mpg

[Vasha13]

I get about 315 mpt until the light comes on. All stock except change to synthetic fluids - 50/50 between highway and residential. I keep the power button on all the time.

[AnalogVX]

I just filled up today with 371.2 miles on the odometer and put 20.014 gallons in the tank. That comes to 18.54 MPG! The only difference I can think of was I had to go from 87 octane to 89 octane because it was the regular grade fuel available at that station. Maybe a fluke? I had a good mix of highway and city driving with alot short trips under 5 miles in town.

[lenny]

hi

well in uk they say our unleaded is 95 oct but they lie about most things so thats probably a lie to

but im roughly gettin 22 mpg

thanks

[WyrreJ]

I think I read somewhere that the way the usa measures octane is different from the way britain and europe do. Something about Petrol vs Gas...

[tiggergreen]

Using Tone's tow hitch and pulling a 5' x 8' U-Haul trailer with a 65" HDTV, a plush recliner and some other stuff, I went 331.6 miles on 21.355 gallons (15.53 mpg). Not too shabby!

By the way, the VX tows wonderfully. This vehicle is so well-rounded...

Brent
www.xanderstudios.com

[WyrreJ]

Sounds like you were yuppie camping. The most yuppie I ever did was to bring a blender and inverter along to make margaritas. A recliner and an RPHDTV is taking it to a whole new level!

[tiggergreen]

After reading your reply about this being a Yuppie campout - I was rolling on the floor (figuratively). I re-read my post and saw how you could come up with such a claim.

Actually, the truth is I was picking up my brother who was thrown out of his house by his wife (getting a divorce). He is now living with me. I was bringing his stuff and picked up my parent's HDTV while I was up in the Seattle area. They are in an RV right now and do not have a house. So I get to use the TV until they buy another house...

Brent
www.xanderstudios.com

[WyrreJ]

To really get off-topic -- If you get used to the HDTV and decide you gotta get one of your own - let me know and I'll steer you towards putting together a front projection system thats 4x the screen size for about the same price (and a heck of a lot easier to move since projectors usually weigh less than 30lbs, many of them less than 10lbs).

[14erclimber]

I have calculated milage from day one on my VehiCross. Here are the numbers.

08/03/2002 0 total miles 276 miles/20.50 gallons 13.5mpg
08/11/2002 19.05 gallons
08/23/2002 1083 total miles 338 miles/21.84 gallons 15.5mpg
08/31/2002 n/a total miles 300 miles/19.71 gallons 15.2mpg
09/25/2002 1591 total miles 271 miles/18.08 gallons 14.4mpg
10/11/2002 1866 total miles 266 miles/18.48 gallons 14.4mpg
11/07/2002 2108 total miles 242 miles/19.53 gallons 12.4mpg
11/30/2002 n/a total miles 266 miles/21.40 gallons 12.4mpg
12/28/2002 n/a total miles 265 miles/21.13 gallons 12.6mpg
01/28/2003 2900 total miles 235 miles/21.66 gallons 10.9mpg
02/27/2003 3170 total miles 274 miles/21.90 gallons 12.5mpg
04/10/2003 3409 total miles 234 miles/21.00 gallons 11.1mpg
04/21/2003 3709 total miles 300 miles/20.20 gallons 14.9mpg
04/30/2003 4030 total miles 321 miles/20.40 gallons 15.7mpg
05/12/2003 4370 total miles 340 miles/20.90 gallons 16.3mpg
05/19/2003 4695 total miles 324 miles/19.70 gallons 16.4mpg
06/02/2003 4910 total miles 215 miles/14.04 gallons 15.3mpg
06/18/2003 5136 total miles 226 miles/13.26 gallons 17.0mpg
06/25/2003 5490 total miles 354 miles/19.57 gallons 18.0mpg
06/30/2003 5703 total miles 212 miles/15.36 gallons 13.8mpg
07/04/2003 6015 total miles 311 miles/18.82 gallons 16.5mpg
08/01/2003 6312 total miles 297 miles/20.97 gallons 14.2mpg
08/17/2003 6516 total miles 206 miles/13.70 gallons 15.0mpg
09/06/2003 6834 total miles 316 miles/19.36 gallons 16.3mpg
09/22/2003 7120 total miles 285 miles/17.88 gallons 15.9mpg
09/30/2003 7368 total miles 249 miles/14.18 gallons 17.6mpg
10/11/2003 7708 total miles 339 miles/20.87 gallons 16.3mpg

384.1 divided by 26 = 14.7730mpg mean

darsh

I pump it until it clicks, then give one extra small squirt for no reason.

(one of these fill-ups had the VX running on vapor. I pulled over not wanting to run the fuel pump dry. I sat a second looking at the Amoco station 100 yards away. I started the VX up, got some speed... all it would give me.... ran a red light while taking a left on a dead engine (sorry), and rolled to the pump.)

[vxfan]

anyone tried any of that additive stuff? like stp?

[davidashaw]

Hi Dont forget the US gallon is 1 quart short of an Imperial Gallon !

[BritVX]

Hi,

One thing that I'm going to do to improve mpg is remove the huge cooling fan and replace it with a thermostat controlled electric fan. I've done this previously on other cars and gained significantly.

Col

[Tone]

I did that and saw NO gain in MPG or power and ened up going back to the better cooling stock clutch fan. MPG? Does it really matter?

[SPAZZ]

if I was driving a H1 and had to pay gas guzler tax, then I would not care about MPG....but, with this little slant 6 that comes no way near the Torque and capabilities or size and sturdy-ness...I should expect no way near the same MPG between a VX and a H1.

Isn't the V6 in the VX just a 3.2 motor with 3.5 heads?????? it performs, but stock I only received 10MPG in it...after a cone filter, fuel miser, tornadoe, and 456 gears I ended up with almost 14MPG......still not good enough for a little slant 6. our Tranny should have been the 4L60E instead of the 4L30E.

[Sheik-YurBooty]

I use high test , never used power mode...any comments? I cant say for sure what my mpg is , but since installing Tones PV2, it seems quite better, not to mention the extra power & awsome sound!!!!!