My wifes' 2000 GC 3.3 gets 18/19 local driving, Trip driving is around 22.5/23.5 round trip with local driving in the middle. My wifes' local commute averages 19.5. When I drive the same route, I get 21.5. Think I mentioned somewhere that mt wife is a 2 pedal driver.
minivan fuel economy?
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2001 ford windstar, 58Kmi, old-school pushrod 3.8L, ~22mpg day to day driving. ~24mpg easy hywy cruising.
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2005 Grand Caravan with the 3.8 V-6 is about 18, most all city. Overall on longer trips is about 23, with just the highway @ about 25-26.
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What kind of fuel economy are minivan owners getting with their vehicles.
I don't mean the non-stop vacation drive with the cruise set at 70mph, but, regular driving to work, picking up kids, shopping, things like that.
We have a 99 Quest with EPA of 17/24 and during normal use it gets 17MPG. My 94 Accord wagon, with EPA ratings of 21/27 gets 24MPG on the exact same driving route with the same driver.
What kind of fuel economy are minivan owners getting with their vehicles.
I don't mean the non-stop vacation drive with the cruise set at 70mph, but, regular driving to work, picking up kids, shopping, things like that.
We have a 99 Quest with EPA of 17/24 and during normal use it gets 17MPG. My 94 Accord wagon, with EPA ratings of 21/27 gets 24MPG on the exact same driving route with the same driver.
My '05 Buick Terraza gets about 18 - 19 overall, 24 highway. That's off my calculations, BTW, not the car's trip computer.
2002 Odyssey. 15-17 mpg mixed city hwy. 22 freeway. Way below EPA rating which is 18 city, 25 hwy, 21 combined. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18028.shtml
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Wow ..this is about the same as I get with my 92 Caravan. Short trip ..about 18-20 (worse with heavy oil) ...about 24.x on a highway road trip. about 21-22 for my wife's commute. The mileage is, more or less, dependent upon the number of cold start events.
My '01 Windstar gets around 15-16mpg in city use. I mean really hard stop and go, short trip use burning crappy ethanol fuel. I can maybe squeeze 20mpg on the highway. I don't do jack rabbit start and stops- it just gets bad mileage. I do like the van though, but the mileage is rotten. My '99 Taurus gets slightly better economy.
My wife's 1997 Toyota Previa SC AWD (super charged all wheel drive) gets about 14 mpg in city, about 22 mpg on highway.
2005 Sienna gets 21-25 depending on driving.
Lemme guess, does it have a 2.7L V6?
EDIT: No, it's got a 3.5L V6.
EDIT: No, it's got a 3.5L V6.
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Wow ..this is about the same as I get with my 92 Caravan. Short trip ..about 18-20 (worse with heavy oil) ...about 24.x on a highway road trip. about 21-22 for my wife's commute. The mileage is, more or less, dependent upon the number of cold start events.
Ya know? I get about the same mileage with my 89 Turbo Caravan with almost 199K miles..
Really, they all have about the same weight, and about the same frontal area. It would be interesting to take all the different minis to a race track and run them for several hours at 100mph and check the gas mileage then......
Wow ..this is about the same as I get with my 92 Caravan. Short trip ..about 18-20 (worse with heavy oil) ...about 24.x on a highway road trip. about 21-22 for my wife's commute. The mileage is, more or less, dependent upon the number of cold start events.
Ya know? I get about the same mileage with my 89 Turbo Caravan with almost 199K miles..
Really, they all have about the same weight, and about the same frontal area. It would be interesting to take all the different minis to a race track and run them for several hours at 100mph and check the gas mileage then......
2003 Kia Sedona EX. Heavy vehicle. 15-18 mpg mixed city/highway, 10% ethanol (can't avoid it around here), mostly short trips. On the road I've seen 20+. Average is around 16-17, add 1-2 more in the summer, and 1-2 more again if we stick to the road. 3.5L, "only" 200 HP but plenty of torque, and 5 speeds. It's no rocket but it's not bad, either. On the highway it's actually pretty good. This is in the winter with Nokian Hakka-2 SUV tires which are VERY aggressive. Bought with 14K (used), coming up on 30K.
In case you are wondering, it mostly gets Citgo Supergard 5W-30 but now and again Mobilclean 5W-30 and I might even do a few synthetics (Mobil or Amsoil) to clean it up a bit. I've run two auto-rx stages because at purchase time it was starting to get that shellac-like color - no sludge, but a discoloration. Mystery maintainership prior to that. It is cleaning up quite nicely, IMO.
Oh, and it's a bit noisy - I'm under no illusions that it's a Honda or a Toyota, but it meets my needs at a price I could (barely) afford!
Say, has anybody got opinions on the new Nissan minivan? Funky looking but I kinda liked it. WAYYY too expensive, though.
In case you are wondering, it mostly gets Citgo Supergard 5W-30 but now and again Mobilclean 5W-30 and I might even do a few synthetics (Mobil or Amsoil) to clean it up a bit. I've run two auto-rx stages because at purchase time it was starting to get that shellac-like color - no sludge, but a discoloration. Mystery maintainership prior to that. It is cleaning up quite nicely, IMO.
Oh, and it's a bit noisy - I'm under no illusions that it's a Honda or a Toyota, but it meets my needs at a price I could (barely) afford!
Say, has anybody got opinions on the new Nissan minivan? Funky looking but I kinda liked it. WAYYY too expensive, though.
on our old '91 AWD G. Voyager with the 3.3, we got 19 in town and about 24 highway.
1997 Grand Caravan 3.3liter. 18-19 city, 21-23 highway. Highest highway ever was 25.5 mpg.
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