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John3:17 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:18 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

So it cost me $38 to fill the Jeep the other night...That's the cheapest since I've owned it! Almost 18 gallons of gas, just under 200 miles on the tank, and 11.x mpg...woohoo!

And side thought, what's with that 5600rpm limiter. Redline isn't til 6k or so. I know it shifts before redline when floored, but never knew there was an actual limiter until this snow storm...

$1.84 in Harrisonburg Virginia. 19 gallons for $36. every time I visit there I don't scream when I fill up. I enjoy it!

why don't all of us jeep owners move south or to the mid west!

There is a place about 5-10 miles north of Harrisonburg that always has the cheapest gas around. I fill up there every chance I get.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:21 pm

Hess right off of exit 240?

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:25 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

Hess right off of exit 240?

sorry that's south. Hess has the cheapest gas that I've seen off of 81 so far since I've been visiting Virginia.

LKWJeeper · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:52 pm

1.73 in South Carolina.. Good thing cause my JKU is bad on gas.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:00 pm

not sure any jeeps besides the compass patriot and possibly the renegade have good mileage. id have better mileage if I didn't keep the rpms near 2300 rpm all the time.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:53 pm

I don't consider 21-22 on the highway that bad for a 4 wheel drive the size and weight of mine. Better than anything else I want to drive :lol:

But the KKs for some reason don't get the mileage KJs do

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

PA when do you come to Harrisonburg? Next time hit me up haha. I live there haha.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:03 pm

no, highway 22+ is pretty good! not prius good! city is just atrocious.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:03 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

PA when do you come to Harrisonburg? Next time hit me up haha. I live there haha.

GET OUT!!! I passed through there Friday and Sunday!

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

PALiftedKK wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

PA when do you come to Harrisonburg? Next time hit me up haha. I live there haha.

GET OUT!!! I passed through there Friday and Sunday!

Dead serious...technically I used to live there but I moved back into WV to stop spending so much on fuel (100mi of mountains as a daily commute SUCKS). But I'm only 30min away from Harrisonburg. It's where I get my groceries haha.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:39 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

PALiftedKK wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

PA when do you come to Harrisonburg? Next time hit me up haha. I live there haha.

GET OUT!!! I passed through there Friday and Sunday!

Dead serious...technically I used to live there but I moved back into WV to stop spending so much on fuel (100mi of mountains as a daily commute SUCKS). But I'm only 30min away from Harrisonburg. It's where I get my groceries haha.

I hear you! shockingly I got around 15mpg (12 usually in PA) going up and down the mtns. especially Jonesboro road to the wintergreen area.

well there's plenty of good trails an hour south. big levels and shoe creek are my absolute favorites. theres another one but im waiting to hear back from my friend what the trail was called.

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

PALiftedKK wrote:

I hear you! shockingly I got around 15mpg (12 usually in PA) going up and down the mtns. especially Jonesboro road to the wintergreen area.

well there's plenty of good trails an hour south. big levels and shoe creek are my absolute favorites. theres another one but im waiting to hear back from my friend what the trail was called.

The mountains I drive are a little worse than 81 haha. Next time you come down here I'll lead you through the National Forest and go through those trails haha. Well, as long as weather is permitting... It's all mountainside trails so when it's icy it's not worth losing a life over.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:58 pm

gotcha. the only times I visit Virginia is when my friend is on break in summer or is free on the weekends. him and I usually go out every morning on a trail. he has a Tacoma with a lsd. it does pretty good. mines better though with the lockers, shorter body, and approach angles. next time hes out for awhile ill let you know!

and the other trail that is very scenic is a trail off of the park way. sort of near apple orchard mountain. id highly recommend that trail and shoe creek. I did shoe creek stock. twice. haven't done it yet since I've been lifted. big levels is easy and very very challenging in sections. I also did the trail stock and lifted. and that's the trail I thought my jeep was a submarine on.

found a couple of "trails" near Roanoke. first one on the "trail" that day.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:08 pm

tommudd wrote:

I don't consider 21-22 on the highway that bad for a 4 wheel drive the size and weight of mine. Better than anything else I want to drive :lol:

But the KKs for some reason don't get the mileage KJs do

Best I ever saw was about 21mpg. That's pure interstate and stock though...

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:20 pm

Bmxer524 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

I don't consider 21-22 on the highway that bad for a 4 wheel drive the size and weight of mine. Better than anything else I want to drive :lol:

But the KKs for some reason don't get the mileage KJs do

Best I ever saw was about 21mpg. That's pure interstate and stock though...

really? I do 73 mph max on 81 and get 22-24 mpg (stock and lifted). that's if its a nice calm and not windy day. this past weekend I got around 20 because it was very windy and my engine kept ramping up to 36k rpm. in some cases when I passed a truck going up hill it jumped all the way up to 42k rpm. those trucks really blew me around!

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:13 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

I don't consider 21-22 on the highway that bad for a 4 wheel drive the size and weight of mine. Better than anything else I want to drive :lol:

But the KKs for some reason don't get the mileage KJs do

Best I ever saw was about 21mpg. That's pure interstate and stock though...

really? I do 73 mph max on 81 and get 22-24 mpg (stock and lifted). that's if its a nice calm and not windy day. this past weekend I got around 20 because it was very windy and my engine kept ramping up to 36k rpm. in some cases when I passed a truck going up hill it jumped all the way up to 42k rpm. those trucks really blew me around!

42,000 RPM, wow you must have the super duper heavy duty 3.7

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:18 pm

hahaha. whoops. see, I did find a way to supercharge a 3.7 engine. its faster then a race car!!!

3200 and 4200 rpm.

Cainneach · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:05 am

Wow, can't believe gas is that cheap up there. It's about $1.90 here right now.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:24 am

Cainneach wrote:

Wow, can't believe gas is that cheap up there. It's about $1.90 here right now.

We've been on a steady drop lately. Every day or so it was dropping 1 or 2 cents. Then it leveled out around $2.30, then again at ~$2.20.

12KK SFD · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:40 am

Cainneach wrote:

lfhoward wrote:

If you think a 4 inch JBA adjust a strut lift and 32's isn't enough, there is always...
http://www.americantracktruck.com/

If I ever lose my mind completely & move back to the Northeast, this will be my Jeep!

Don't. Not worth it. My commute to work this morning consisted of -9 degree temperatures and completely ice and snow covered roads.

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