Howdy all,
Sorry to start another fuel economy thread....
I spent the better part of yesterday towing an enclosed cargo trailer (plus two dirtbikes and gear) all over the place. I was getting about 12.5mpg during the day (I only checked the screen a couple times) doing between 50 and 60.
At the end of the day I dropped off the trailer and all that stuff and decided to head to a friend's house an hour north of D.C. After about 15 minutes on the beltway I checked the MPG screen (on the Nav unit) and the thing read 19.7 mpg, so I reset it and it said 24.9 mpg a few minutes after that! "No way!" I thought, so I reset it and looked again a few minutes later, 21.8, 21.1 and 18.7 were the other numbers I got. It finally stayed at about 18 or so mpg for the rest of the trip (which is normal I think).
Does anyone know how accurate this thing is? Oh yeah, I had 1160 miles on the truck and my speed stayed between 55 and 65 up I95 with just me and a couple gear bags in the truck. I should have recorded the distance traveled and I would know for sure. This might sound weird, but do you think towing all day caused it to do "more with less" that night (at least for a short period of time)?
Cheers
Sorry to start another fuel economy thread....
I spent the better part of yesterday towing an enclosed cargo trailer (plus two dirtbikes and gear) all over the place. I was getting about 12.5mpg during the day (I only checked the screen a couple times) doing between 50 and 60.
At the end of the day I dropped off the trailer and all that stuff and decided to head to a friend's house an hour north of D.C. After about 15 minutes on the beltway I checked the MPG screen (on the Nav unit) and the thing read 19.7 mpg, so I reset it and it said 24.9 mpg a few minutes after that! "No way!" I thought, so I reset it and looked again a few minutes later, 21.8, 21.1 and 18.7 were the other numbers I got. It finally stayed at about 18 or so mpg for the rest of the trip (which is normal I think).
Does anyone know how accurate this thing is? Oh yeah, I had 1160 miles on the truck and my speed stayed between 55 and 65 up I95 with just me and a couple gear bags in the truck. I should have recorded the distance traveled and I would know for sure. This might sound weird, but do you think towing all day caused it to do "more with less" that night (at least for a short period of time)?
Cheers