[ekko]

His average speed was in the mid 30mph.....means mostly city driving....12 hours of driving.....not 12 hrs in one day...geez you guys.......25 mpg mostly city is great.

This is also right in line with what Motor Trend saw on their longer term test on the Canyon. I'm not sure how long it was, but it was longer than the "first drive" tests that happened in CA last year. They got 22 city / 25 combined / 30 highway with a 4WD model. I expect we'll see similar numbers.

 

[ssgjurista]

With an average speed in the mid-30s on my V6, I can typically average about 20-21 MPG. (Mine is 2WD).

I would have hoped for slightly better MPGs from the diesel. However, first tank, be interesting to see after maybe 2-3K miles.

Does "winter-blend" impact diesels like it does gasoline engines? Could we expect better performance in warmer days? Is he using remote start or anything else to drive fuel mileage down? - Granted, that should show up in his average speed. The time spent learning the truck, checking out the acceleration & just getting used to truck will impact mileage. Another reason to await further results down the road.

Finally, and this is not the topic of this thread, how well does the truck perform overall, in regards to the shifting complaints of many? (This is a whole nuther thread I hope the OP addresses, and we need to wait till transmission has learned the driver.

Winter blend diesel does generally yield slightly lower fuel economy.

24.8 mpg in mostly city driving in cold weather? I will take that all day, everyday.

 

[dmaxjr]

I did my first real fill up today. Since the last fill up I drove 445 miles in 12.1 hours for an average speed of 36.8 mph. I used 17.896 gal of fuel for an mpg of 24.87.

BTW, I paid $1.799 for the diesel fuel.

winter fuel, cold temps..this is great! My diesel 6.6l dmax loses 3 mpg on winter fuel

 

[Suns_PSD]

Great numbers for all around driving in a 4wd, brand new, during the winter diesel. I'd expect the same duty cycle in a V6 to result in about 17 mpg under an average driver.


Cary sees more but it varies by driver.


I average about 21 mpg in my I5 '09 Canyon, my wife averages about 16 mpg in the exact same car. The driver makes a large difference.

 

[100MPG]

Why are you surprised? It is a 4WD and the actual is between its combined and highway rating. I am not babying the truck.

Also, it is not a day - I have had the truck for a week and the trips were over a 5 day period and as I mentioned the average speed was about 37 mph.

ah ha! I thought you did a 400+ mile trip in one day.

 

[ekko]

@dmcdufford Did the fuel warning come up on you? Not terribly important, but was just curious if warning popped up at 17 gallons effectively leaving 100mpg before empty.

 

[savagebob]

We are about $2.02 to $2.10 most places, but for the last few months two stations out by my farm have been having a price war. I filled one tank for $1.699 (I had a diesel VW Jetta).

I hope they keep at it for a while. It is about 5 minutes out of my way but I can live with that. :grin2:

I would fill a 55 gal drum or two at those prices.

 

[dmcdufford]

@dmcdufford Did the fuel warning come up on you? Not terribly important, but was just curious if warning popped up at 17 gallons effectively leaving 100mpg before empty.

No, I filled up because the cheap station was convenient. It was less than 100 miles remaining on the tank but I did not get a warning. Maybe at 50 miles?

 

[bglf83]

I would fill a 55 gal drum or two at those prices.

1.68 everywhere in North Dallas.

 

[Plateado]

$1.49 on my area...

 

[LudditeDave]

$1.81 For Citgo in CT

 

[one2doo]

Sams club Johnson City TN $1.69 just filled up 2500 dmax.

 

[hollywood8118]

**** that is cheap fuel.. $ 2.29 locally where I live in Washington state.. and that is lower than most I have seen.

HOLLYWOOD

 

[dmaxjr]

.99 cents here....... per liter that is:laugh:. You guys across the line are lucky.

 

[Plateado]

.99 cents here....... per liter that is:laugh:. You guys across the line are lucky.

$3.76 per gallon that is awful at todays oil prices.

 

[dmaxjr]

$3.76 per gallon that is awful at todays oil prices.

Yes it is , but it is better than 1.40 per liter that we were paying last summer. The oil sands are only five hundred miles east of me in Alberta :surprise:

 

[Kbaum]

Really, your talking about price at the pump where you live and not mpg?
Let's see some good mpg information as it comes in, not a pricing study.
I know wa..waa.....waaaa..

 

[Plateado]

The oil sands are only five hundred miles east of me in Alberta :surprise:

And would be cheaper with the Keystone XL Pipeline, but noooo BNSF and Canadian Railway are transporting it thanks to our current admin :wink2:

Politics and Business, got to love them.

 

[myusername]

winter fuel, cold temps..this is great! My diesel 6.6l dmax loses 3 mpg on winter fuel

Mine loses about 2 mpg on winter crap diesel.

 

[aarons64]

Here is my numbers straight from OnStar. I'm getting amazing figures I think for the time of year. It's rained or snowed everyday since I've had the truck. My biggest average over 25 miles is now up to 39.3mpg of course that's really trying to push it.