Pretty decent mpg considering the elevation. The drive up was offset by the coasting down. The idle time is what kills mpg. Next time go to settings on the display, program lights off at shutdown and turn your headlight knob to the off position. This should shut everything off after you shut the door in less than a minute. You will have to turn the headlight knob to off everytime you open the door or it resets to the on position automatically.Just got back from 21 days camping in Colorado, sleeping in the little Sport every night. Not too bad considering I'm used to an Excursion, which is like taking a medium-sized NYC apartment along with you.
My only complaint was entering "deep sleep" mode a couple times due to infrequent use (3 days without starting) to conserve battery. Having all the videos play and multiple systems remain energized for 30 minutes or so when a door is opened doesn't work well for a vehicle used for extended camping. This caused me to start and run the little beastie for about a half hour every couple days out of fear of having a no start.
Which brings me to fuel economy. So far, this trip registered both the best and the worst fuel economy so far, with some 'splaining. Camp is at 8166', about 2400' above town. A couple trips into town, along with the aforementioned idling left me with one tank at 21.47mpg, calculated. Both tanks that achieved less than 26mpg included extended idling as well as trips up and down a very steep and twisty nine-mile dirt road.
ODO Trip ODO QTY Indicated Calculated
1433.4 353.8 13.319 27.2 32.5
1811.8 378.4 12.561 30.5 30.127
2091.8 280 13.037 NR 21.47
2411.6 319.7 12.909 25.4 24.76
2781.1 369.4 13.727 27.0 26.91
AVG 27.1534
Overall, pretty happy with that. I'll soon find out what city driving results are, no big trips planned for a while.
Instant campsite:
(that's bear poop between the camera and the rear wheel)
Sorry for the laundry in the background!
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