Vehicle Gas Mileage

[Jigfishn10]

21 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I just remembered another use for the car while reading another thread. My wife has a Honda Fit, we take it to the ocean with a canoe on top. It still gets 30+ mpg with it up there. I shouldnt take it lightly, it’s got 266,000 miles and I ramped over a dead deer with it. Still runs like a top 

Hey bud, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but can you post a map of the ocean in Tennessee? I’m assuming east coast.
 

Thanks. I learn a lot here on bass  resource.  

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Hey bud, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but can you post a map of the ocean in Tennessee? I’m assuming east coast.
 

Thanks. I learn a lot here on bass  resource.  

Hahahahah! Only 6 hours to Charleston SC 

(Campsites sometimes available)

[Jigfishn10]

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Hahahahah! Only 6 hours to Charleston SC 

(Campsites sometimes available)

We gotcha covered here

 

You say when and we’ll have light on and open arms!

[TnRiver46]

8 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

We gotcha covered here

 

You say when and we’ll have light on and open arms!

Don’t you have great whites in your waters? Maybe I should stick to the estuaries haha

[Jigfishn10]

Find the sea dogs, you find the great whites. 
 

If you’re concerned, get here before August. 
 

if you want to see some great wildlife then after August 

 

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Jigfishn10 said:

Find the sea dogs, you find the great whites. 
 

If you’re concerned, get here before August. 
 

if you want to see some great wildlife then after August 

 

My brother was in Maine a couple years ago kayaking maybe 30 miles north of where that lady was killed by one . Cool creatures but I’ll have to watch them from “a bigger boat” 

[Jigfishn10]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

My brother was in Maine a couple years ago kayaking maybe 30 miles north of where that lady was killed by one . Cool creatures but I’ll have to watch them from “a bigger boat” 

Biggest I saw was thresher shark

 

It was about 1/4 mile in front of us in our little boat 

 

cool tho

[Kirtley Howe]

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

2016 Ram  19/25

2016 Rogue 27/35

1991 Chevy extended cab, 8 foot box, 350ci automatic, 4x4. 10.5mpg around town, 13mpg on the highway.  42 gallon gas tank. I don't fill it up often....thank goodness we also have a 6 cyl small SUV. And, I have an 1987 Suzuki Cavalcade Trike (MotorTrike conversion) that I ride all summer. That gets 37 mpg riding solo, and 34 riding with the wife.

 

[MN Fisher]

I miss my last truck

 

1998 WT-1500 (what they call HD now)

4.3l, 5-speed manual, 2WD

Matching topper

 

19 city/27 highway - and yes, on a trip to MA I got 27.3mpg in that truck (lower coming back as it was loaded to the gills and towing a car behind it)

[Bankbeater]

I don't notice a difference in mileage from different brands.  I do notice an increase in MPG after an oil change and when the filters get changed.  I have also noticed the warmer it gets the better mileage I get. 

[throttleplate]

Wife and i are on our way to chicago then greenbay wisc. for packers training camp. We left fargo nd. in the rain and stopped in Eau Claire Wisc for the night.

Driving in the rain i really enjoy as it adds a measure of excitement with the tractor trailors bombarding your windshield with geysers of water.

Rained all the way to eau claire. The 2004 honda civic with a 1.7 litre 4 cylinder got 40 mpg. Paid for refill at $4.05.

Drove from eau claire to Beloit wisc in the sunny heat and filled up and got 41mpg, paid $4.00 gallon.

When we were driving on interstate around the wisconsin dells area and madisson wisc the wisc drivers flat out were some of the worst i have driven with. Speed limit is 70mph but more like 85 for many of them and their lane changes were quick cut infronts and i would say the distance they keep between each other maybe 1.5 seconds which caused at one point a accordian collision where a pickup got rear ended by a small sedan causing the accordian kneejerk brake check reaction.

I kept my distance well back of the vehicle in front of me and kept it a 68mph.

[gim]

18 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Paid for refill at $4.05.

Drove from eau claire to Beloit wisc in the sunny heat and filled up and got 41mpg, paid $4.00 gallon.

I was just there last week.  Gas was $3.89 just east of Madison and it was $3.99 everywhere in Madison.  When I got back towards Minnesota, it was back up to $4.49.

[slonezp]

On 7/24/2022 at 9:05 PM, throttleplate said:

Wife and i are on our way to chicago then greenbay wisc. for packers training camp. We left fargo nd. in the rain and stopped in Eau Claire Wisc for the night.

Driving in the rain i really enjoy as it adds a measure of excitement with the tractor trailors bombarding your windshield with geysers of water.

Rained all the way to eau claire. The 2004 honda civic with a 1.7 litre 4 cylinder got 40 mpg. Paid for refill at $4.05.

Drove from eau claire to Beloit wisc in the sunny heat and filled up and got 41mpg, paid $4.00 gallon.

When we were driving on interstate around the wisconsin dells area and madisson wisc the wisc drivers flat out were some of the worst i have driven with. Speed limit is 70mph but more like 85 for many of them and their lane changes were quick cut infronts and i would say the distance they keep between each other maybe 1.5 seconds which caused at one point a accordian collision where a pickup got rear ended by a small sedan causing the accordian kneejerk brake check reaction.

I kept my distance well back of the vehicle in front of me and kept it a 68mph.

My experience is different with Wisconsin drivers in the Dells area. They're mostly left lane drivers that go below the speed limit 

[Choporoz]

All true.  But note that it isn't necessarily indicative of Badger behavior.   Sconnie cede the Dells and surrounding area to Illinois and Illinois ex-pats about 40 years ago.

[Hammer 4]

Last night got $ 60.00 worth of diesel fuel, and even though prices have dropped some, I got a whopping 9 gals for my 60 bucks. Things are looking up..?

[gim]

3 minutes ago, Hammer 4 said:

Last night got $ 60.00 worth of diesel fuel, and even though prices have dropped some, I got a whopping 9 gals for my 60 bucks. Things are looking up..?

That's one way of looking at it I guess.  Its not so bad if you just buy a gallon or two at a time!

[Hammer 4]

Just now, gimruis said:

That's one way of looking at it I guess.  Its not so bad if you just buy a gallon or two at a time!

Yep, could have been worse If I would have filled my 35 gal tank up..lol

[slonezp]

On 7/26/2022 at 2:40 PM, Hammer 4 said:

Yep, could have been worse If I would have filled my 35 gal tank up..lol

My brother is an OTR truck driver owner/operator. $1500 a fill up. 

[Hammer 4]

7 minutes ago, slonezp said:

My brother is an OTR truck driver owner/operator. $1500 a fill up. 

I feel for those guys. I know of some locally that had to stop, being an owner operator and go to work for the man.. For the guys local it cost them almost 2000.00 to fill up. Shame..

[throttleplate]

Back from our Chicago trip. 2004 1.7 litre 4 cylinder 125 hp Honda civic drove from my driveway and back 1,555 miles. MPG was 39.6 using 39.2 gallons costing me $157.22.

Cheapest gas 87 octane was in Eau Claire Wisc in town at $3.76. Green bay Wisc cost $3.88. Most expensive was in my hometown of fargo nd at $4.18. I didnt buy gas in chicago so no idea of price as i wasnt looking.

 

[throttleplate]

If i ever need to purchase another car i would seriously consider another 2004 civic as there are used ones for sale all over the usa. I just dont want or need a brand new car with all the computer chips and gadgets.

[gim]

4 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Cheapest gas 87 octane was in Eau Claire Wisc in town at $3.76

When I was in central Wisconsin the week before last the cheapest I found was $3.89/gal in Mauston. It was $3.99/gal all over in Madison too. When I got back close to MN, it was back up to $4.49/gal. Not really sure why it was so much cheaper in central WI either. They have a higher gas tax than MN.

[Sam]

Put Exxon in wife's 2019 Rav4 and we got 31.7 miles to the gallon driving around the local area.

Cost per gallon was $3.95, twenty-cents higher than COSTCO but only two miles from my home.

 

[slonezp]

She's juiced up with E85 at 2.89 a gal. Regular unleaded is 3.89 in the collar county where I fill up. Still 4.50-5.00 a gallon in Crook County and $5.50 in Chicago 

[Sam]

8 hours ago, slonezp said:

She's juiced up with E85 at 2.89 a gal. Regular unleaded is 3.89 in the collar county where I fill up. Still 4.50-5.00 a gallon in Crook County and $5.50 in Chicago 

I have been told that E85 can damage a bass boat motor so avoid it.

 

OK to put it in your truck or SUV.