What's your average mpg?

[Bearsixty7]

..Fill tank with fuel. Reset a trip meter. Drive. Refill tank with fuel. Divide miles driven by gallons filled. Miles-per-gallon.

The fool display on the instrument panel will always give a better number than the actual calculated MPG because it makes the manufacturer look better. Actually makes a liar of them.

Been my experience as well across 3 F250/350's, Ford Fusion, Jeep JK, and a VW TDI. The Display MPG is always higher than actual by about 3%-10%.

 

[brutus54]

I have a '23 Subaru Forester Wilderness. Odometer reading is 66,000 miles. I'm averaging between 30-32 MPG. Live in the southern tier of NYS and seldom drive expressways. Most of my driving routes take me along the finger lakes shores where the roads are flat and traffic is light. Being retired I try to avoid rush hour traffic and use the cruse control set at 60 MPH often.

 

[WinterDeere]

Every vehicle I’ve checked the lie o meter was close except one.

I'll take it a step farther, and say I'm amused there are people out there who actually care. I'll occasionally look at the reported mileage number on the trip computer of a new car, out of idle curiousity. But I have never cared enough about the reported number to actually check its accuracy. I'm certainly not choosing my vehicles by achievable milage.

 

[jyoutz]

Dodge 2500 with 5.9 Cummins = 18 mpg, Jeep Wrangler with 3.6 V6 = 22 mpg

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Understand. Mine is an adjustable carb but I don't worry much about MPG as we only drive 1/4 mile at a time!

I generally don't drive that one more than about 10 miles per week, and in short spurts, but got tired of having to fill it up at least once a week.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I'll take it a step farther, and say I'm amused there are people out there who actually care. I'll occasionally look at the reported mileage number on the trip computer of a new car, out of idle curiousity. But I have never cared enough about the reported number to actually check its accuracy. I'm certainly not choosing my vehicles by achievable milage.

In reality they'll drink however much they need to, to perform whatever task they're asked to do.

I became "addicted" to checking mileage during the three something years I was towing an enclosed trailer back and forth 1,000 miles every two weeks. Heck, what else is there to think about on boring interstates?

Then, and now, my infatuation with actual mileage is because I hate to stop, so the better the mileage the fewer stops. Or the larger the fuel capacity the fewer the stops.

Anyway, it has become a kind of a "hobby", but realistically, if I wanted to get better mpg numbers (much better) I would simply drive more slowly. But what's the fun it that? And arriving up to several hours later than I could isn't fun either.

 

[deserteagle71]

I'll take it a step farther, and say I'm amused there are people out there who actually care. I'll occasionally look at the reported mileage number on the trip computer of a new car, out of idle curiousity. But I have never cared enough about the reported number to actually check its accuracy. I'm certainly not choosing my vehicles by achievable milage.

You'd find me totally hilarious then. I have multiple vehicles and each has a log book inside. EVERYTHING I do to the vehicle - add fuel, change a windshield wiper, change oil, etc. is logged with the mileage and date. Then I enter the fuel information into an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the exact fuel mileage and how much I've paid for fuel for that vehicle. When I say that my Toyota 4Runner gets 22.77 mpg overall you can bet that's correct for the life of the vehicle. Here's a screen shot of a portion of the Toyota's spreadsheet:

All that information may not mean much in the short term. But after several years (I tend to keep vehicles for many years) that history is invaluable - and it sure helps when I finally sell the vehicle. I don't choose my vehicles by fuel mileage either - but I love knowing exactly what the fuel mileage of each vehicle is.

 

[Bearsixty7]

You'd find me totally hilarious then. I have multiple vehicles and each has a log book inside. EVERYTHING I do to the vehicle - add fuel, change a windshield wiper, change oil, etc. is logged with the mileage and date. Then I enter the fuel information into an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the exact fuel mileage and how much I've paid for fuel for that vehicle. When I say that my Toyota 4Runner gets 22.77 mpg overall you can bet that's correct for the life of the vehicle. Here's a screen shot of a portion of the Toyota's spreadsheet:


All that information may not mean much in the short term. But after several years (I tend to keep vehicles for many years) that history is invaluable - and it sure helps when I finally sell the vehicle. I don't choose my vehicles by fuel mileage either - but I love knowing exactly what the fuel mileage of each vehicle is.

LOL!

I'll just show the top section summary for mine.

2019 F350 6.7 Powerstroke, It almost always has a trailer behind it between 6k-17k.

	HIGH	$172.74​	777.5​			21.16	$5.299	52.6
	LOW	$11.94​	34.9​			7.21	$1.259	10.5
	AVG.	$87.79​	385.8			12.66	$2.892	23.9
		$17,294.98​	76,091	6,059		12.56
Brand	Grade	Total Paid	Miles	Gals.		M.P.G.	Gal price	Cents per mile

2018 Ford Fusion

HIGH	$58.68​	471.6​	19.19​		35.2	$4.599	18.2
LOW	$13.62​	99.3​			19.0	$1.149	4.4
AVG.	$28.98​	290.3			26.4	$2.633	10.1
	$6,491.84​	65,020	2,479.1		26.2
Grade	Total Paid	Miles	Gals.		M.P.G.	Gal price	Cents per mile

2015 Jeep JK (Wifes comuter, only 2 miles so never gets up to speed or fully warm in the winter)

HIGH	$63.78​	243.4​	16.12​		18.50	$4.279	31.8
LOW	$6.48​	47.0​			10.46	$1.159	8.1
AVG.	$32.52​	182.6			13.99	$2.462	18.1
	$2,243.81​	12,597	905.8		13.91
Grade	Total Paid	Miles	Gals.		M.P.G.	Gal price	Cents per mile

 

[B7510HSD]

I generally don't drive that one more than about 10 miles per week, and in short spurts, but got tired of having to fill it up at least once a week.

Understand the short spurts! Mine are short Quick spurts!

 

[masseyrider]

Understand the short spurts! Mine are short Quick spurts!

Condolences to the wife/SO.