MPG on a V6

[b72088]

Hi All, total newbie here and I am in a process to purchase my next car. A 2006 V6 LR3 has definitely caught our eyes and I try to search for a MPG thread here for V6 MPG with no luck.

Can someone share some real life MPG for a V6? I have also gone to the EPA site and there is only one real life example there.

Thanks!!

 

[spatterso]

I'm told that there is virtually no difference between mileage for the V6 and the V8.

 

[grommet]

Correct. Sometimes better, sometimes worse.

 

[Hollywood LR3]

I get 16 city 22 freeway 2006 SE V6

 

[b72088]

I get 16 city 22 freeway 2006 SE V6

These are great numbers!!

Is this normal or you just drive the car in some special way to get that MPG?

Thanks.

 

[chomondely]

17 to 18 mpg, mostly highway. With a tailwind, 19. These are actual numbers, not from the computer. The computer is a bit optomist, but just by about 1mpg. I am using the GY Silent Armour tires and I did notice about a 1mpg decrease when I swtiched tires.

 

[Hollywood LR3]

These are great numbers!!

Is this normal or you just drive the car in some special way to get that MPG?

Thanks.

Just normal driving ...... Also I towed a 4x8 about 2k lbs from Los Angeles California to South Hampton NY and got around 15 MPG

 

[b72088]

Just normal driving ...... Also I towed a 4x8 about 2k lbs from Los Angeles California to South Hampton NY and got around 15 MPG

This definitely helps ease my concern of the MPG. I am ok with 15/19 but anything in the 13/15 range will be troublesome since I drive all city.....

 

[schafari]

If you are all city, I would not depend on those numbers. On my V8 I am about 12-13 all city. City being suburbia Texas. 45mph and below. 7-8 miles to and from work wiht about 4-5 stops average. The good news is that I only loose about 3-4mpg while towing a big ole camping trailer. . .

 

[nwoods]

I am pretty consistent at about 14mpg with my V6, but I have a lead foot and big tires, and do a lot of start/stop driving here in the land of stop lights. My best was 22mpg with some good Utah 93 octane gas coming down the 70/15 freeways from Moab towards St. George Utah. That was with a roof rack on!