It's been a while since I'd checked my mileage but when I first got the 04 Jeep, I was getting around 16 mpg. Not unexpected. It's all stop and go city driving with none on the highway. Two tanks ago I decided to see how she was doing and it was about 14.5ish or thereabouts. So starting with the next tank I decided to do a little experiment. I usually drive it harder than the average person, shifting around 3k going into second and third then around 2k after that. Not this tank. This time I was going to shift when the little light told me to or around 2000 on the tach for the whole tank. Man that was boring. It is hard to keep up with traffic leaving a red light when you are shifting so soon but I did it for the whole tank. I'll admit a few times I had to go over 2k to jump into traffic but only a few times. A week later (today) I fill it up, excited over the prospect of going more miles on a tank and saving a few pennys while I'm at it. So how much better was my mileage driving so conservatively? It was worse! Really! My mileage was 14.02. I don't get it. :crazy: :?|
What are you getting?
What are you getting?