holds but 70 + and it slowly drops, 75+ it goes down like a lead ballon.
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RE: First real roadtrip
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If you bought fuel in SC that could be your issue, fuel quality around here is not consistant. I live near Greenville, SC and I-85 between there and GA is Up and down a bunch. In that stretch if I run 65 my mileage holds but 70 + and it slowly drops, 75+ it goes down like a lead ballon.
If you bought fuel in SC that could be your issue, fuel quality around here is not consistant. I live near Greenville, SC and I-85 between there and GA is Up and down a bunch. In that stretch if I run 65 my mileage holds but 70 + and it slowly drops, 75+ it goes down like a lead ballon.
Well, I did top off in SC. The rest I either got in GA or NC..
I'm skeptical about it being the "Hills" as I took the same route (85) to NC and back so I basically had the same hills. I also traveled the same speed (pretty much).
I think I'll go with the fuel idea but let me know what you all experience.