coach81 Report post Posted July 30, 2013 This past weekend we took Sylvia out for her first real extended trip. We made a trip up to Tenn to see some good friends. With the AC set to auto 72 degrees the entire time, and the eco cruise set between 75-78 mph.. here were the results: Best tank- with half of the tank still from driving around here- 43 MPGWorst tank- almost the entire tank spent on the interstate nearly 80 mpg, and then up and down hills of Tenn- 38 MPG Overall.. pretty decent numbers I would say.... 4 acdii, hybridbear, keithsm2 and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjent Report post Posted July 30, 2013 Yup, that is pretty good about what we get also. We have a Fall (Oct.) trip of about 5000 miles planned. I am looking forward to that one too. If you slow it down to 65/4 like we do, it adds an hour a day to the same distance, but results in 44 to 46 overall. Nice numbers! 1 coach81 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithsm2 Report post Posted July 30, 2013 Yup, that is pretty good about what we get also. We have a Fall (Oct.) trip of about 5000 miles planned. I am looking forward to that one too. If you slow it down to 65/4 like we do, it adds an hour a day to the same distance, but results in 44 to 46 overall. Nice numbers! My wife would kill me. I have a Houston trip the end of next month. I plan on seeing what kind of mileage I can get Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coach81 Report post Posted August 5, 2013 Yeah.. I made a promise to my wife that I would not "baby" her for the trip, or try any "mileage tricks".. so I had to go 75+ and have the A/C blasting :drop: but it was a great trip... she did just fine... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeeCee Report post Posted August 6, 2013 This past weekend we took Sylvia out for her first real extended trip. We made a trip up to Tenn to see some good friends. With the AC set to auto 72 degrees the entire time, and the eco cruise set between 75-78 mph.. here were the results: Best tank- with half of the tank still from driving around here- 43 MPGWorst tank- almost the entire tank spent on the interstate nearly 80 mpg, and then up and down hills of Tenn- 38 MPG Overall.. pretty decent numbers I would say.... Just don't understand the big rush. Why not set your cruise at 68 mph and sit back and enjoy the ride and get a kick out of the mileage you will gain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
