08-06-2016, 09:56 PM
Took the truck to Charleston, SC last Sunday for our cruise to the Bahamas. We were pleasantly surprised with the ride and the fuel economy. Cruise was always set between 5 and 7mph over the posted limit. We took interstate 26 the whole way, through Asheville (requires climbing a mountain and then descending it) and then on through Columbia SC and then to Charleston. I didn't do a hand calculation because we left with 3/4 of a tank and when we filled up at the grocery store we were limited to 20 gallons with out discount, so I never actually filled it up from empty to check against the miles per tank.
Going down, mix of 2 and 3 passengers with luggage in the bed. Checked the mileage in Columbia because we stayed the night there with family before continuing on to Charleston Monday morning. I didn't pay particularly close attention to my driving style going down but I don't think I was really hard on it, I'd call it 'average' driving, stopped two times, once in Asheville at the Outlets and drove around a bit, then again for food about halfway to Columbia.
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Charleston to Bristol was this morning, left about 7:30am. Stopped once to drive through and get some breakfast and again for fuel just south of Asheville. This trip I made a special effort to be easy on the gas. Slower acceleration and an effort to keep the revs under 2k and keep it in Eco mode as much as possible. Cruise was still set about 5mph over. Pretty impressed with this for a truck rated at 13/18.
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One pet peeve of mine is the cruise control on vehicles these days. It's not just this truck, both of my old Silverado's did this, so did my Ford, Hyundai and Sam's Lexus; the cruise likes to drift a few MPH. If I set my cruise at 76mph, I want it to stay at 76 damnit. Don't drop down to 71 then downshift and go up to 78 then level off at 76. If we can launch satellites to orbit other planets, why can't we get a cruise control that can keep the speed it is set at? /endrant.
Going down, mix of 2 and 3 passengers with luggage in the bed. Checked the mileage in Columbia because we stayed the night there with family before continuing on to Charleston Monday morning. I didn't pay particularly close attention to my driving style going down but I don't think I was really hard on it, I'd call it 'average' driving, stopped two times, once in Asheville at the Outlets and drove around a bit, then again for food about halfway to Columbia.
Charleston to Bristol was this morning, left about 7:30am. Stopped once to drive through and get some breakfast and again for fuel just south of Asheville. This trip I made a special effort to be easy on the gas. Slower acceleration and an effort to keep the revs under 2k and keep it in Eco mode as much as possible. Cruise was still set about 5mph over. Pretty impressed with this for a truck rated at 13/18.
One pet peeve of mine is the cruise control on vehicles these days. It's not just this truck, both of my old Silverado's did this, so did my Ford, Hyundai and Sam's Lexus; the cruise likes to drift a few MPH. If I set my cruise at 76mph, I want it to stay at 76 damnit. Don't drop down to 71 then downshift and go up to 78 then level off at 76. If we can launch satellites to orbit other planets, why can't we get a cruise control that can keep the speed it is set at? /endrant.
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