Something's wrong somewhere - that's the lowest number I've seen on XOC.

Just clocked a 232 mile trip. Filled up a local station. Drove 232 miles. Returned back to same pump at same station and filled up again. Tank took exactly 10.84 gallons. That's 21.4 mpg! My X is a 2000 model, V6, auto tranny, 2wd, 72K miles. Drove at 60mph, no wind deflector, no crossbars. One thing to note as well...I did put in new NGK Iridium plugs and the X seems to like em.

Seems to be a large discrepancy between trucks.
Huge difference from 10MPG to 20+. I know driving habits can be the main reason for this, but it still shouldn't that dramatic of a change.
The the fuel economy take a huge nose dive the older the X getsm even though they are still relativly newer trucks?

I had it checked at the dealer and all was fine. Last highway trip netted me a whopping 13. (216 miles, 16.5 gal) My 02 X gave me a steady 14. I drive the speed limit plus a couple extra but nothing hard on the X. I thing one thing that attributes to the big 10 is my work is less than 2 miles from home. It never gets the chance to warm up. I was hoping for more on the open road though. I actually cringe when I pull my camper...Single digits.

Still quite happy though, and lucky my work is close by. I spent about 1900 bucks on gas for the 8000 miles in a year. That beats 4200 bucks for gas if I worked 20 miles away.

Mileage depends largly on where you drive. I used to get 14 to 15L / 100km back in Vancouver, now up here at 100 Mile House, in the cold and pushing through snow in 4wd cuts it down to 17 or so L/100.

BTW, the X might be a new truck but I believe the VG motor tech dates back to the 80's.

Still better than my '69 Blazer, I think it gets 6-8 mpg. My Frontier adds your mileage to that (16-18mpg) usually.

City: 17-18 mpg
Highway: 19 - 20 mpg

I'm easy on the throttle!

8 MPG, yes 8. Some times less. But 8 is the average I get....

...in 4L.

Else combined highway/city
17 MPG when temps are above 45.
15 MPG when temps are below 45.

But I sure love that 8MPG. (Better than my Jeep ever did)

I average 20 mpg.

I have full armor and 3" SL/2" BL on 33x12.5's.

I took off the froo froo roof plastic crap.

I run full synthetic lubes, even wheel packings.

I keep the tires at about 36 psi.

I have a 5 spd.

I drive the load not the speedo.

I correct my mileage for the fact that my speedo and odometers are off due to the 33's vs stock tire diameters...if I don't correct for that, I'd think I went a shorter distance than I did between tanks, making me underestimate my mpg....

And I correct for the fact that if my speedometer is telling me I'm going 60 mph, I'm actually going 70 mph (GPS).

So - W/O correcting for the larger tires, I'd drive faster (Which lowers mpg by ALOT), and, insult to injury...I'd think I went fewer miles than I actually had driven (Which lowers what I THOUGHT the mpg was...).



Most of the people with really dismal mpg that I know forget that their speedometer is off....and drive as if the speedometer was right....killing their mpg.



For example, I have to multiply my miles and my speed by 1.17 to correct for the gauge errors...

If The speedo says I'm doing 60mph...I take that times 1.17 = 70 mph....and slow down if I wanted to actually go 60 mph....and

...If I get 308 miles on an 18 gallon fill up...I'd do the math and think I got 17 mpg...average for the board...but...

If I multiply the 308 by 1.17, I get more like 360 miles on that 18 gal fill up...or, about 20 mpg.

I keep track of mileage and gas used for work (I get reimbursed) because I sort of off road for a living...or the fun part of it anyway....

So I have pretty accurate long term records...which I think are more accurate than a one tank measurement...as in having say a 20 thousand mile record that required 1,000 gallons of gas, etc.

I CAN drop my mpg down into the teens, even mid-teens, if I drive stupid.

I get 6552 Furlongs/Hogshead. You Canadians can keep your metric system.

Us Canadians and most of the world.
But you keep holding on to that yank, don't let anyone take that Imperial system away from you. It's what sets Americans apart from the lesser second rate countries.
U.S.A!! U.S.A!! U.S.A!!

12.8 average.

Whats wrong with my foot? LOL..

I've driven a few tanks never taking it over 2500R's, Light Throttle.

Other tanks I have been all over that go (slow) pedal and no difference. 230Mi from a literally topped off tank to when the gas light comes on. 260Mi and I had a half gallon left in the tank.

hahaha classic

i just squeezed 325 miles out of a full tank of gas this weekend. A first for me! i am extremely happy with that.

Yes, strangely my mileage just went up as well with the last tank of gast. I was able to get 16 mpg. Whoooo hooo!

That was meant to be sarcastic... Apparently somewhere in between 50% tax and bilingual road signs you lost your sense of humor.

I use 21 gal/mile.

Sounds like you folks are doing great...

Bilingual road signs eh? And they say the American education system is going down the toilet.

I am able to drive however I want and no matter what I get 15mpg. Be it city or highway I am always getting 15.

12, no matter how i drive, so ive reverted back to my leadfooted ways. hopefullly with warmer temps that will go up a mile or two as i will soon be towing a lot

i have 3,000 pounds of steel on my x, i also have 4 hood scoops mounted backwards, 3 rear spoilers also mounted backwards, 35 inch irok tires on 22inch rims, 6inch body lift, 5 inch suspension lift. i never change the oil, ever. and i drive like a maniac all the time, backwards.

i get 48 miles per gallon. :rolleyes:

--on the way to the ASYLUM --JIMBO(you're friendly PSYCHO)--

I hate to continue this discussion since so many here think mpg is a waste of time but I'm curious as to whether my mpg might go up over time? My Off Road is box stock, only 2000 miles, and I have about 42 psi in the tires for long trips. As you probably all know estimates are 16-21 for the 2nd gen but I'm only getting 15 hwy taking it easy on the gas. My Cherokee started out at 17 hwy and towards the end was getting 19 or so.
And I did use EPA estimates in my choice of vehicles. I tried to get something that balanced off-roadability and mpg. If I knew I was only going to get 15 rather than something like 18-19 I may have sacrificed off-roadability.

these are ALL hwy miles? are you doing 80+?

I get crappy city miles (12-13) because well, I live in LA (you could probably relate a bit). and I have a lead foot.

but on my last trip consisting primarily of hwy roads, I got 20. That was doing 65-75, using cruise whenever I could. I'm sure your X is capable of similar results.

You should reconsider putting 42 PSI in your tires. That has to be over the rated maximum and you're begging for a blowout.