How fast do you really drive?

[doverarjim]

Ok here are a bunch of numbers from back when I bought my 99 truck until the end of 2016. I bought my 2011 truck on December 31 2012, so everything since then is my diesel. Enjoy the math overload!!

 

 

DATE MILAGE DOLLAR AVG GALLONS AVG TRIP OD HOUR METER MPG HR PER GAL MILE PER HR HOURS Yearly cost Total Gallons
2000 4905 $22.00 17.200000 226.20 100 13.15116279 0.172 2.262 100 $502.54 361.5
2001 15147 $26.00 22.350000 313.10 420.9 13.99580244 2.237113402 30.29896907 420.9 $1,350.99 1025.9
2002 14279 $29.20 22.720000 324.89 444 15.28492681 2.414131314 32.81801249 452.8 $1,314.21 1022.4
2003 16365 $38.17 27.600000 396.85 480.4 14.3103247 2.642016807 38.18376824 492.3 $1,653.93 1131.2
2004 18933 $40.09 23.136842 328.32 528.8 14.13773686 5.169883094 36.45590881 428.3 $2,284.88 1318.8
2005 9692 $64.92 23.011111 248.16 267.2 13.48005098 3.653825509 40.43057741 281.4 $2,337.07 828.4
2006 21353 $53.45 24.667297 282.89 594.6 12.83922753 3.817101493 37.44520403 594.6 $3,955.35 1825.38
2007 13449 $59.30 20.318367 279.19 459.1 13.87180369 2.263453174 31.49514358 470.8 $2,964.79 995.6
2008 9692 $65.56 18.671429 248.58 267.2 13.78633468 3.063362105 37.39990201 267.2 $2,294.54 653.5
2009 12323 $49.33 20.603095 299.04 344.5 14.63731786 2.490995015 36.00114970 344.5 $2,071.87 865.33
2010 9520 $68.50 25.600000 334.8 280.9 13.2648869 2.490000000 32.14380000 280.9 $1,627.89 574.9
2011 7506 $62.56 18.656341 255.86 250 14.6890835 3.290658479 45.66819050 257.3 $2,512.00 746.71
2012 18320 $84.04 22.211667 344.84 538.70 15.550417 2.417349291 37.83093530 546.7 $4,538.16 1199.43
2013 24189 $85.05 23.055857 347.67 641.80 15.308516 2.776264721 40.76347140 645.8 $5,953.40 1613.91
2014 24049 $91.11 25.744590 402.65 620.40 16.030326 2.700844007 41.15921942 631.3 $5,557.65 1570.42
2015 25057 $64.93 26.792836 380.17 677.70 14.385305 2.874052419 39.69225357 689.7 $4,350.47 1795.12

2016 23735 $52.87 25.435147 355.97 642.90 14.093281 2.798560045 37.98344666 650.9 $3,595.45 1729.59

[Chevor]

There is a real Tortoise and Hair affect I see driving down highways all day....Those slow vehicles are way faster than most think.

[scott19677]

Can't answer the OP's question but I know that the strangest and funniest thing happens today. A Hemi Ram and myself were at a red light today and as we both pulled out It was obvious we were checking out each other's trucks and for a block or so we were accelerating slowly sort of "I'm ahead,he's a little ahead" not racing at all. That's when I see behind the Ram is ....wait for it... a Prius.

This guy was LOOSING HIS MIND!!! He started weaving in behind what ever truck was slightly ahead obviously wanting to pass very badly. Now keep in mind I have no Idea who is in the Ram but that's when it was like we read each other's mind. We started what could have been interpreted as a very slow version Daytona 500. Never passing each other but each one speeding up just enough to give this poor Prius owner hope that one lane was about to speed up. WRONG. Lol He must have changed lanes 6/7 times. It took everything I had not to piss myself laughing trying not to make eye contact with the Prius driver. Yeah I know I'm to old for dick moves like that but it was like it was meant to be. I swear I bit a hole in my lip trying not to let on I knew he was back there. This went on for about 4 miles including going across the two lane Chickamaga Dam. By that time the Prius driver looked like Bernie Sanders on meth. I never knew driving so slow could be so much fun. Then when we hit I75 and it opens up to 5 lanes he gets around and goes on. Then yep you guess it, we both pass him about a quarter mile later one on each side. So slow down a little and smell the Prius some times. Anyway back on topic. I was wondering if the oil life monitor system goes by ENGINE HOURS, miles, RPM or some combo of all of them? And if anyone has around 16k miles how many hours are you showing? OK carry on.

[RyanbabZ71]

100,000 miles / 2500 hours = 40 mph

 

100,000 miles / 3000 hours = 33 mph

 

500 hours or 3 full weeks of idling moved it 7 mph and still within averages noted by all major manufactures.

 

Are you guys telling me that in 100,000 miles you just let your truck idle for 21 days?

 

Really?

 

Your argument sounds better until we put numbers to it.

 

Stop lights/Stop signs add to idle time unles you dont have those in your area

[Grumpy Bear]

I would like to thank one an all for your participation.

 

I’ve won a wager with a psychologist that I could ask for a single simple piece of information with equally simple instructions and receive not a single compliant answer within the first 350 hits on a forum or on some social media site. Well, I don’t Facebook.

 

You want to help me win a second and much more lucrative wager?

 

I’ve wagered that among those that replied (before this post a small number) you will be unable to come to an agreed consensus for a RATIONAL reason why it was so important that this request not be met.

 

It was after all. no more difficult a task than “please pass the salt”.

[KARNUT]

I'll bite, it wasn't a accurate way to calculate adverage MPH. People were pointing out why. We aren't sheep after all. To say there is a underlying psychological reason is a stretch.

[MaverickZ71]

I would like to thank one an all for your participation.

 

I’ve won a wager with a psychologist that I could ask for a single simple piece of information with equally simple instructions and receive not a single compliant answer within the first 350 hits on a forum or on some social media site. Well, I don’t Facebook.

 

You want to help me win a second and much more lucrative wager?

 

I’ve wagered that among those that replied (before this post a small number) you will be unable to come to an agreed consensus for a RATIONAL reason why it was so important that this request not be met.

 

It was after all. no more difficult a task than “please pass the salt”.

 

Guess we spent all of those hours idling trying to figure out how and why some people exist.

[Dnt]

What is the point of arguing when the DIC gives you everything that was asked for?

Take the engine hours and deduct the idle hours = 105.6 then take total mileage 4082 and divide by 105.6 equals about 39mph overall (I do mostly city driving)

Now the trip meter setting does give an overall speed just for that reset period here is one where a nice 400+ mile cruise was done.

Here is a later trip B with a few more miles...

The trip meter does NOT differentiate between engine and idle hours so if you are city driving and doing a lot of remote starts the mph average is way low

 

 

[Grumpy Bear]

I'll bite, it wasn't a accurate way to calculate adverage MPH. People were pointing out why. We aren't sheep after all. To say there is a underlying psychological reason is a stretch.

 

Just enough so to allow me to win both bets. Thanks!

 

Seriously, my bad. I should have worded it "Engine Operational Utilization Toward Self Propelled Motion Inquiry" aka, what percentage of the engines operating time is spent moving. forward.

 

Then I could have used an acronym EOUTSPMI.

 

Not cracking wise. Precision in speech is important. I assumed to much and that is entirely on me. Sorry.

[RyanbabZ71]

 

 

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[KARNUT]

My Santa Fe does what you ask per trip, simple push button drive, push button as it turn off it gives you adverage MPH, MPG and drive time. Also you can hit another button and get lifetime adverage for MPG and MPH and engine HRs. I'm only interested per trip. Idle time changes with the weather, I'm only interested in drive time adverages to see I compare with the milage on the sticker. Adverage MPH greatly changes when the better half is with me. During my working days I made a trip to NJ from Texas my adverage MPH was 68 mph straight driving to beat out a snow storm. I was taking a bucket for a tracktor for snow duty. I was much younger and had a 100 gal fuel tank in my 95 V-10 dodge one ton. I would time just about everything to keep my self awake on those drives. At 40 I couldn't drive like that anymore at 60 I only drive 7 hrs. More stops with the better half and not in a hurry anymore. I'm rambling now kinda sound like someone else on here, I know GRUMPY BEAR.[emoji106]

 

Just enough so to allow me to win both bets. Thanks!

 

Seriously, my bad. I should have worded it "Engine Operational Utilization Toward Self Propelled Motion Inquiry" aka, what percentage of the engines operating time is spent moving. forward.

 

Then I could have used an acronym EOUTSPMI.

 

Not cracking wise. Precision in speech is important. I assumed to much and that is entirely on me. Sorry.

[JoJoSilverado]

 

What is the point of arguing when the DIC gives you everything that was asked for?

Take the engine hours and deduct the idle hours = 105.6 then take total mileage 4082 and divide by 105.6 equals about 39mph overall (I do mostly city driving)

Now the trip meter setting does give an overall speed just for that reset period here is one where a nice 400+ mile cruise was done.

Here is a later trip B with a few more miles...

The trip meter does NOT differentiate between engine and idle hours so if you are city driving and doing a lot of remote starts the mph average is way low

 

 

 

 

While I agree with most everybody's responses to his thread, and yours particularly makes the most sense, but mine (as well as Grumpy Bear's most likely) doesn't show idle hours on the 1WT/2WT trim DIC doesn't show a figure for hours idling like your Denali DIC, only total engine hours.

 

I'm not sure if the regular LT/LTZ DIC shows engine idle hours either, but I've never played with one of those so I can't say for certain on that.

[Dnt]

assumed that they all had the same readouts "my bad"

[doverarjim]

My 2016 Dodge work truck show idle time and driving time on it???

[Grumpy Bear]

"Engine Operational Utilization Toward Self Propelled Motion Inquiry"

 

​Guess I had best look for the raw data elsewhere. Which can be done. So...not only does one have to ask for the salt "YOU" (the collective) have to agree that it is needed AND deserved. Good thing I didn't ask for the pepper too.