Details are as follows.
Start:
Quik Trip in Monticello, MN
Elevation: ~925ft
Engine hot
Outside temp: 75 degrees F
End:
Shell in Homer Glen, IL
Elevation: ~725ft
Outside temp: 59 degrees F
Wind: 6mph from the east northeast. Effectively a side wind with a marginal headwind. Net elevation change: about -200 feet.
Tires at 50psi, Trifecta full tune, spark plugs at 0.025", Injen CAI, and Terry's Big 3 wiring upgrade. Myself, my wife, and luggage in the car, and the sound system.
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401.7 miles for the trip total. Filled up 7.396 gallons.
DIC shows 55.7mpg. Actual calculated at the pump: 54.3MPG.
Actual average speed was maintained at 62-65mph for the entire trip, with a few short sections of construction at 50-55mph. We made 4 stops for bathroom breaks and food, each of which dropped 0.3mpg from the DIC estimate. If I had gone straight through, it would have been over 55mpg calculated at the pump.
Start:
Quik Trip in Monticello, MN
Elevation: ~925ft
Engine hot
Outside temp: 75 degrees F
End:
Shell in Homer Glen, IL
Elevation: ~725ft
Outside temp: 59 degrees F
Wind: 6mph from the east northeast. Effectively a side wind with a marginal headwind. Net elevation change: about -200 feet.
Tires at 50psi, Trifecta full tune, spark plugs at 0.025", Injen CAI, and Terry's Big 3 wiring upgrade. Myself, my wife, and luggage in the car, and the sound system.
401.7 miles for the trip total. Filled up 7.396 gallons.
DIC shows 55.7mpg. Actual calculated at the pump: 54.3MPG.
Actual average speed was maintained at 62-65mph for the entire trip, with a few short sections of construction at 50-55mph. We made 4 stops for bathroom breaks and food, each of which dropped 0.3mpg from the DIC estimate. If I had gone straight through, it would have been over 55mpg calculated at the pump.