I returned home today. I did take a little different route coming back. Both going and coming back were done on secondary roads and not interstate. The trip up was done as I stated in the first post pretty conservative driving. I doubt I got over 65 mph more than a few times. Coming back today I kept it in performance mode all the way, but I did drive harder on the last 150 to 200 miles. We were on roads that were more rural than the trip up and I pushed it to 75 to 80 mph as much as possible even going 85 some as well. I get that it's not an apples to apples comparison but all in all I am pleased with the mileage both ways.
I left trip one running for the whole trip. As we left this morning I reset trip 2.
While there for the week we drove a lot of mountain roads and I left it in performance mode the whole time.
I will repost the same numbers as the first post and add the others so they are all in one place:
Trip One (Home to Franklin in stock mode
410 miles, Average MPG was 42.
Trip 2 (Franklin to Home performance mode
400.9 miles, Average MPG 39.8.
Trip 1 was left on the whole trip so from home to Franklin and driving around Franklin, Maggie Valley, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Townsend and even the Deals Gap and the tail of the dragon, and then back home today.
Trip One Total Miles= 1775.5
Average MPG= 37.0