I usually get 320 miles out of a tank in the summer. Around 19-21 mpg is my average. This week it was right around 0*F and I was pulling a trailer for 2 days in 25+ MPH winds and ended up with 15 mpg. All stock 4.0l SOHC, 4x4, 4.10's 31" BFG AT's

 

i have a 08 fx4 ranger and get 550km to a full take doing 120kms/hr.I go from windsor,ont thur michigan to sault ste marie ont,thats 550km in distance use your cruise on the hwy boys.thats running on fumes

 

welcome ken. this is the first i saw of your posts. did you make an intro post?

it's good to see another canuk join let alone a fellow windsorite.

 

whoever invented the tornado should be shot then struck by a bus

 

f-that... it is an AWESOME invention! they sell for what? 70$? for a piece of tin that has absoultely no effect, and probably takes 10-15 minutes to make out of scrap tin... cost of one made at home, by hand, less than $5 you could probably go buy all the tools and materials, and pay yourself $25 an hour and it would cost you less than $70 to make several...

the guy who invented it made MILLIONS! this is the perfect invention... it's just a horrible product!

 

So I'm not going nuts then? I went from 16+ MPG in the city when it was 50+ degrees to 12.8 on my last fill up when its been in the low teens. I was REALLY hoping it was the low temps but I didn't think they would make that much of a difference. I'm getting about 220 miles per tank with about 3 gallons left when I fill up. I was getting 280+. Is it common for MPGs to go to hell when the temp drops?

 

Yes, the air is much more dense requiring more fuel to keep the air/fuel ratio the same. Tire pressure also drops when it's cold adding rolling resistance.

 

Thank god for that. I don't remember it doing this last year but I don't think I paid this much attention then. I'm going to be moving from Ohio to Cali in two weeks towing a 5x8 Uhaul so I'm hoping with the highway driving I'll get somewhere around 13-14 MPG.

 

i think you guys' trucks are all on crack... i have noticed little to no difference in my fuel mileage...

 

So I'm on crack because I noticed I can't travel near as far on a tank of fuel. Yeah...you got that right!!!

 

yeap!

 

You are a moron!!!

 

i respectfully disagree...

looking at it now, i actually said your truck is on crack, not so much you

 

Ok, I see that now...My truck might be on crack for all I know, I was out in the snow this weekend, looked like it had a snout full.

 

lol, NICE, except i think your thinking about coke... got pics of a podernose?

 

Nope, no pics of it....I'll have to go out again before all of the snow melts here.

 

All that -40* weather finally got to his brain........LOL
We'll send help when the West comes out of it's ice age.

But to get back on track here......you should be noticing a difference in your mileage as compared to summer conditions.

 

lol, it's warm here in calgary, daily highs between 0 and 8* above we will be dropping back down the the -20 high's soon enough though, i figure we will have atleast 1 or 2 days with a -40 high still before summer...

yes though, back on track... everyone's logic is correct, in how your mileage should increase for the summer... i might just be an anomoly... either that or i slowed down enough that i saved gas and the loss of gas from the weather counter acted eachother...

 

whew, its hard to keep up with you canadians with all this metric crap...lol.

 

metric? there's no such thing as metric temperature...