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Recently I had an additional tank (4.2 gge) added to my 09 GX by Phoenix Energy in B'ham. Now that I have 12.2 gge capacity, I can travel further between fill-ups. Currently B'ham has only have 1 public cng pump ($1.37). Hopefully another pump is coming to the metro area soon.
Yesterday I drove to Nashville and back--total mileage was 364 miles. I still had 5 bars left on my fuel gauge at fill-up. It took 8.1 gge to fill at 4000 psi. This gave me 45 mpg. I was more than pleased w/45 mpg, considering my wife and 3 children were with me. Driving conditions were: 68-69 mpg cruise control, 95% of miles were interstate, a few steep grades to pull, ran the AC entire trip, 2 adults/3 children, approx weight-700 lbs for family and 100 lbs for addition tank/brackets. Tight as sardines but we survived. Lots of real bonding-time.
Based on my calculations, I believe I have a range of 425-450 miles for road trips, with of course excellent fill psi.
My normal avg is 35-37 mpg for all of my driving. My avg range per fill is now 360 miles. As you can imagine I have very little trunk space with the additional tank, but am willing to make the sacrafices. I am in the process of having stronger springs added to the rear suspension.
Chris
09 GX
Yesterday I drove to Nashville and back--total mileage was 364 miles. I still had 5 bars left on my fuel gauge at fill-up. It took 8.1 gge to fill at 4000 psi. This gave me 45 mpg. I was more than pleased w/45 mpg, considering my wife and 3 children were with me. Driving conditions were: 68-69 mpg cruise control, 95% of miles were interstate, a few steep grades to pull, ran the AC entire trip, 2 adults/3 children, approx weight-700 lbs for family and 100 lbs for addition tank/brackets. Tight as sardines but we survived. Lots of real bonding-time.
Based on my calculations, I believe I have a range of 425-450 miles for road trips, with of course excellent fill psi.
My normal avg is 35-37 mpg for all of my driving. My avg range per fill is now 360 miles. As you can imagine I have very little trunk space with the additional tank, but am willing to make the sacrafices. I am in the process of having stronger springs added to the rear suspension.
Chris
09 GX
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