Wow. That is anal but it's also very informative. The total cost of the gas is scary. Your link doesn't work though.
Gas mileage - anal retentive perspective
I record every tank of gas that goes in my Titan. Attached is a graph I used to do a little analysis. I do not believe that you can judge gas mileage by a single tank - or maybe even two. You need to look at trends and averages because there are so many variables at each fill-up. I made a recent 2,000 mile trip pulling a trailer and got about 11.3 mpg (the big dip) on the trip. Here are some frightening stats during 49,389 miles of pleasurable driving.
Total # of gallons: 3,285.2
Total cost: $7,480.89
Max tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 17
Min tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 10.8
Average MPG (discounting recent trip): 15.2
Average MPG (overall): 15.0
Max fill-up: 23.2 gallons
Max tank cost: $66.67
Average tank cost: $41.56
Max cost per gallon: $3.20
Min cost per gallon: $1.50
Average cost per gallon: $2.28
Note that my mileage dipped for a good while at around 16K miles - unknown reason. I do know that my wife drove it (and filled it up) for a few tanks during the beginning of this period. Since about 35K miles, it has been higher - unknown reason. I do not know what I am doing differently to get the mileage up to about 16 MPG. At around 39K miles, I had some routine dealer service/maintenance done. At 45K miles, I replaced the OEM tires with new Revos. I also reset my ECU about the same time. There does seem to be some correlation of higher gas mileage during hunting season. Normally I commute in the truck about 17 miles each way. During hunting season (two plus months), I make a trip each weekend about 65 miles each way.
Total # of gallons: 3,285.2
Total cost: $7,480.89
Max tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 17
Min tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 10.8
Average MPG (discounting recent trip): 15.2
Average MPG (overall): 15.0
Max fill-up: 23.2 gallons
Max tank cost: $66.67
Average tank cost: $41.56
Max cost per gallon: $3.20
Min cost per gallon: $1.50
Average cost per gallon: $2.28
Note that my mileage dipped for a good while at around 16K miles - unknown reason. I do know that my wife drove it (and filled it up) for a few tanks during the beginning of this period. Since about 35K miles, it has been higher - unknown reason. I do not know what I am doing differently to get the mileage up to about 16 MPG. At around 39K miles, I had some routine dealer service/maintenance done. At 45K miles, I replaced the OEM tires with new Revos. I also reset my ECU about the same time. There does seem to be some correlation of higher gas mileage during hunting season. Normally I commute in the truck about 17 miles each way. During hunting season (two plus months), I make a trip each weekend about 65 miles each way.
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Looks to be damn near what my numbers are. That's more realistic than some seen on here...lol.
Your avg is the same as mine. Good post.
cohee3 said:I record every tank of gas that goes in my Titan. Attached is a graph I used to do a little analysis. I do not believe that you can judge gas mileage by a single tank - or maybe even two. You need to look at trends and averages because there are so many variables at each fill-up. I made a recent 2,000 mile trip pulling a trailer and got about 11.3 mpg (the big dip) on the trip. Here are some frightening stats during 49,389 miles of pleasurable driving.
Total # of gallons: 3,285.2
Total cost: $7,480.89
Max tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 17
Min tank MPG (almost irrevelant): 10.8
Average MPG (discounting recent trip): 15.2
Average MPG (overall): 15.0
Max fill-up: 23.2 gallons
Max tank cost: $66.67
Average tank cost: $41.56
Max cost per gallon: $3.20
Min cost per gallon: $1.50
Average cost per gallon: $2.28
Note that my mileage dipped for a good while at around 16K miles - unknown reason. I do know that my wife drove it (and filled it up) for a few tanks during the beginning of this period. Since about 35K miles, it has been higher - unknown reason. I do not know what I am doing differently to get the mileage up to about 16 MPG. At around 39K miles, I had some routine dealer service/maintenance done. At 45K miles, I replaced the OEM tires with new Revos. I also reset my ECU about the same time. There does seem to be some correlation of higher gas mileage during hunting season. Normally I commute in the truck about 17 miles each way. During hunting season (two plus months), I make a trip each weekend about 65 miles each way.
Any significant mods on your truck?
Nope. My message footer has them all. Essentially just a DNX-7100 and Revos.anmut said:Any significant mods on your truck?
The link is actually a MS Word document with a picture of a graph from an Excel spreadsheet. I did not have any utilities here to make the graph a jpeg. The link should work if you have Word.Quartz said:Wow. That is anal but it's also very informative. The total cost of the gas is scary. Your link doesn't work though.
It works for me, good postcohee3 said:The link is actually a MS Word document with a picture of a graph from an Excel spreadsheet. I did not have any utilities here to make the graph a jpeg. The link should work if you have Word.
heck half of the threads on here are anal retentive... keep em coming
my avg. 15.2 normal driving..
my avg. 15.2 normal driving..
I get about 15.2 according the the little mpg thing on the info display. Not sure how it calculates it.
Thanks for putting this together. I thought about doing something similar as well but gave up before even trying knowing that the cost of ownership for gas on this truck would have been high.
Average cost per gallon: $2.28
That unfortunately will not be the case with us new Titan owners as we may well see $4 a gallon next summer.
Great post!!!
Average cost per gallon: $2.28
That unfortunately will not be the case with us new Titan owners as we may well see $4 a gallon next summer.
Great post!!!
My foot must be to heavy. I am averaging 11.1 :crying:
There is a lot of boat towing in this figure.
There is a lot of boat towing in this figure.
I don't even waste brain cells on it anymore...It's a bigass heavy truck with a bigass motor and that equals bad gas mileage.....Just drive it and enjoy!!!!
Very well put.redneckpapa1996 said:I don't even waste brain cells on it anymore...It's a bigass heavy truck with a bigass motor and that equals bad gas mileage.....Just drive it and enjoy!!!!
Not that I can figure it out, but in my '05, I was averaging around 14 mpg. In the '08 LWB, using the in-dash system, I am getting 17+ mpg on a tank of gas. I think the '08 weighs more (certainly with a full tank of gas it does), so I have doubts about the in-dash system. In any case, maybe the CVT gets the few extra mpg? Too many TLA's.
thats about what i get with mine as well. I have been recording every tank i've purchased with every vehicle i've owned for the last 25 years. I even have the wife doing it. I get a little kick out of knowing my mpg, thats just me, for those that don't thats cool to, to each his own.
I just figured out the other day on how much gas and money has been used in my 04 with 90,000 miles and 06 with 21000. A little scary. And where the heck did you get gas for $1.50 a gallon? I didn't know you could get a titan in the 80's lol
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