Im thinking about trading up and MPG is the deciding factor.

What is everyone recording?

Not exactly comparable,  but I'm pulling 20mpg (varies between just over 20.0 to just shy of 21) driving conservatively on 10% ethanol blend (all The Man lets you get around here...).

my mileage varies dramatically on driving conditions such as winds and hilly terrain, also depends on how patient i am feeling..  last time i checked it over 2tanks with about 10% city and the rest highway driving i was going through what averaged out to roughly 12 liters per 100km, that's driving 110-120km\h on the highway with no headwinds.  31's and 4.62 gearing.

my mileage varies dramatically on driving conditions such as winds and hilly terrain, also depends on how patient i am feeling..  last time i checked it over 2tanks with about 10% city and the rest highway driving i was going through what averaged out to roughly 12 liters per 100km, that's driving 110-120km\h on the highway with no headwinds.  31's and 4.62 gearing.

3.17 gallons into 62.14 miles = 19.6 mpg



Id like to see at least 22 in a GV

as Ive only been averaging 22-23 mpg in my 96 (I live up a hill)

well if you plan on doing something similar to your current setup i'm sure you'll get that mileage, i run 31inch swampers and drive 70mph on the highway with stock gearing.  i guy i wheel with has a 4dr with 5.12's and 31's and is getting no less than 500km per tank every tank.  if i baby it i notice improved mileage.

well if you plan on doing something similar to your current setup i'm sure you'll get that mileage, i run 31inch swampers and drive 70mph on the highway with stock gearing.  i guy i wheel with has a 4dr with 5.12's and 31's and is getting no less than 500km per tank every tank.  if i baby it i notice improved mileage.

that would be good.  i dont plan on bigger tires but i do go 70mph. 
and if a good deal on bumpers/rims presents itself i might have a hard time saying no.

3.17 gallons into 62.14 miles = 19.6 mpg



Id like to see at least 22 in a GV

as Ive only been averaging 22-23 mpg in my 96 (I live up a hill)

The GV is heavier than what you've got now, and will have the V6.  Better make sure you get one with a 5-speed, I guess.

Quote from: Gen-Erix on October 15, 2008, 10:14:44 AM

3.17 gallons into 62.14 miles = 19.6 mpg



Id like to see at least 22 in a GV

as Ive only been averaging 22-23 mpg in my 96 (I live up a hill)

The GV is heavier than what you've got now, and will have the V6.  Better make sure you get one with a 5-speed, I guess.

ive had two manuals and its taught me that if i want anyone else to drive it, it must be an auto 

Don't let anyone else drive it then!!  I taught my wife to drive a stick when we were first married.  Zoom forward 30+ years and now both our rug rats prefer and now own and drive sticks over auto trannies in their SUVs.   Somehow...I think it increases the eye-hand coordination and makes you better able to walk and chew gum at the same time!!

I have to stick with my earlier claim of getting 25MPG on my trucks with the 2.0 liter engine and 5spd tranny set-up running 30" radials.  I once actually achieved 28MPG, but i don't drive that slow all the time.

Don't let anyone else drive it then!! 

I normally dont.  But sometimes training gets intense and Id rather have the option of not driving when Im sore.

I just completed a 900km round trip to the nearest Hospital so my wife could get her wrist x-rayed and plastered.
On they way there I got 12.0 L/100Km (19.6mpg) averaging about 110km/h with a slight headwind for the first 200km.
On the way back I got 11.1L/100km (21.2mpg) averaging 95km/h (night time with lots of kangaroos, cattle and camels around).

I was running 95 octane fuel and put a bottle of injector cleaner in the tank before I left, it will be interesting to see if that improves economy at all.

Running the low-aromatic 91 octane 'Opal' unleaded we have here, I get at least 1L/100km worse economy.

thanks for the conversions

19.6 and 21.2 isnt too bad

although I always use the low octane

(something to think about)

Just another thought... with my manual transmissions I regularly "short shift" most of the time between gears versus running out the RPMs on acceleration in each gear.   I normally try to shift at 2000 RPMs and try not to "lug" the engine below 1500 RPMs.   

With auto trans the computers pretty much control the shift RPM based on engine load and throttle depression, of course.  With autos you can punch the "power" button"  for longer shifts and you can take fifth away away with another button, but for normal driving, I'm thinking the biggest MPG/MPL difference is driver style.  I admit I don't drive as aggressively as I used to when I had somewhere to be and left myself little time to get there, or got stuck in some damned traffic jam on the interstate system somewhere.  Now a days it's more of "no place to go and all day to get there".

Just another thought... with my manual transmissions I regularly "short shift" most of the time between gears versus running out the RPMs on acceleration in each gear.   I normally try to shift at 2000 RPMs and try not to "lug" the engine below 1500 RPMs.   .....Now a days it's more of "no place to go and all day to get there".

Pretty much the same with me, and, over 11,000 miles, I have averaged 24.75 (UK Gallons), 20.8 (US Gallons).  '98 2.5l V6 now at 47,000 miles.

I recently moved cross country and my auto 2.0L averaged 330 miles per tank on the highway with 29's, stock gearing, 800lb load, and that was riding 70-80mph (varying mph due to knodding off! )
Now I've noticed about 300 miles per tank stickly city driving.. the next project of my is a major tune up.  Hopefully that will help out a little.