What is the worst mpg you've ever had?

[elhigh]

18mpg in a '91 Caravan, 2.6 Mitsu engine, antediluvian 3-spd auto - no fanciness whatsoever.

That was fully loaded for a long trip; it cost a lot in gas, but there was a lot of tailgate camping and it saved us hundreds of dollars of hotel charges.

[AD5OS]

2-3mpg going up hill in my '82 Cadillac Coupe de Ville which had an on board fuel computer...

[Stan]

My '76 E-250 with its 460 CID carb'd gas engine and no overdrive never got very good FE, but in the summer of 2003 I towed a 24'x8.5' enclosed trailer ~300 miles from near Bakersfield to near San Francisco against an advertised 35 knot headwind. When I got home I had averaged 4.9 mpg.

That's when I decided to buy the Excursion!

[RH77]

Worst MPG Rental: 9.5 MPG in a Ford E-450 high-cube box truck (moving van) and 4000 lb. cargo (gas engine).

Worst MPG Work vehicle: The easy answer is a Fire Department tanker, but we never really calc'd the mileage.

Regular work driver of the past: 1993 Ford E-350 "Van-Conversion" Ambulance -- Diesel. Depending on cruising or full-throttle response -- the 1000's of miles probably averaged 12 MPG. We'd calculate mileage during fill-up at the end of the shift, but not always. 4-years (full summers and most weekends of the same vehicles). Lots of idling, city driving, and inefficient acceleration.

Otherwise, about 15-17 MPG combined in a 77' Olds Cutlass in my own vehicle.

RH77

[elhigh]

Originally Posted by RH77

Worst MPG Work vehicle: The easy answer is a Fire Department tanker, but we never really calc'd the mileage.

Regular work driver of the past: 1993 Ford E-350 "Van-Conversion" Ambulance -- Diesel.

RH77

Dude - driving those things, I don't care what your mileage is so long as you get there. Emergency vehicles get a bye in my book.

[dremd]

Ever Ever? Or Ever Ever Ever?

Ever Ever (roadway) 11 mpg first fill up on 66 vw bus (tight rebuilt engine + learning to drive + lots of idling + no plate so back road only)

Ever Ever Ever Track tank on MKIII was just shy of 4mpg.

Ever in golf 42mpg Taking it home, just wanted to GET HOME 80 mph with either windows open, or ac blasting to stay aware/ awake.

[tasdrouille]

I've never been much below 30 mpg as I have always owned stick vw diesels. My worst mpg ever would have to be when I was coming back from a canoe trip on the Kipawa river. I wasn't tracking mileage at that time, but 90-100 mph with a canoe on top of the 91 jetta TD for roughly an hour on route 117 through La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve surely wasn't helping FE.

Unfortunately, I'm about to set a record low with the new hyundai during the break-in period.

[y2kbug]

6 mpg driving my dads old big off road truck towing a trailer around 60 mph trying to get better mileage.

6 to 9mpg driving the bus i used to drive not caring about mpg.

…Or maybe my old 86 ford when the fuel tank rusted through. Leaked 24/7!

[Isaac Zachary]

I was getting just above 4 mpg in a Kenworth 880 tandem with a 3,600 gallon water tank and was spraying with the PTO engaged at around 5 mph and near redline, around 1,500 RPM.

[redpoint5]

0 MPG when I got the Subaru stuck in the snow with 3 girls and my friend while we idled the car to keep the gals warm as we spent 4 hours digging it out (twice). Turns out getting stuck going uphill is one level of problem, but getting stuck going downhill is a whole other level.