JFUSION
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- September 25, 2011
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- City, State
- Ontario
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2012
Over 26,000 kms my truck is averaging 11.5 litres per 100 kms, I have to convert that to MPG which is 20.5 mpg in US measurements. This is 7 months of driving.
That is with 50-50 driving city and highway combined. Three months cool fall and spring weather, and four months in cold winter conditions with winter gas mix for about 5 months (which is bad for fuel economy), lots of defroster use which uses the a/c function and lowers fuel economy. In the 5 months of cold weather driving I idle the truck quite a bit at start up and while my son is waiting for his bus to arrive, at least 10 minutes of idle every morning five days per week ( I know , I know, the tree huggers will scream at this one but hey that is my lifestyle and I ain't changing). I use my truck for work purposes, with lots of short distance trips and quite a few start and stops throughout the day, with a couple trips a day through the Tim Hortons drive through - another bad habit.
Looking forward to getting back to summer fuel mix and warm temps, less idling and my truck should get some much improved fuel economy. So far I am very happy with my truck and it's fuel economy given my brutal (for fuel economy) driving conditions.
That is with 50-50 driving city and highway combined. Three months cool fall and spring weather, and four months in cold winter conditions with winter gas mix for about 5 months (which is bad for fuel economy), lots of defroster use which uses the a/c function and lowers fuel economy. In the 5 months of cold weather driving I idle the truck quite a bit at start up and while my son is waiting for his bus to arrive, at least 10 minutes of idle every morning five days per week ( I know , I know, the tree huggers will scream at this one but hey that is my lifestyle and I ain't changing). I use my truck for work purposes, with lots of short distance trips and quite a few start and stops throughout the day, with a couple trips a day through the Tim Hortons drive through - another bad habit.
Looking forward to getting back to summer fuel mix and warm temps, less idling and my truck should get some much improved fuel economy. So far I am very happy with my truck and it's fuel economy given my brutal (for fuel economy) driving conditions.