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My wife and I are going on a cross country road trip from here in San Jose to Smithfield, NC. Then from there to Washington DC, then home. So it'll be more than 6k miles in our 2008 Rav4 w/ 4WD from July 6th-August 2nd. 
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Replying to: guyverfanboy (Jul 02, 2009 1:21 am) got an 2008 plain jayne rav 4 with 31k on it . I am now consistently getting 29.5 mpg"s across the boards...not bad...though the unit downshifts a lot in cruise control. stephen |
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Here is what my wife and I got driving from San Jose, CA to Smithfield, NC. From there to Washington DC and then home. I-40 E to NC and then I-80 W back home. 28.12 (~70 MPH) 29.18 (~70 MPH) 29.65 (~70 MPH) 29.28 (~70 MPH) 30.27 (~70 MPH) 26.78 (~70-75 MPH) 27.89 (~70 MPH) 28.80 (~70 MPH) 23.63 (50% in town & HWY) 23.59 (50% in town & HWY) 23.59 (50% in town & HWY) 28.06 (~65 MPH) 23.96 (50% in town & HWY) 26.61 (89 Octane with 10% ehtanol? I am not sure on how much ethanol. I nearly ran out of gas on that tank!) 27.07 (~65 MPH) 25.04 (~65 MPH) 29.92 (~65 MPH) 26.82 (~65 MPH) 31.41 (going down some mountains most of the time) 30.65 (going down hill) 28.47 (~65 MPH) Not too shabby I have to say. I'll try to drive 65 MPH next long driving trip to save money and gas. Edit: My wife and I own a 4 cylinder 2008 Rav4 4WD. We'll be trading it in for a 2008 V6 4WD or a 2009 V6 4WD sometime soon. |
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Sorry for the mess above. Program wouldn't let me correct, spell check or punctuate. Kept asking for my pass word and then rejecting it. Let's try again. New 2009 Rav4 Sport with 2.5 4I engine. Front wheel drive. We broke it in locally as this puts the engine through it's paces without maintaining a given RPM for long periods as a trip would do. For the 1st 300 or so miles we kept the RPM below 3000. For the next 300 miles the same with occasionally giving enough throttle to allow it to shift at closer to 4000 rpm. After the clock passed 600 miles I let it gently get up to around 2000 rpm and then floor board it allowing the tach to red line at 6000 or so. Then let off the throttle and resume conservative driving. For local driving my wife is getting 24-26 mpg. She was getting 20-22 on her 20003 Cr-V. Which she traded for the Rav4. We have been refilling the tank at the half way mark and the gauge "Average MPG" has been pretty much on the mark. One time the gauge said we got 25.4, but when hand calculated we actually got 27+. That didn't surprise me as the fill up before that the nozzle didn't shut off and gas ran out the top of the filler pipe, so it was over stuffed to say the least. On this fill up we let the pump run on the slowest setting and removed the nozzle when it clicked off the first time, as we normally do. So there was a discrepency in the way the tank was filled those two times, resulting in a fairly large discrepency between the gauge and hand calculations. Generally the gauge is within 2/10 to 5/10 of hand calculations which is close enough that we have learned to trust it. This past Saturday, with 700+ miles on the odometer, we took a trip of about 102 miles one way. Filled the tank before we left. And Zeroed the gauge and trip "B". Temperature was 78ish, so AC was not needed until we were nearly at the destination. The first 17 miles were back roads, light traffic, and some traffic lights. Once on the express way I set the cruise at 58 mph (2000 rpm) and occasionally gave enough throttle to force a down shift and run up to 65+ mpg then let it go back to cruise at 58. Made one rest area stop and the last leg was about 5 miles of back roads. Stopped to eat during this leg. According to the gauge, the entire trip "GOING" delivered 35.7 mpg. This seemed very high to me. The AC had been on since before reaching the 1st destenation and stayed on for most of the remainder of the day. Temp was now in the high 80s. We did 15 or so miles of local driving after leaving the 1st destination. This involved a lot of starts and stops and visiting, with light traffic. As we left to start home I reset the gauge to zero. First leg on the return trip involved near 20 miles of back roads, one stop sign, and 2 traffic lights. Traffic was light. Once we got to the expressway, I set the cruise at 63 mph. Occasionally throttling up to 70. AC still on. Just before arriving home we stopped for gas. The gauge said we got 32.0 mpg on the return trip. Didn't surprise me that the return yielded lower mileage, with the higher speed and the AC on . But still seemed high. Filled the tank and did the hand calculation. The result was 33.5 mpg for the entire trip. (228 miles and 6.8 gallons). Pleased with the mileage and pleased overall with the ride and handling. The driver seat feels good for short trips, but after 15-20 minutes the middle of my back , between the shoulder blades begins to ache. Would think that between the telescoping and tilting of the steering wheel and the seat adjustments, there would be the perfect spot. But not yet. Getting closer though. The arm rest on the door and the console are a bit too low when the seat is the right height. Also, the head rest touching the back of our heads is distracting, but we are getting used to it. These two items may be the reason the seat seems awkward. Kip |
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Mostly Brooklyn local ocassional BQE occasional West Side HWY averages around 15 MPG (Rav4 calculated numbers) this is a new 2009 Rav4 Base currently 600 miles on the odometer
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Replying to: puneecar (Oct 11, 2009 3:16 pm)
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Replying to: guyverfanboy (Oct 11, 2009 8:20 pm) |
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