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Originally Posted by JeepNmpg2
I took a trip today to help a friend pick up their vehicle (and get to test my new mod not on my dime). 20% of the trip took place in city traffic, the remaining 80% is at highway/freeway speeds of 60-75 MPH. Because I had a passenger (and it was freakishly humid and hot today) I ran the A/C the entire way, on low albeit so it did cycle the compressor on and off. 304 miles later, I had burned 14.2 gallons of fuel and averaged 21.4 MPG. Not great, but I never really had to use my A/C before for an entire long trip in my Jeep. I've got another one coming up in a few weeks that I'll be driving overnight so it shouldn't need A/C, just alternator load from lights.
Tomorrow I'm picking up the materials for the bellypan for this weekends work before the upcoming trip.
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21.4 is not that different from what we saw in our first 2WD '01 (stock, A/C, 3 pax, loaded, 70-mph). Am enjoying this thread as we still have (another) one.