Hi guys! Some questions I have for those who payed attention to their MPGs. I realize if your gunna own a lifted xj you need to understand MPGs are gunna be bad. But I am in need of some "reference" regarding my situation.
I had a 97 XJ 4.0 AX15 manual with 35" tires on 3.07 gears. I have no idea what my MPG was but I would love to know what that MPG most likely was. I know it wasn't the right gear and trying to climb slowly required fancy foot work but for mudding it wasn't too bad (higher RPMs). On the road it wasn't bad at all, I still used 5th despite others warning me it was useless. Granted I only used 5th on flat highways lol. So stupid me sold my XJ only to miss it like a crack addict misses his fix on day 3 of rehab lol. So now I'm on the market for another one!
I found a 99 4.0 XJ with AW4 trans and 35" tires with 3.55 gears. He tells me only gets about 11mpg with it. Either way I'll most likely wind up buying it and regearing it in the distant future, but I'm curious as to how his mpg would compare to the mpg of my old xj. One more factor to throw in is that I'm moving to Florida (where this XJ I'm looking at is) where the roads are flat and open with stop and go here and there as opposed to where I drove my old XJ (Massachusetts) everything was hilly windy 40mph max stop and go city driving. Partly why I'm excited to be living in Florida soon lol.
35" tires 3.07 gears manual:
City mpg: ???
Highway mpg: ???
35" tires 3.55 gears auto:
City mpg: 11
Highway mpg: ???
Thanks so much!!! It's greatly appreciated!
I had a 97 XJ 4.0 AX15 manual with 35" tires on 3.07 gears. I have no idea what my MPG was but I would love to know what that MPG most likely was. I know it wasn't the right gear and trying to climb slowly required fancy foot work but for mudding it wasn't too bad (higher RPMs). On the road it wasn't bad at all, I still used 5th despite others warning me it was useless. Granted I only used 5th on flat highways lol. So stupid me sold my XJ only to miss it like a crack addict misses his fix on day 3 of rehab lol. So now I'm on the market for another one!
I found a 99 4.0 XJ with AW4 trans and 35" tires with 3.55 gears. He tells me only gets about 11mpg with it. Either way I'll most likely wind up buying it and regearing it in the distant future, but I'm curious as to how his mpg would compare to the mpg of my old xj. One more factor to throw in is that I'm moving to Florida (where this XJ I'm looking at is) where the roads are flat and open with stop and go here and there as opposed to where I drove my old XJ (Massachusetts) everything was hilly windy 40mph max stop and go city driving. Partly why I'm excited to be living in Florida soon lol.
35" tires 3.07 gears manual:
City mpg: ???
Highway mpg: ???
35" tires 3.55 gears auto:
City mpg: 11
Highway mpg: ???
Thanks so much!!! It's greatly appreciated!