First Road Trip Summary

[TheNip73]

That’s something I left out. With littles, we make more frequent stops than I normally would so it didn’t bother me on this trip, but the most we got out of it was the 359 (<20 miles to empty). I feel like that is just very average. For what is supposed to be a family hauler, road trip warrior type of vehicle, it is an area they could improve on. Just a couple more gallons in the tank should get it to a good spot.

Not saying it is not technically possible to increase the fuel tank size with the current vehicle design, but if I had to choose, I pick smaller fuel tank with a spare tire vs. larger fuel tank with a can of "goo" to address any flat tires (which by the way won't do a thing with a larger hole or sidewall tear...)

 

[ksyrah]

Mike, what was the temperature like? From my driving history of KT, winter driving (23.3mpg) vs. summer driving (26.5mpg) makes a big difference, about 3 mpg worse during winter.
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Where I am, "winter fuel" drops MPG about 5-10%.

 

[drizzt]

Where I am, "winter fuel" drops MPG about 5-10%.

Right, the 3mpg drop probably driven by both temperature and winter bend.

 

[ToHellYouRide]

My other pet peeve is how the car drastically slow down when there's a car in front of me making an exit. I made a habit of driving over to passing lane when I know a ramp is coming up just to avoid this.

I had to have the digital speedometer on so that I could tell when I slowed down otherwise I would be going 65 and not really notice it at times. Lol. Not a complaint but just an observation

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[ToHellYouRide]

Mike, what was the temperature like? From my driving history of KT, winter driving (23.3mpg) vs. summer driving (26.5mpg) makes a big difference, about 3 mpg worse during winter.
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On the way up it was 60s to 50s. On the way back it was 50s. I hadn’t considered that as a factor. I can’t wait to gather more data so I can start to see these types of trends though.

 

[Jreask]

Mike, what was the temperature like? From my driving history of KT, winter driving (23.3mpg) vs. summer driving (26.5mpg) makes a big difference, about 3 mpg worse during winter.
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Winter blend gas is not nearly as good as summer blend.