Milege figures and truth
keep running into people with vehicles similiar to mine, I own 7 diesel vehicles that my family member and myself drive, and many people I meet report extraordinary mileages superior to what I get. I have well maintained equipment, and good, reasonalbe speed driving skill. The only difference is I never quote one tank, I quote a 2-3 thousand mileage average.
For instance, my mercedes station wagon got just one tank that measure 32.5 MPG, my low is 25 (with a leak), average is 29.5. Does the car get 29.5 or 32.5?
My pickup gets not towing lows of 16, high is 19.5 averages is 17 or was it 19.5?
My best example is my tiny little old VW pickup. My average is 39-40. I keep meeting people that say these things get 50 MPG, 55 MPG. everybody knows that, they say. Having owned 5 diesel VW, I can hardly squeeze more than 40 out of it or any I have owned.
Talking to a guy today, who (not much diesel experience) asked me what kind of milege I got in my pickup. 16-17, I said. At the price of diesel, why would I buy diesel, he said, I get that with my gas SUV. The difference I said, I said is my 1T can tow 15-25K loads, and still get 16-17 empty. Well, the reason, I asked he said, was a guy with a Duramax at the station said his bulley dog kit is leting him get 30 mile per gallon on his crew cab dually. Wow, I said, that is amazing mileage.
Amazing, or is it just what he said, and not really a scientific measurement (or even true).
Few years back, on the TDR, 4WD Dodge Cummins were getting 24-28 MPG, yet I have not met anyone who could prove over 22-23 with 2-3 K averages.
Mileage and truth. My 2 cents.
Wayne