Tim Hayes

I have an '03 Sahara(I6, 3.73 D44, 30" GS-A's). I did see higher mileage
when it was new, but mostly I think it was because I did baby it a
little and shift when the idiot light told me to. After it was broken in
and I started to ignore the little upshift arrow the mileage settled
down to 15-16mpg depending on how many highways I saw with a given tank
of gas.

My normal driving can't be described as 'highway'. In fact many days I
drive only the 10 miles to work and the 10 miles back home of which 3
miles is 65+ mph and the rest is 24-45 mph. I see a solid 15mpg
routinely from that.

I have managed 18mpg on trips to the NJ shore when I'm doing 70+ mpg.
That is the best I've ever see. This summer I'm driving to Arizona from
New Jersey by way of Colorado via I-70. I hope to see 18+ mpg most of
the way.

On the flip side I've abused it as hard as I could to see how bad I
could make the mileage. I never managed to get it much below 14mpg while
still driving (mostly) legally on the roads. I calculated just under
14mpg on one tank but you never know how full the gas monkeys really
made it (NJ has no self-serve) so it could have been anything from 13.8
to 14.1mpg.

So, if you really are seeing 10mpg on anything even remotely resembling
'highway' driving I would say you're either carrying/towing a lot of
extra weight or something is wrong with your engine.

TJ Owner wrote:
> funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in mind. I have done
> no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others in the group seem to think that is
> the reason for the poor mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
> 3.00 a gallon. thx

TJ Girl

"TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in mind. I have done
> no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others in the group seem to think that is
> the reason for the poor mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
> 3.00 a gallon. thx

My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've been
tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have consistently
gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's surprised me
being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy, mountain
road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn overdrive off
when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get consistently
around 20.

We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...


TJ Girl

TJ Girl

"TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in mind. I have done
> no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others in the group seem to think that is
> the reason for the poor mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
> 3.00 a gallon. thx

My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've been
tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have consistently
gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's surprised me
being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy, mountain
road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn overdrive off
when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get consistently
around 20.

We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...


TJ Girl

TJ Girl

"TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in mind. I have done
> no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others in the group seem to think that is
> the reason for the poor mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
> 3.00 a gallon. thx

My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've been
tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have consistently
gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's surprised me
being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy, mountain
road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn overdrive off
when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get consistently
around 20.

We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...


TJ Girl

TJ Girl

"TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in mind. I have done
> no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others in the group seem to think that is
> the reason for the poor mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
> 3.00 a gallon. thx

My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've been
tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have consistently
gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's surprised me
being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy, mountain
road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn overdrive off
when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get consistently
around 20.

We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...


TJ Girl

Joseph P

In news:50e66978.0405180548.158d6a0f@posting.google.c om,
TJ Girl from <TJGirl@SAFe-mail.net> was injured because:

| "TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message
| news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
|| funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in
|| mind. I have done no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others
|| in the group seem to think that is the reason for the poor
|| mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
|| 3.00 a gallon. thx
|
| My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've
| been
| tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have
| consistently
| gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's
| surprised me
| being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
| It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy,
| mountain
| road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
| I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn
| overdrive off
| when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
| theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get
| consistently
| around 20.
|
| We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...
|
|
| TJ Girl

Check your math.

--
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Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ

Joseph P

In news:50e66978.0405180548.158d6a0f@posting.google.c om,
TJ Girl from <TJGirl@SAFe-mail.net> was injured because:

| "TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message
| news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
|| funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in
|| mind. I have done no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others
|| in the group seem to think that is the reason for the poor
|| mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
|| 3.00 a gallon. thx
|
| My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've
| been
| tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have
| consistently
| gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's
| surprised me
| being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
| It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy,
| mountain
| road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
| I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn
| overdrive off
| when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
| theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get
| consistently
| around 20.
|
| We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...
|
|
| TJ Girl

Check your math.

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ

Joseph P

In news:50e66978.0405180548.158d6a0f@posting.google.c om,
TJ Girl from <TJGirl@SAFe-mail.net> was injured because:

| "TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message
| news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
|| funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in
|| mind. I have done no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others
|| in the group seem to think that is the reason for the poor
|| mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
|| 3.00 a gallon. thx
|
| My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've
| been
| tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have
| consistently
| gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's
| surprised me
| being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
| It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy,
| mountain
| road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
| I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn
| overdrive off
| when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
| theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get
| consistently
| around 20.
|
| We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...
|
|
| TJ Girl

Check your math.

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ

Joseph P

In news:50e66978.0405180548.158d6a0f@posting.google.c om,
TJ Girl from <TJGirl@SAFe-mail.net> was injured because:

| "TJ Owner" <test@test.com> wrote in message
| news:<40a839e6$0$2994$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
|| funny...trade my 04' rubi for a prius...i'll keep that in
|| mind. I have done no mods, the rubi has < 4k miles, others
|| in the group seem to think that is the reason for the poor
|| mileage...hopefully it will improve before gas hit's
|| 3.00 a gallon. thx
|
| My stock '04 X model now has just over 5000 miles on it. I've
| been
| tracking mpg since I bought it at 70 miles. I have
| consistently
| gotten 19.5-20 mpg the entire time. Not sure why, it's
| surprised me
| being so high, as it's only supposed to get 16/18.
| It's an automatic, and I drive 21 miles to work down a curvy,
| mountain
| road (and drive home 21 miles UP a curvy, mountain road).
| I don't do anything special, and in fact have to turn
| overdrive off
| when heading up the mountain so the trans doesn't hunt - which
| theoretically should decrease my mpg - and I STILL get
| consistently
| around 20.
|
| We'll see what happens as the engine breaks in...
|
|
| TJ Girl

Check your math.

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ

Paul Calman

> Sell Jeep, buy Toyota Prius. :)

There's an idea. The body on my Jeepster is pretty messed up. A new plastic
body would look,,,,uh, nevermind.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California