Here is a breakdown of actual gas mileage after 5 years and 136000 miles . No Nonsense, no BS... just real data.
The method-
First of all the truck is a 2016 fully loaded XLT super cab, not crew cab. I bought it brand new in july of 2016 and logged every single fill up that I put into it for 5+ full years. Pease note that the truck came with about 3/4 tank of gas.
For every fill-up I logged the date, mileage at that moment, number of gallons put in and overall cost of that particular fill up.
An important point to note is that I bought this particular truck because I needed a decent sized vehicle that was good on gas mileage. I actually tried to get the maximum mileage from each tank of gas. Very little revving and racing and the first set of brakes was changed at around 103k miles. That should tell you everything you need to know about the way the brakes were used on this truck. In general, the truck has been babied its entire life. Besides a few chips from rocks on the freeway, the truck is practically in perfect condition. The truck has been kept completely stock. And all servicing was done on time including synthetic oil changes, air filters, fuel filters, etc.
With 136+ k miles in a little over 5 years, the average was a bit more than 25k miles per year. Obviously that includes A LOT of highway miles but also includes a lot of time sitting in traffic and driving in this city. I live in Los Angeles so that explains the type traffic.
One more thing. F-150 has two trip meters in the instrument cluster. The second one was never reset from the moment it was bought. I did that on purpose to see what the computer says versus actual gas mileage.
The results-
Overall average is 17. 3 miles per gallon.
Total number of gallons purchased is 7,910.49
Total money spent on gasoline $26,789.19 (keep in mind this is in Southern California which probably has some of the highest gas prices in the country)
Average according to the computer 18.9 miles. For the first 70 or 80,000 miles, the average according to the computer was 19 / 19.1.
Attached are photos of the monthly average spreadsheets just for reference.
Thoughts-
The truck is definitely awesome and I don't regret buying it. Like every single vehicle sold on the planet, it doesn't even come close to the EPA estimated gas mileage on the window sticker.
Yes, if you live in the sticks where there are no stop lights and no traffic, you can definitely get the few more miles to the gallon... and maybe someone can log and present their own data after 5 years and/or 130k miles. It would be interesting to see the long-term gas mileage for those of you who drive mainly on open roads and spend virtually no time sitting in traffic or big cities.
And yes, newer generation F-150s with the 10-speed automatic can probably squeeze out an extra mile or two in the long-term.
Lastly, if anybody wants to know about the problems and repairs along the way just comment below.
The method-
First of all the truck is a 2016 fully loaded XLT super cab, not crew cab. I bought it brand new in july of 2016 and logged every single fill up that I put into it for 5+ full years. Pease note that the truck came with about 3/4 tank of gas.
For every fill-up I logged the date, mileage at that moment, number of gallons put in and overall cost of that particular fill up.
An important point to note is that I bought this particular truck because I needed a decent sized vehicle that was good on gas mileage. I actually tried to get the maximum mileage from each tank of gas. Very little revving and racing and the first set of brakes was changed at around 103k miles. That should tell you everything you need to know about the way the brakes were used on this truck. In general, the truck has been babied its entire life. Besides a few chips from rocks on the freeway, the truck is practically in perfect condition. The truck has been kept completely stock. And all servicing was done on time including synthetic oil changes, air filters, fuel filters, etc.
With 136+ k miles in a little over 5 years, the average was a bit more than 25k miles per year. Obviously that includes A LOT of highway miles but also includes a lot of time sitting in traffic and driving in this city. I live in Los Angeles so that explains the type traffic.
One more thing. F-150 has two trip meters in the instrument cluster. The second one was never reset from the moment it was bought. I did that on purpose to see what the computer says versus actual gas mileage.
The results-
Overall average is 17. 3 miles per gallon.
Total number of gallons purchased is 7,910.49
Total money spent on gasoline $26,789.19 (keep in mind this is in Southern California which probably has some of the highest gas prices in the country)
Average according to the computer 18.9 miles. For the first 70 or 80,000 miles, the average according to the computer was 19 / 19.1.
Attached are photos of the monthly average spreadsheets just for reference.
Thoughts-
The truck is definitely awesome and I don't regret buying it. Like every single vehicle sold on the planet, it doesn't even come close to the EPA estimated gas mileage on the window sticker.
Yes, if you live in the sticks where there are no stop lights and no traffic, you can definitely get the few more miles to the gallon... and maybe someone can log and present their own data after 5 years and/or 130k miles. It would be interesting to see the long-term gas mileage for those of you who drive mainly on open roads and spend virtually no time sitting in traffic or big cities.
And yes, newer generation F-150s with the 10-speed automatic can probably squeeze out an extra mile or two in the long-term.
Lastly, if anybody wants to know about the problems and repairs along the way just comment below.
