Real world fuel mileage

[Middleofnowhere]

My 2018 Ram 2500 shortbed crew with 35” tires gets 17-18 mpg average. I’ve only got 5,000 miles on it so far. My wife mostly drives this truck and she gets worse mileage than me

My 2003 GMC 2500 Duramax gets 17-19 mpg when not towing. I have over 300,000 miles and truck is still going strong.

 

[.204smokechaser]

1991 toyota sr5 pickup V6 3.0. 315k miles.

Summer time, highways around here I am getting 21-24. Filled up today before heading back to the work center and calculated mpg at 23. Did a trip to Missoula a few weeks ago and averaged 22. Averaging 18-20 when messing around up here in the woods.

Winter, usually get 15-19 miles per gallon.

 

[ShakeDown]

Interesting thread.

2016 F150 SCREW 3.5L ecoboost, 3” coilover lift and rear block. 285x75x17 Ridge Grapplers.

18.2 average, 20ish highway. 41k miles. I run 91 premium.

 

[Beendare]

Yeah, interesting....and pretty worthless due to so many variables.



That Fuelly is a pretty good site.

 

[Mike098777]

03 dodge 3500 5.9 6 speed I get 16-18 mpg. 290k

 

[Ryan Avery]

2014 Ram 3.0 Ecodiesel
19 MPG with Emissions on
25 MPG with Emissions torn the **** off

 

[Blinginpse]

2014 crew cab short bed cummins 3500. Completely stock 23.5 interstate 19.1 around home 17 pulling empty 20' stoll gooseneck 14 pulling a loaded gooseneck of total weight around 15,000lb. That's a average of 15 6 weight calves and trailer being 5500ish

 

[bcsportsman]

I got a 13 ram diesel. Interstate I get about 24 with cruise set.


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[Fitzwho]

2017 Titan XD, stock suspension, 275/70-18 Nitto Ridge Grapplers and Method wheels. AFE Scorcher module, and a tonneau cover. Have found that with this setup, my computer reads +\- 0.2 mpg from actual.

18-20 on the highway at 75-80 (Texas) depending on how aggressive I’m accelerating to pass other cars, wind directions, etc. Just averaged 20.5 mpg on a 560 mile trip coming home from northeast New Mexico.

20+ if doing 65-70, but that doesn’t happen much.

In town, getting around 15.5-16. Can better this slightly by taking a slightly longer route to work and using the “Loop”, and make it worse by accelerating quickly, I end up usually take the route with stoplights for some reason.

 

[Peterbttb]

I'm looking at replacing my Ram 1500 4x4 98,for the guy's that have the Ram Ecodiesel do you think it's worth the extra money compared to a gas model?

 

[NstihL]

My 1996 Toyota T100 SR5 gets 21-22 on the highway. I'm hoping Toyota release a new Tundra this century…I'm ready for an upgrade!

 

[Titan]

I'm looking at replacing my Ram 1500 4x4 98,for the guy's that have the Ram Ecodiesel do you think it's worth the extra money compared to a gas model?

Depends on how much you drive. They actually have a current rebate for ecodiesels which essentially is paying back the cost of the upgrade (due to the emission stuff). If you go the ecodiesel route, I would suggest either getting one with the GDE tune or if it's new, factor that cost into the purchase price.

I am way ahead on fuel costs compared to my last truck. The extra maintenance for the diesel is no big deal. Def fill up twice a year, fuel filter every 20k or so, oil changes are $60 or so every 10k.

The new one should be out hopefully late this year. I will be waiting until GDE gets their tune ready before purchasing.

 

[FLAK]

I'm looking at replacing my Ram 1500 4x4 98,for the guy's that have the Ram Ecodiesel do you think it's worth the extra money compared to a gas model?

I had this truck with a 360 and couldn't afford to drive it.....even for just
a hunting truck. Had to sell it.

 

[renagde]

2012 Jeep Wrangler JKU 2" lift, 34" Nitto Ridge Grapplers 3.73 gears 17mpg round town, 19 highway hand calculated.

2006 VW Jetta TDI Malone Tune, 2" turbo back straight pipe 45mpg combined average.

 

[jwatts]

2013 Silverado HD CC 4wd 6.0, 34in BFG all terrains
My last 2 trips to Wyoming (around 3600 miles) averaged 14.58 and 14.63 combined (Hwy, city, mountain roads)
Typical Hwy- 16
Typical city- 14

 

[hunterjmj]

2009 Chevy 2500hd 6.0 gas factory stock except for wheels. 15-16 on freeway if I keep it at 75 or below. I usually drive 84 on the freeway so I get about 13-14.

 

[Overwire]

I'm looking at replacing my Ram 1500 4x4 98,for the guy's that have the Ram Ecodiesel do you think it's worth the extra money compared to a gas model?

Had the same consideration when I bought my 15'. Ran the the numbers and the payback period to recoup the extra upfront cost at that time was pretty long. Easily over 100k miles. I wasn't as confident in the reliability of the diesel and while that little diesel was surprisingly peppy for what it is it wasn't nearly as satisfying as the hemi if you needed/wanted to step on it. Needless to say I went with the hemi. I only have about 60k miles on it (zero issues) so time will tell as far as reliability but I haven't regretted not getting the diesel 1 second. I'd test drive both and run the numbers with the prices you are able to get them for if you are on the fence but ultimately I would go with whichever brings the biggest smile to your face.

 

[Peterbttb]

Thank you guy's for the info I will look at both options but that extra milage you get with a diesel sounds really good.

 

[Wits_End]

GMC 2500 duramax, lifted 5", 35" Nitto, full delete
~17.5 hwy at 80mph
~19 hwy at 70mph

 

[Oregon]

2018 longbed tundra trd 5.7. Leveled front.
Very consistent 17mpg. I do no city driving to speak of, just a couple stoplights in town