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Old 07-28-2015, 02:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
Hersbird
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7 passengers at 29.4 mpg

We just did a 200 mile trip and got 29.4 mpg indicated (which is usually really close). Ok it was downhill 1000 ft but the return 200 miles was 28.0 for an overall of 28.7 MPG both ways. I will fill it up tomorrow but we just went 400 miles on a bit less then 3/4 of a tank! And OK, we didn't have 7 passengers, just 5 and a dog, and a bunch of crap including my grandpa's old smoker and an office chair, our luggage, bows and arrows, gold panning, huckleberry picking, and snorkeling gear.

Kept it 60-65, no drafting or being drafted, pretty smooth roads but some heavy rain for 1/2 hr each way that couldn't have helped much with all the standing water on the road. Missoula, MT to Libby, MT and back.

This was our 2011 Chrysler Town and Country with LLR tires at 40 PSI as the only mods. Will double check on the fill-up tomorrow and let you know if I have been lied to too bad.

PS i just figured 7 passengers at 28.7 is as good as an 1st gen Insight with 2 getting 100 mpg. Technically you would need 4 Insights getting 119.4 mpg each to move 7 people 400 miles using the same gas, but technically we didn't have 7...


Last edited by Hersbird; 07-28-2015 at 03:18 AM..
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