You need to remember to re-calculate for larger circumference of the tire. If you don't, you get bad numbers. When you move to a bigger tire you're clocking less miles on the odometer than what you're actually travelling. Plus, they are calculated wrong from factory with the original tire size(205/75/15) clocking more miles than what was actually travelled and displaying a higher speed. I found with the help of a GPS, that a 235/75/15 tire is bang on for speed and distance. I averaged about 27mpg then, and even now with a 31x10.5.

Dave

Quote from: Gen-Erix on July 04, 2009, 11:43:26 PM

a couple years ago 30mpg in a tracker was unheard of

you were lucky to be getting 25


weird to see everyones report

you sure you calculating right?

Nah.  My '96, 5-sp on stock tires gave me 30mpg day in, day out.  27.x mpg on 29" tires.

a couple years ago 30mpg in a tracker was unheard of

you were lucky to be getting 25
...

you sure you calculating right?

Before I put the roof rack on my Sport (1.8l, 16v, 5 spd, no lift, nearly stock size tires) it got a consistent 33mpg on the highway.  That was running at 55 to 60 mph.  The roof rack has dropped that a couple of mpg.  A lot of it has to do with the weight of the foot on the throttle.  My Nissan pickup gets about 26-27 mpg at 55 to 60 mph.  The last trip it got about 24 at 60 to 65.

 

weird


im having trouble breaking 30

but then again, i live in the land of hills