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07-27-2009, 09:49 PM
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#1 | | Newb
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 11
|  Bad Gas Mileage / Drives like a Brick
I just found some funny pictures of the aerodynamics of a car vs the aerodynamics of a jeep wrangler.
This might explain the 12 mpg that I get in my 97 TJ.
I still choose a wrangler.   
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07-27-2009, 11:32 PM
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#2 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: south jersey
Posts: 500
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i saw a pic one time comparing the aerodynamics of a wrangler to that of a fridge with wheels, the fridge won lol. i almost never go over 50 in my heep so i dont think aerodynamics mean much. i think i get bad mileage because i need new o2 sensors and probably a cat.
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07-28-2009, 12:26 AM
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#3 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Charlotte
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Ha Ha! thats a funny picture. I got my TJ up to 96mph downhill. I thought my whole front end was gonna rip off and blow away. You can really feel the wind force pushing on the grill. I had a gps unit and just was curious to see what it would do pegged out. Not doing that ever again
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07-28-2009, 12:31 AM
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#4 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Scranton PA
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96mph? That would have been pretty scary. Lifted?
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07-28-2009, 12:45 AM
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#5 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Charlotte
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Yeah it was lifted with 2.5 in coils in the front and spacers in the back. It was scary. I kept looking at the hood and front fenders shaking thinking something is gonna give.
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07-30-2009, 10:50 AM
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#6 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA
Posts: 250
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12mpg? You might have a serious problem, I am getting 18 all the time.... Quote:
Originally Posted by tersian  |
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07-30-2009, 03:53 PM
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#7 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hot, Arizona
Posts: 93
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Its a jeep.
I get like 13 mpg at best and only run 31's
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07-30-2009, 04:00 PM
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#8 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Balt, Md.
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i don't feel so bad, i'm getting 17-18 mpg, running 31"s and a 2" lift. i thought i was getting bad mileage.
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07-30-2009, 06:49 PM
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#9 | | Newb
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 11
| Gas Mileage
I do have a problem, I love to accelerate and have an inline four.  | |
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07-30-2009, 07:25 PM
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#10 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern VT
Posts: 1,053
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yeah im looking at a constant 16.5 MPG. its a 98 with 31's 4.0  | |
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07-30-2009, 11:06 PM
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#11 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA
Posts: 250
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loooool
4cyl sucks it looks like !!!
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07-31-2009, 01:57 PM
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#12 | | Newb
Join Date: May 2009
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Wow... I get 15 on a good day. 06 unlimited 4.0.... It could still be breaking in... It only has 3k on it with factory 30's
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07-31-2009, 02:24 PM
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#13 | | Supporting Member
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 2,001
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Originally Posted by tersian
I do have a problem, I love to accelerate and have an inline four. | I would think having a 4 Cylinder Wrangler is the absolute best thing for your "problem."
Sort of like making an alcoholic move to Utah.
The pictures are nice.
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07-31-2009, 02:44 PM
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#14 | | Jeeper
WF Supporting Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manayunk, Philadelphia
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I get 14.5 with 35's and 3.55s in the rear.
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07-31-2009, 05:06 PM
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#15 | | Newb
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 11
| My other car
My other car is a Jeep Liberty which gets 16-18mpg, maybe 24mpg on the highway. So I knew what I was getting into with another jeep.
I could have bought a car shaped like a teardrop, that would slide on ice, get stuck in mud and increase my smugness. Not enough torque or acceleration.
I love my refrigerator on wheels and I certainly don't need a higher smugness level | |
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07-31-2009, 09:13 PM
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#16 | | Jeeper
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: VEGAS
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gas mileage? Jeep=toolshed on wheels, no such thing as gas mileage 
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