Ford Ranger 2005 - 36mpg / 12.84 L/km

[oldexplorer]

Fuel consumption figure now possible for my old 2005 Ford Ranger 2.5 non-turbo - 36mpg = 12.84 l/km. I have read grumbling about Ranger consumption, but I´m quite pleased with the figure.

Calculated over 1,540 miles of out-of-town driving, mix of dual carriageways at steady 80-90kph, smaller slower rural roads plus Songkran 2-hour crawl (a few hundred yards in 2 hours - 5 or 6 litres for nothing but water and talcum powder, but the wife loved it!). Without the water crawl it would have been almost 38mpg.

Is there a table anywhere on the board with real-world consumption figures for vehicles old and new? I´ve read plenty of individual figures. Manufacturer´s data is always pure fantasy, so irrelevant.

[torrenova]

When new, my June 2007 Isuzu 3.0L turbo 4 cab auto was clocking 7/8 km/l in town driving in Pattaya and perhaps 10 on a run. Now with 30k on the clock, it knocks out 10 around town and up to 13+ on a run.

However, I never bother with the full to full calculations and just read what the computer says when I fill it up.

Better now is diesel at Bt21/23 a litre and not 45/46 as it was last year !

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Fuel consumption figure now possible for my old 2005 Ford Ranger 2.5 non-turbo - 36mpg = 12.84 l/km. I have read grumbling about Ranger consumption, but I´m quite pleased with the figure.

Calculated over 1,540 miles of out-of-town driving, mix of dual carriageways at steady 80-90kph, smaller slower rural roads plus Songkran 2-hour crawl (a few hundred yards in 2 hours - 5 or 6 litres for nothing but water and talcum powder, but the wife loved it!). Without the water crawl it would have been almost 38mpg.

Is there a table anywhere on the board with real-world consumption figures for vehicles old and new? I´ve read plenty of individual figures. Manufacturer´s data is always pure fantasy, so irrelevant.

Next time you're out on the highways how about an speedometer/odometer check against the km markers.

With both my Toyota van, a '96, and my Toyota pickup, an '89, I usually calculate about 10 kpl. OK, but when I'm running with my GPS on the dash, seems like the indicated speedometer reading is always about 5-10 kph higher that what the GPS says. For example, speedometer at 100 kph, GPS saying 92 or so.

Am supposed to have OEM tires on both so tire circumference shouldn't be a factor.

All I can figure is that perhaps, just perhaps, the local manufacturers do this deliberately, set the speedo so it reads higher than actual, thus the driver is happy as he thinks he's going fast, when actually going a bit slower.

Anyone with a GPS, please give this a shot too.

Oh, yes, when in the U.S. have checked my GPS against my brother in laws in both his van and pickup at constant speed and all three agree.

Mac

[brianinbangkok]

I have a 2002 Ford Ranger 2.5 Turbo 4X4 and the fuel consumption I have seen has been about 11 km/l on average and 12 km/l on highway for the last 7 years.

Make sure you clean out the airfilter regularly like once every 6 months and its fine.

However if you use bio diesel I get about only 10 km/l.

Using my GPS I found the cars speedo to be spot on.

[Thanh-BKK]

Hmm.

Are you sure about those figures, i.e. 12.84 l/km, LITERS PER KILOMTER..??

I wouldn't buy that truck. I believe a regular Mack 40-ton tractor-trailer uses less and that hauls a lot more

Kind regards....

Thanh

[wolfmanjack]

Are you guys using the aircon when you get these results ? i have a 2005 Ford 2.5Turbo and I only get 7 in town and 10 on the highway. That is driving a constant 100kph on the highway.

[torrenova]

I've noticed that in the last few weeks the mileage has gone down but I put that down mostly to the 50c heat we have had and the aircon working overtime. Will see what happens when the weather gets cooler !

[brianinbangkok]

When I see the mileage go down it usually due to a dirty air filter.

yes I am running the aircon all the time

The worst mileage I have ever seen with my Ford Ranger 4x4 2.5 Turbo was 9,5 km/l in town traffic.

That said I hardly ever go downtown BKK area.

[thaicbr]

Dunno about mileage but 1000baht fills the tank with B5 and about 700kms later i fill it up again, its a 2004 Ford Ranger double cab.

torrenovas correct in this hot spell had the aircon on max with the fan on 3 so less than that about 620 (also i accelerate fairly fast) but cruise about 90-100 on the clock which is about 5kmh high against GPS.

i had crap window tint. just had the whole lot redone. HI-COOL all round for 3,000baht and WOW so much cooler than before (also reflective SO BiB can't see there's an ATM driving)

Allan