How low can you go....

[H3 HUMMER 11]

What of gas do you guys use?

I use regular and dont get near that.

I get around 290 for 20 gals.

[H3 HUMMER 11]

What type of gas do you guys use i mean.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

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Re: How low can you go....
I don't have a 3, but.....

and your point is

[Hal]

I think we are seeing the folks with the 5-speed tranny getting the good mileage here.
I get very close to 18 mpg pulling a flatbed trailer with two ATV's. I also have a rooftop hardshell cargo box for added resistance. I keep it at 70 mph or less. I run premium gas and Mobil 1 oil.

Come on 5-speeds lets toot our own horns! (not to mention the crawl ratio) oops did I say that out loud?

[KenP]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

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Re: How low can you go....
I don't have a 3, but.....

and your point is

I don't have a 3.

Learn to use the "Quote" feature.

[HummerHippy]

Originally Posted by Hal

I think we are seeing the folks with the 5-speed tranny getting the good mileage here.
I get very close to 18 mpg pulling a flatbed trailer with two ATV's. I also have a rooftop hardshell cargo box for added resistance. I keep it at 70 mph or less. I run premium gas and Mobil 1 oil.

Come on 5-speeds lets toot our own horns! (not to mention the crawl ratio) oops did I say that out loud?

Yup. 5-speed manual. I am fairly casual driver. No strong starts. I run 87-octane gas. Under 75 on the highway. Commute to work (25 minutes) is mostly highway. Not very much stop and start. After about 8 fill ups (about 3600 miles on her), I average just above 19mpg. Can't complain.

[wpage]

Avg 17 to 18 MPG once 19 with Auto Trans and cold air mod...

[Bill1065]

From Florida to Arizona I got as much as 21 mpg using air occasionally doing 65 to 70 mph.

I have an automatic tranny.

[Bill1065]

Going to and from work and riding around in town I just calculated 19 mpg this morning. I guess they knew what they were doing putting the I-5 into a 4 ton vehicle; acceleration off the line is very strong IMHO, even though I don't do a lot of jackrabbit starts. I use Mobil synthetic also.

I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever at 14,000 miles. Only thing that bugs me is the rear seats don't lay down flat, no rear AC vents for passengers and I need a rear view cam. I backed into and ran over a mailbox yesterday; not a scratch though.

[Desert Dan]

On a recent trip I got 17mpg w/o trying.

The A/C was one on, 70-75mph, no cruise control on. The truck was loaded not me.

After a long stretch (150 miles+) of dirt roads and a high pass we filled up and I still had 14 gallons in the tank!

I got real similar mileage to my friend's V6 Toyota 4-Runner and I kept telling him my truck weighs more, bigger tires and FT 4x4.

[HummerHippy]

July 4th weekend holiday drive back from Blacksburg VA, to upstate NY. About 416 miles on the tank of gas when Low Fuel indicator came on. first pic - still has room to go (over 400 miles), second pic (hard to see) 418.8 miles when I pulled into the gas station after a mile of two with low fuel. Filled up the tank. I think it was just over 20 gal.

[djallar]

I have about 7500 miles on my 3 now and I average 19.5 mpg. I drive 105 miles per day round trip to/from work. Two lane higways mostly. Never have a chance to go over 60 mph.

[HCUBE]

I was getting around 19 mpg with stock tires. Now that I jumped to 35s I get 15/16 mpg, around 320 miles on a tank. Not a huge hit in mpg, but I really don't care because i love the look and the compliments I get on the 35s. Just curious, what size tires is everyone running when they post their mpg.

[Matt19]

when u guys test your mileage, do you wait until the low fuel light comes on? or when it just hits "e"?

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by NOMOYELLO

Ever since I went to the smooth 35" BFG A/T I am at the pump alot.Who cares they are great on and off road and it looks saaweet.....32''ers 19mpg/// 35''ers maybe 13mpg....Also running a K&N air filter.....

Only those of us who are not rich, work hard and weren't born with a silver spoon up our asp !!!

thats WHO CARE

[rjmoose]

Originally Posted by H3 HUMMER 11

What of gas do you guys use?

I use regular and dont get near that.

I get around 290 for 20 gals.

I agree...I have no idea how you guys all get such great gas mileage (relatively speaking) and I get such ****ty mileage.

The MOST I have ever gotten is maybe 16 and I average around 12 or 13. Could the reason be is that I live and drive in Southern California?????

[marin8703]

just refilled today, second or third tank after 35s, and my milage is improving. had 10.??? before now i got 10.776. hehe.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Running reg tires, reg gas, filled up today & averaged 17.24...

for MY H-3 i have found the trick is NEVER go over 65 mph...once i go over mileage goes PO-PO...

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

Only those of us who are not rich, work hard and weren't born with a silver spoon up our asp !!!

thats WHO CARE

In defense of Moyello, I think he was commenting on him NOT caring about the change in his gas milage after changing tires.

[NEOCON1]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

In defense of Moyello, I think he was commenting on him NOT caring about the change in his gas milage after changing tires.

holy crap did you and dennis both hit your heads on something ???????????