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Old 11-08-2007, 08:05 PM
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Hes got 3 more gallons in his tank, but still.......
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You must be driving downhill the whole way.
Old 11-09-2007, 01:57 AM
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Going to moab from okla, I got 23 to and 17 back...20 average/2000 miles/75 mph

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Old 11-09-2007, 02:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Lucas718
I was determined to get 400 miles out of a tank of gas and today I finally met that little goal. The low fuel light came on at 401.9 miles. Who says the JK gets bad gas mileage.

That is pretty amazing. I thought I was getting pretty good mileage at around 20-21mpg consistently overall. The most I've seen on my trip meter is about 315 (when the fuel light comes on).
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I'm running a bone stock X, 23S package, 255/75R17 tires - which I believe are the biggest you can get stock.

I grabbed a couple of cell phone pics before I filled up this morning. Unfortunately I was not able to get both in the same pic without it being too blurry to read.

Here's the first one showing 406.9 miles. I reset the trip odometer each time I fill up.


Here's the second showing the estimated mpg, as calculated by the computer:


The computer is a little off because it took 18.374 gallons to fill. 406.9 miles / 18.374 gallons = 22.145 mpg

I gotta say I'm pretty happy with that.

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Old 11-09-2007, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by pearl-drum-man
That is pretty amazing. I thought I was getting pretty good mileage at around 20-21mpg consistently overall. The most I've seen on my trip meter is about 315 (when the fuel light comes on).
He has an Unlimited which has a larger fuel tank. I bet you'd get 400 if you had his tank with your mileage too.
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Congrats! That is awesome! Iwould be jumping for joy if I could get 18......But, 21 is outstanding!
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Originally Posted by Lucas718
I'm running a bone stock X, 23S package, 255/75R17 tires - which I believe are the biggest you can get stock.

I grabbed a couple of cell phone pics before I filled up this morning. Unfortunately I was not able to get both in the same pic without it being too blurry to read.

Here's the first one showing 406.9 miles. I reset the trip odometer each time I fill up.


Here's the second showing the estimated mpg, as calculated by the computer:


The computer is a little off because it took 18.374 gallons to fill. 406.9 miles / 18.374 gallons = 22.145 mpg

I gotta say I'm pretty happy with that.

Maybe I just overlooked it.....But, I did not notice!!! ...What trans and gears do you have?????????????
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Originally Posted by yetibear
Georgia Overdrive will burn your clutch up faster than you realize,(not really burn it up, but tear it up isn't far from wrong.) if you have a standard. Can't be good for an auto either.
Put the bong down at your feet and step away........

Neutral is Neutral and has no effect on your clutch as long as you are not riding the pedal, and the same goes for your torque converter in the a-matic.
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Originally Posted by tgrt
He has an Unlimited which has a larger fuel tank. I bet you'd get 400 if you had his tank with your mileage too.
Got it now, I realized it when he said he was filling up with over 18 gallons of fuel. I top out around 15gal @ a fill up.


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