[johnlamotte]

my nitro is now 3 months old with approximately 3,600 on it and my mileage is miserable. as for mileage i am getting about 15.0 to 16 mpg. most of my trips are short as my office is 12 miles away from home and back most days round trip and the rest is running to see a sick parent in a nursing home 70 miles both ways with the cruise control on locked at 55.

curious as what the rest of us are doing

 

[AirJunky]

There are already quite a few threads about mileage. Most everyone is getting 15 - 17 around town & 19 - 21 on the highway.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

im getting 13.2 with all town driving. But i only have 550 miles on it.

 

[David Louis Harter]

Gas Mileage

my nitro is now 3 months old with approximately 3,600 on it and my mileage is miserable. as for mileage i am getting about 15.0 to 16 mpg. most of my trips are short as my office is 12 miles away from home and back most days round trip and the rest is running to see a sick parent in a nursing home 70 miles both ways with the cruise control on locked at 55.

curious as what the rest of us are doing

I am averaging 18.2 city and 21.9 highway, with the cruise control set at 65 mph. My Nitro has a bit over 500 miles on it. My Nitro is a 4-wheel-drive R/T. I tend to drive conservatively, except when I am driving on lonely country roads.

- David

 

[NotYoNitro]

I hit 22.3 MPG this morning on the way to work. Was doing about 75 most of the time...traffic was lighter than normal.

 

[NitroWill]

I averaged 26.8 MPG on a 100 mile - 95% highway trip.. ~75-85MPH, no cruise control or A/C

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

I averaged 26.8 MPG on a 100 mile - 95% highway trip.. ~75-85MPH, no cruise control or A/C

And of course the main thing was you looked good doing it!:Racing:

 

[SpoiledNitroWife]

I am doing about 19 average now. That's with highway and town. This town you cant really go 2 blocks with out a stop sign... or a kid running out infront of ya :shakehead:

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

My dads nitro has about 2k miles on it and hes getting like 18 mpg.

 

[crlozada]

Are you resetting the MPG counter periodically? The average displayed in the screen is not an instantaneous average but the average based on the miles (maybe the time vehicle is running) accumulated since last reset. That means that if you run 1000 miles at 10 MPG and the efficiency increase to 15 MPG (a 50% increase) and you run it for 100 miles your displayed average will be about 11 MPG (10% increase).

I have reset the counter while driving going downhill and I have get more than 40 MPG displayed on screen. So, this average is a little tricky and should be reset periodically (maybe each trip).

If anyone have another explanation regarding the average calculation I’ll be glad to see it.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

The problem we've all had is that we've read the "official" fuel consumption figures and we take those as being gospel. The fact is those figures are a total load of bollocks (B.S to you North American readers).

I quote from the Canadian Natural Resources Fuel Consumption Guide 2007...

Simulated Highway Course - "The highway test simulates a 16 km (10 mile) trip with an average speed of 77 kph (48 mph) and a top sped of 97 kph (60 mph). The test runs for 13 minutes and does not include any stops. However, the speed varies to simulate different kinds of rural and highway roads. The test begins from a hot engine start."

I don't know about the rest of you, but the only time I do 97 Kph on the highway is once on the way to 120 kmh (75 mph) and once on the way to stopping. Therefore unless you drive at the same speed 77 kph (48 mph) all the time with the occasional acceleration to a "whopping" 97 kph, no you're not going to get anywhere near the official figures they quote.

Jeeps are well known for not being fuel efficient, so if anyone buys a Nitro, which basically has the same engine, and expects to get 25 ~ 30 mpg in the city and 35+ on the highway and is upset by it's thirstyness it's their own fault, they should have done their homework first before buying.

Anyway that being said, yes the mileage ain't the best but the Nitro is still COOOOOOOL !!!

 

[dk1677]

MPG

Yes its not a "real world" test I never had a car that got the Government test MPG and Driving style is very important , I have had 2 or 3 mpg more by careful acceleration but heck thats no fun

 

[David Louis Harter]

Anyway that being said, yes the mileage ain't the best but the Nitro is still COOOOOOOL !!!

I am very pleased with the gas mileage I am getting with my Nitro R/T. With just over 500 miles logged, I am getting 21.9 mpg on the highway, with the cruise control set at 65 mph, the air conditioning set at maximum, and occasional speed surges to pass slow-moving vehicles.

Relative to the 6-8 mpg I got with my previous Dodge SUV, a Ramcharger, my Nitro is an economical vehicle indeed.

- David