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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 6334253" data-attributes="member: 591579">I find driving style makes the bigger difference. In my 04 Dakota CrewCab 4x4 V8 if I was gentle I could get 19mpg on the highway. If I was hard on it, 14 or 15. In my 09 Tundra Crewmax I got nearly 19 mpg highway my first trip with 500 miles on the clock but if I am not gentle I average 14. Unfortunately I am almost never gentle on a vehicle as that to me is a waste of a perfectly good engine. Those higher measurements were taken immediately after purchase on the first road trip or two just to see what was possible, driving like a 92 year old grandma with cataracts in both eyes puttering down the road in a 20 year old Buick Lesabre. After that I switched to my normal driving style and consistently average closer to the lower numbers.What alot of people really don&#039;t understand is that the numbers on the window stickers are estimated ranges. There&#039;s way too many variables such as those listed above for it to be guarenteed. Seems like every time I&#039;ve been in the dealership I&#039;ve listened to a service manager on the phone struggling to explain to some leadfoot who lives in a hilly area and does 75 on the highway why missing EPA estimates is not a reason to run a complete engine diagnostic on a 3 month old car purchased brand new.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 6334253, member: 591579"] I find driving style makes the bigger difference. In my 04 Dakota CrewCab 4x4 V8 if I was gentle I could get 19mpg on the highway. If I was hard on it, 14 or 15. In my 09 Tundra Crewmax I got nearly 19 mpg highway my first trip with 500 miles on the clock but if I am not gentle I average 14. Unfortunately I am almost never gentle on a vehicle as that to me is a waste of a perfectly good engine. Those higher measurements were taken immediately after purchase on the first road trip or two just to see what was possible, driving like a 92 year old grandma with cataracts in both eyes puttering down the road in a 20 year old Buick Lesabre. After that I switched to my normal driving style and consistently average closer to the lower numbers. What alot of people really don't understand is that the numbers on the window stickers are estimated ranges. There's way too many variables such as those listed above for it to be guarenteed. Seems like every time I've been in the dealership I've listened to a service manager on the phone struggling to explain to some leadfoot who lives in a hilly area and does 75 on the highway why missing EPA estimates is not a reason to run a complete engine diagnostic on a 3 month old car purchased brand new. [/QUOTE]

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