Really Bad Gas Mileage
May 24th, 2008, 10:26 AM
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Really Bad Gas Mileage
I got a brand new 08 Tahoe and now it got about 1300 miles and i am getting really bad gas mileage, i am getting about 10.6 MPG. Why is that?[/align]
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May 24th, 2008, 10:48 AM
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Waht do you consider bad MPG? if your getting an avearge of 15 mpg you're probalby doing good if you have the Hybrid then I would think you should be getting intot he 20's in the city ZX says he was getting 25mpg with his Hybrid...
where do you live?
what gas are you using gas/E85 ?
How do you drive and are you towing?
Altitude and drivng conditions can affect milage
E85 gets way poor gas milage
Drive a new truck like a race car and getting off the line first in a new truck will kill the MPG, I have had my 07 for 7 months now with 7600 miles and still have never gotten less than 16.5 avg MPG. I keep the tach under 2k on all accelerations and that seems to really help.
where do you live?
what gas are you using gas/E85 ?
How do you drive and are you towing?
Altitude and drivng conditions can affect milage
E85 gets way poor gas milage
Drive a new truck like a race car and getting off the line first in a new truck will kill the MPG, I have had my 07 for 7 months now with 7600 miles and still have never gotten less than 16.5 avg MPG. I keep the tach under 2k on all accelerations and that seems to really help.
May 24th, 2008, 11:09 AM
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RE: Really Bad Gas Mileage
Reset your gallons/liters used, average fuel economy, and trip odometer after the next fill up. Track your mpg for a couple of weeks to see if mpg is really that low. Most of my driving is highway and despite myheavy foot I get 19.1.
But as in2pro pointed out, there can be lots of reasons for the low mpg. Don't forget to check the obvious to makesure your air cleaner is not clogged.
But as in2pro pointed out, there can be lots of reasons for the low mpg. Don't forget to check the obvious to makesure your air cleaner is not clogged.
May 24th, 2008, 3:01 PM
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RE: Really Bad Gas Mileage
ORIGINAL: in2pro
Waht do you consider bad MPG? if your getting an avearge of 15 mpg you're probalby doing good if you have the Hybrid then I would think you should be getting intot he 20's in the city ZX says he was getting 25mpg with his Hybrid...
where do you live?
what gas are you using gas/E85 ?
How do you drive and are you towing?
Altitude and drivng conditions can affect milage
E85 gets way poor gas milage
Drive a new truck like a race car and getting off the line first in a new truck will kill the MPG, I have had my 07 for 7 months now with 7600 miles and still have never gotten less than 16.5 avg MPG. I keep the tach under 2k on all accelerations and that seems to really help.
Waht do you consider bad MPG? if your getting an avearge of 15 mpg you're probalby doing good if you have the Hybrid then I would think you should be getting intot he 20's in the city ZX says he was getting 25mpg with his Hybrid...
where do you live?
what gas are you using gas/E85 ?
How do you drive and are you towing?
Altitude and drivng conditions can affect milage
E85 gets way poor gas milage
Drive a new truck like a race car and getting off the line first in a new truck will kill the MPG, I have had my 07 for 7 months now with 7600 miles and still have never gotten less than 16.5 avg MPG. I keep the tach under 2k on all accelerations and that seems to really help.
I live an Saudi Arabia so we don't have E85, 91 and 95 is allwe got.
Altitude is right at sea level , not towing and driving condition is normal no heavy foot or WOT runs at all.
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RE: Really Bad Gas Mileage
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Reset your gallons/liters used, average fuel economy, and trip odometer after the next fill up. Track your mpg for a couple of weeks to see if mpg is really that low. Most of my driving is highway and despite myheavy foot I get 19.1.
But as in2pro pointed out, there can be lots of reasons for the low mpg. Don't forget to check the obvious to makesure your air cleaner is not clogged.
Reset your gallons/liters used, average fuel economy, and trip odometer after the next fill up. Track your mpg for a couple of weeks to see if mpg is really that low. Most of my driving is highway and despite myheavy foot I get 19.1.
But as in2pro pointed out, there can be lots of reasons for the low mpg. Don't forget to check the obvious to makesure your air cleaner is not clogged.
May 24th, 2008, 8:39 PM
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Also alot of short trips and lots of stop and go will kill your MPG, as mary900 pointed out that she drives highways miles and gets 19+ which is what I get when on a trip of at least 50 miles or more but short city driving of 5-10 miles will yield poor milage.
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Also alot of short trips and lots of stop and go will kill your MPG, as mary900 pointed out that she drives highways miles and gets 19+ which is what I get when on a trip of at least 50 miles or more but short city driving of 5-10 miles will yield poor milage.
Also alot of short trips and lots of stop and go will kill your MPG, as mary900 pointed out that she drives highways miles and gets 19+ which is what I get when on a trip of at least 50 miles or more but short city driving of 5-10 miles will yield poor milage.
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May 27th, 2008, 6:49 AM
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Baltimore south on I-95 past South Of The Border on ONE tank with the cruise locked on 65mph. I set the DIC so I could see when it went from 8 cylinders to 4 and it was amazing. On the flat straight-aways, it stayed in V4 for a very long time and, according to the DIC, I was getting over30 mpg at some points
