Fuel tank

[Lou Hamilton]

View attachment 34061 Ok, so I towed this 4500 pound trailer roughly 500 miles yesterday with my Navigator, that has tow package, on a full tank on the interstate and a full tank on secondary roads with a fair amount of twisty mountain road driving. The interstate was through Kentucky and the Daniel Boone National Forest so there were a fair amount of up and down at highway speeds. On interstate I got 10.2MPG and the secondary roads I got 11.4. These numbers aren’t from the car computer, they are from the fuel mileage app I use. Speed is the major factor for better mileage. Highway was 65 to close to 80 MPH at times. I literally forgot the trailer was there until I checked the rear view, I was so pleased with how the Navigator can tow... so flipping easy. The tow/haul mode and trailer brake stuff makes a major difference over towing my regular trailer with no brakes. In the future I plan to make more of an effort to keep the speed down on the highway, both for the safety and MPG.

Not sure what color your Navigator is, but that would probably look pretty good with the Iced Mocha one.

 

[Artie]

Not sure what color your Navigator is, but that would probably look pretty good with the Iced Mocha one.

It’s ingot silver so no match.

 

[Grey ghost]

You guys need an app to compute your mileage? I use my slide rule.

 

[Paddler]

We’ll its decades err 100’s of miles better than my old 11mpg Land Cruiser regarding range. Did 12 days Yellowstone and 12 days Zion-Moab-North Rim in my 06 Sequoia that was 15mpg with 21gal tank. No issues never came close to worrying about it. But my old Landcruiser I can’t even guess how many times I coasted into a gas station after sweating the last 30miles cursing its abysmal range.

So far my 19 Expedition is looking like it will be much like my Subaru 400+ range being aware I need to drive for range. Which is pretty good.

Tow a giant parachute err RV box yeah outside of a mega tank F150 heavy package or diesel tanker err pickup the Expedition might be short on range with a 10-12mpg tow mileage with a giant box in tow.

I have the Max, My range is closer to 600 miles.

 

[Lou Hamilton]

Right now I am getting between 13-14mpg in town. I know I am taking a hit because almost every morning I let the car warm up since I have no garage and park outside. That 5-10 minutes of idle time every morning puts a hit on my mileage.

It will be interesting to see how things change when the weather gets nicer.

I have been trying a few mileage keepers out. I like Gas Buddy and Mileage Keeper (very Simple). There are others that tell you more stats, but I'm not sure I want them. Since I have only got gas a few times since I owned mine, I have been inputting them across like 8 different ones just so see how they work in the longer term.

 

[duneslider]

You guys need an app to compute your mileage? I use my slide rule.

Probably not so much to compute it as to record and keep track. Most the apps also do tracking of maintenance. I have been using one called FuelLog for like 8 years. Its nice to be able to look back at history. I can see how much I spent on gas a month/year/etc. When I go to order filters I just open the app and find the filter number, don't have to look anything up, etc. Sure, you could do it with paper and pencil and a slide rule but the phone is always in my pocket and I don't always have paper, pencil, slide rule in my pocket.

 

[Vin_mac]

Would they ever make a tank larger than the 28 gallon on the Max?