Elevation and Mileage

[Escondido]

Not that 1500' is much elevation, but I thought elevation had a negative impact on mileage as the engine has to labor a little more. I thought some of the owners from Colorado had commented before on this topic.

In another post I just commented on our run to Colorado and we experienced better mileage (yes measured manually, not the computer) and it was through the passes.

Your experience was probably due to the less aggressive driving. We found that keeping it below 70 is the sweet spot for mileage. This keeps your avg rpm below 2k and really helps.

I think the talk for '08 is a new 6 speed transmission (new for H2) and I guess in theory that should allow it to run at lower RPMs at a speed more acceptable those of us with a lead foot.