I didn't think South Dakota had large enough cities to drag overall MPG down this far. I know from experience that my ECO MT is a 55 MPG car at 55 MPH and the EPA rating of 42 MPG is at 77 MPH. The CTD has a 4 MPG improvement on the highway so it should do better than my ECO MT. City driving will drag the CTD's MPG way down - rated 27 MPG City. A combined 33 MPG would be an average speed in the low 30 MPH range.
80 mph speed limits will do that
Don't think so - I have the Scangauge II (Great! Just love it! This is something all CTD owners should have.) and usually there is about 200 or more miles between regens.
I have one as well. Not sure I love it, but glad you do. I get frustrated when short regen, sometimes it makes little sense, :dizzy:
I feel the need for speed :th_coolio: Sounds to me like I need to make a road trip to SD and open her up.80 mph speed limits will do that
SD has one of the most beautiful sights in the country, I took a picture when I was there.
That would definitely cut down on my fuel economy.
When you're traveling 1,400 miles one way towing a trailer, fuel economy is the least important thing haha.That would definitely cut down on my fuel economy.
Understood. On my three trips from Denver to New Hampshire that I've made in my ECO MT "fuel economy" has been at the bottom of my trip criteria. I just let the car do what it can for me and don't worry about it.
Agreed. As a side note, the redesigned sierra 1500 DI 5.3L 6-speed gets 11.7 mpg towing a 5,300 pound enclosed trailer/wind anchor and loaded with people and their luggage at 70-80 mph. I was shocked to be in double digit economy.
Did this on the way home yesterday - worked as expected. (And going down the mountain raised my average for this tank to 34.)
OK - next test. On a relatively flat stretch of highway (rolling hills are ok as long as up and down are roughly equal) reset one of your trip odometers and watch the average MPG vs. average speed. Report distance, speed, and mpg numbers in both directions on this stretch of road please. What I'm looking for here is to see if your car is performing properly on the highway.
You have something very wrong. I am going on a 200 mile trip, 85% highway today and the temps are cooling down here so no AC to use or very little and I expect to get 50 mpg plus and interstate speeds of 70 mph. I have never had a tank of 34 mpg, if I drove 100% city driving stop and go and heavy AC I night get little less than that. I took a trip to New Jersey in May and the weather was cool and went over 800 mile on a tank and could have made it to 900 no problem. A gas regular Cruze would get the mileage you are getting.
Ok... Shall I set cruise control? I think there is a (mostly) flatish stretch on the way to Winston-Salem. I should be able to do this Sunday.
I wonder if your mods, especially the 19 inch tires had an impact of fuel economy? I would guess it could have. Made a trip yesterday from Indy area to Fort Wayne and got 52 mpg on way up and then economy dropped on way home to 47 with a strong cross wind. My car is bone stock other than tint. Interesting as well, my last regen was 89 miles, this tank I am at 350 miles and at 20 grams and been very slow since I got fuel. I wonder if my car has winter fuel or if lower temps outside give me more miles per regen? Dramatic difference.
