MPG
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Depends, i see 14 - 17 city dependi g on my foot, 19 - 28 depending on speed and road on the highway. I get the best on flatish ground goin 65ish, ill beat the epa by a cpl mpg at around 25 to 26 mpg. At 70, it dips below the epa to around 22 to 24. At 75+ it avgs 20mpg. Mines is 2wd.
shane_th_ee
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And make sure to tell us if you have the 3.73 or the standard 3.31 rear axle...
Great point, 4X2 vs 4X4, as well as length (std. vs max) would be good to note in results
aggiegrad05
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3.31 4x4 Max with about 3,250 miles
I get a combined 15.3. I get around 20 on the freeway and about 14 in the city. Obviously I do more city driving than freeway. But either way I'm nowhere CLOSE to the EPA's suggested numbers. And I can't imagine "breaking it in" further will help enough to get me there.
But as I've said before, at no point in my purchasing decision did I think I was going to save money on gas. I had hoped to get a combined 17 as that would cancel out the added cost of 93 octane over my previous truck which was a 2012 V8 4x4 F150 with a 3.73 rear end.
I get a combined 15.3. I get around 20 on the freeway and about 14 in the city. Obviously I do more city driving than freeway. But either way I'm nowhere CLOSE to the EPA's suggested numbers. And I can't imagine "breaking it in" further will help enough to get me there.
But as I've said before, at no point in my purchasing decision did I think I was going to save money on gas. I had hoped to get a combined 17 as that would cancel out the added cost of 93 octane over my previous truck which was a 2012 V8 4x4 F150 with a 3.73 rear end.
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JExpedition07
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City will kill your mpg, but I agree gas mileage isn’t material to expedition owners normally. My 07 normally averages 15-16 MPG mixed which is on par with epa ratings. 14 City/18 Highway for 4WD and 15 City/20 Highway for 4x2 on the 3rd gen.
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Coming from a 2007 Denali XL (3.42 FDR) with full time AWD and 6 speed AT , my highway average at 75 was 16, if I can get 21, that is a 31% improvement. Around town in the winter had to baby it to get perhaps 12. In recent years Denali went with selectable transfer case to help. MPG is not the concern for me, but more so range. My acid test is 500 miles + highway between gas stops
aggiegrad05
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I got 450 out of a tank on a road trip this weekend. Keep in mind I have the larger 28 gallon tank as it's a Max.
If I can get 20 MPG and use 25 gallons with 3 left will hit the 500 mark. My Max Plat. is scheduled to arrive in 3 weeks, with tow package.
I believe Explorers/Acadia/Travers's will not be much better in AWD configuration than the full size SUV's I think they are lucky to get better than say 23 MPG highway.
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MonkeyBrains
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4x4 MAX Limited w/ heavy tow package (3.73). As of 3000 miles (well, 2960 something) I’m averaging 18.3 MPG. I drive a pretty good mix of highway, city, around town, whatever...
twernst
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Have done the calculations from the bring her home from FL to NJ, 1200 mi trip but best range I remember was 530mi. Will review notes I and daughter were taking to do calculations later this week.
Sorry forgot to add:
Max
4x4
HD Tow 3.73 Rear
Sorry forgot to add:
Max
4x4
HD Tow 3.73 Rear
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Anybody that says they don't care about mpg on a truck this big is a liar, if you didn't care about mpg then in reality money is not an object to you and if that's really the case then you'd be driving a 300k range rover not a ford of all things
