Americas What is your petrol US gal mpg?

[FlyingTexan]

Anyone with some miles on want to fill me in on this? It still matters, especially with premium. I just did a 3k mile round trip to go off roading in my discovery with the TD6 and I don't expect the grenadier to match the 23mpg going 80-85mph to get there but I'm really hoping it's not the 14mpg.

 

[Tom109]

The 3.0 petroleum doesn’t require Premium (US) grade fuel.

 

[LC0013]

91 Octane recommended. Seems like Premium to me. 87 is minimum octane and some states call that premium!

 

[FlyingTexan]

The 3.0 petroleum doesn’t require Premium (US) grade fuel.

What does the manual say?

 

[Krabby]

91 Octane recommended. Seems like Premium to me. 87 is minimum octane and some states call that premium!

IMO 91 is much more premium than not. Having owned too many vehicles that required premium, I became a Sunoco fan. When they had 94 I ran it but they dropped that and max at 93.

 

[FlyingTexan]

IMO 91 is much more premium than not. Having owned too many vehicles that required premium, I became a Sunoco fan. When they had 94 I ran it but they dropped that and max at 93.

Yea the US can be a little wonky on it's fuels and what Octane in Texas means vs Germany. But lets get back on track here I really want to know in US MPG what this petrol is doing.

 

[Asnes]

Forum members are reporting around 15
liters per 100km which is about 15.5 us mpg

 

[Krabby]

I got about 18 highway in my Raptor and about 12 in my 92 FJ80 so I’m prepared for the latter but am hoping for the former.

@emax has that stat thing and it says 18.6 US MPG. but he has a diesel. That doesn’t bode too well.

 

[DaveB]

 

[CountyV8]

OK Ill chip in for a petrol not run in 26 on motorway in top gear for 200 miles sorry thats imperial

 

[Krabby]

OK Ill chip in for a petrol not run in 26 on motorway in top gear for 200 miles sorry thats imperial

 

[FlyingTexan]

OK Ill chip in for a petrol not run in 26 on motorway in top gear for 200 miles sorry thats imperial

i dont understand you

 

[anand]

i dont understand you

He has a gas motor (B58); it is not yet fully broken in (so it would make sense the fuel economy would improve slightly later); for 200 miles of interstate driving he averaged 26 imperial MPG, or as @Krabby posted, roughly 21.65MPG US

 

[anand]

What does the manual say?

The flap on the fuel door states 91 octane (R+M/2)... which is effectively 95RON globally

 

[holdmybeer]

I don't think I'm imagining this, but it may have been a claim made about the Grenadier design pre-prototype ...

Q: Is the B58 detuned or otherwise able to handle "regular" North American gas? i.e. "87" at the pump, which is ubiquitous. It would certainly be in keeping with the unfussy, works-wherever ethos the Grenadier began with.

 

[FlyingTexan]

So we still can’t really get anything answered? We’ve got 21.25 and 15mpg. Need a little more consistency

 

[Cheshire cat]

So we still can’t really get anything answered? We’ve got 21.25 and 15mpg. Need a little more consistency

A bit too early for consistency but I would guess if you looked somewhere between best and worse figures I have seen, you would end up around 15 / 16 US MPG

 

[Tom109]

This is the best I ever got in my '95 LWB. I found that more than livable.

 

[FlyingTexan]

This is the best I ever got in my '95 LWB. I found that more than livable.

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Who cares???

 

[FlyingTexan]

A bit too early for consistency but I would guess if you looked somewhere between best and worse figures I have seen, you would end up around 15 / 16 US MPG

There's plenty out there now.