Taking it easy

[Cherokee]

My 2024 AWD Ecoboost Lariat is a few weeks away from being one year in my possession and is sitting with 12,200 miles on the clock.
It runs perfectly, loves Ethanol Free 93 octane and I like to go fast. I also like its power, I use it often just for shits and giggles.
I never punch it, I use lots of throttle when ever I please but always mash the pedal like there is an egg under my toes and I don’t want to break it.

My one year average mpg is 26 mostly on Appalachian mountain roads. Plus maybe 20% small town traffic, or less.
Out on the interstate, on flat land I can average 30 mpg regularly.

For the last few weeks I’ve started driving it like I think most hybrid guys drive.
Not getting in peoples way, not creeping in the right lane five under the speed limit but going no more than five mph over the posted limit.
I don’t ever tailgate and I’m very good at reading the road for maximum roll ability.
I’m cementing an average mpg of 29 over the last four weeks.

Get this !
WITH my cold morning warm ups of 10-15 minutes about four days a week.

This pleases me. If I had a 15 mpg truck I’d be fine and able to afford the fuel but I’m very glad I don’t have a ‘Cowboy Caddilac’.

My question ?

Are there many Ecoboost drivers that are averaging 29 mpg or better ?
I don’t mean over a few tanks I mean like over 10,000 miles ?
I just reset trip meter two for the first time since new.

Inquiring minds wants to know the truth. No high mileage bragging !
The Hybrid guys own that hands down.

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[cclark]

This is 2200 miles into a new round of 10k rollover. I keep Trip 2 running and completely forgot to look at where it was before it rolled over, but the first 10k was 29.4mpg. This 30.6 included 200 miles of towing a small trailer, a little city, but mostly 2 lane rural, so I'm reallyhappy with my little 2.0 Mav.

 

[Meeka]

My 2024 AWD Ecoboost Lariat is a few weeks away from being one year in my possession and is sitting with 12,200 miles on the clock.
It runs perfectly, loves Ethanol Free 93 octane and I like to go fast. I also like its power, I use it often just for shits and giggles.
I never punch it, I use lots of throttle when ever I please but always mash the pedal like there is an egg under my toes and I don’t want to break it.

My one year average mpg is 26 mostly on Appalachian mountain roads. Plus maybe 20% small town traffic, or less.
Out on the interstate, on flat land I can average 30 mpg regularly.

For the last few weeks I’ve started driving it like I think most hybrid guys drive.
Not getting in peoples way, not creeping in the right lane five under the speed limit but going no more than five mph over the posted limit.
I don’t ever tailgate and I’m very good at reading the road for maximum roll ability.
I’m cementing an average mpg of 29 over the last four weeks.

Get this !
WITH my cold morning warm ups of 10-15 minutes about four days a week.

This pleases me. If I had a 15 mpg truck I’d be fine and able to afford the fuel but I’m very glad I don’t have a
Cowboy Caddilac.

My question ?

Are there many Ecoboost drivers that are averaging 29 mpg or better ?
I don’t mean over a few tanks I mean like over 10,000 miles ?
I just reset trip meter two for the first time since new.

Inquiring minds wants to know the truth. No high mileage bragging !
The Hybrid guys own that hands down.

Wish I had ethanol free around me! No such luck. Mind you, regular 87 octane just went down $1.43.9 per LITRE. Big Whoop!

 

[RR - All the way]

I averaged 30.3 over 29k miles with my 22 EB. Only twice did I get less than 500 miles per tank. Yes, I usually did take it to less than 25 miles to empty. I do not know if it is good, bad, or just ugly but I used eco except when raining or roads were wet and then used slippery. I usually accelerated until transmission got out of lower gear and rpms went below 2k, then used the cruise control button to get to my usual 60 to 62 mph. (turtle mode?) 80 percent country rds, 20 percent town. My new 25 has been getting 28 mpg for the first 4k miles. However, it is AWD and has 4K. My 22 had neither.

On my 22, I somehow got it into sport mode at a red light; when I took off I thought something was wrong with the engine. Some people say eco is about the same as normal but is doggier. Do not know; may be "barking up the wrong tree" on that!

 

[Geo8866]

At 5,000 miles, it’s been a steady 24.8. I use regular gas and leave it in normal. And I drive it in Philadelphia rush hour traffic without babying it. I’m retiring in two weeks; we’ll see if it changes.

 

[Blue_Max]

Get this !
WITH my cold morning warm ups of 10-15 minutes about four days a week.

Why such a long warmup?

 

[Meeka]

At 5,000 miles, it’s been a steady 24.8. I use regular gas and leave it in normal. And I drive it in Philadelphia rush hour traffic without babying it. I’m retiring in two weeks; we’ll see if it changes.

Congrats, you’ll love retirement, I sure do after working for almost 50 years!

 

[DaveCactusGrayXLTH]

Why such a long warmup?

Right? I assume the warm up is remote start for the heater and seats — not for the motor. 5 min should be plenty for the cabin especially trying to max mileage.

 

[Cherokee]

Why such a long warmup?

10 minutes of a warm up gives me toasty seats, a very warm steering wheel and two of the four water temperature bars lit on freezing mornings.
In the hot Florida summers a minute will suffice.

If I give it just one minute then drive away I’ll have a cold cab and a cold engine for the next four miles.
Long slow warm ups Is one of the main reasons my 2008 Taco ran flawlessly for 528,000 hard miles.

Most think a minute warm up is plenty,
True dat !
Unless you are seeking a half million miles out of an engine.
Took a Ranger V-6 to 350,000 like the Toyota on 10,000 mile oil change intervals.

The majority of an engines wear happens at start up. Old knowledge but kind of irrelevant because most of us want something new shorty after 100,000 miles.

I remember before synthetic oil. You start your cold engine and it took a few seconds to lift oil out of the pan and get it sprayed up on the rings, crank and rod bearings.
I remember watching the oil pressure gage settle down.

It’s what I know to be true.

 

[Gray Goose]

7k on my 2024 EB. Averaging 29.5 MPG. Mix of city, country and freeway. Always run 10% ethanol 87 or 15% ethanol 88 octane.

 

[Blue_Max]

Long slow warm ups Is one of the main reasons my 2008 Taco ran flawlessly for 528,000 hard miles.

Correlation does not equal causation.

 

[Backin15]

I am averaging 31, but don't spend much time in stop and go traffic. I am sure that it will drop now that the below zero weather is here.

 

[MightyMaverick]

Right now, I'm just over 27. I'm the same as you. Almost two years with only 12,000 miles and some change, I never mash it, I keep right but go with the flow of traffic and mainly drive to and from work with not much else. I just filled my tank exactly one week ago and I only burnt a quarter tank since then. Granted, it's been driven everyday. Not bad at all!

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

I'm lucky if I'm averaging 24 mpg in the 4,100 miles since I bought it brand new. Maybe I should try the ethanol free gas and see if it helps My mileage although I'm a lead foot taking off from lights and stop signs.

 

[Cherokee]

I'm lucky if I'm averaging 24 mpg in the 4,100 miles since I bought it brand new. Maybe I should try the ethanol free gas and see if it helps My mileage although I'm a lead foot taking off from lights and stop signs.

Ethanol free might, maybe, possibly give you around a 1 to 2 mpg gain but not counting traffic it’s mainly two things.
Even if you gain 2 mpg’s that does not make up for the added cost of ethanol free or premium with ethanol.
Like I said before I can feel a smoother engine with real gas. My turbo don’t like the slower flame propagation of ethanol.

Another point.
Regular gas or any grade with ethanol makes my Mav run like it needs a tune up in ECO mode.
Eco mode makes my peppy 2.0L feel like my previous 2021 Bronco Sport Base Engine I had with its 191 HP. That 3 Banger always felt just adequate even in sport mode.
With my 2.0L Turbo, Not so with real gas, it runs pretty ok, almost just fine and greatly reduces Eco’s dragging ass feeling.

Your right foot.
And your look ahead strategy. Like the Hybrid coasting is everything.

Looking farther down the road, reading the traffic, getting off the gas asap,
Tactically changing lanes. It takes all of it.

Following too close forces you to brake more often.
You burn gas when you brake, every time !
What you say?

Every single time you brake and dump forward energy you have to throttle up to get it back. Most drivers never think like that.
WW II Fighter pilots had to think like that when they traded altitude for speed.
Welcome to ADHD, I have three of the seven types. Yeah yeah it’s a gift :’P

You will like the feel of real gas after a tank or two to get the ethanol out.

24 mpg in city stop and go traffic is damn good IMO.
City traffic is the Mavbrid’s place to shine.

The Ecoboost Mav was made for us boyz who like to show off. Spanking cars and bigger trucks at red light races is great fun if you win. Smoking the occasional V-8 is worth every penny of extra fuel my Ecoboost needs.
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