Daily driver and MGP poll

[XJRHINO]

4.88 with 35. As for gas don't know I never looked into that I just go out for fun when I can.

 

[Mike1331]

XJ was my dd untill i picked up this 4 banger last week for $500.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/xjranger13/detail?.dir=b74dscd&.dnm=8da0scd.jpg
With the 87XJ i got around 17-19 with 3.55's and 30's

 

[LilRedRover]

99 4.5 inches 31s 3.55... without rack on 14-16.... with rack on 10-12...

luckily it's no longer a DD as of this week... can you say goin UP

 

[docboy209]

15-17 city and 20-21 highway. 4.0L, AX15, 3.07 gears on stock 225/75R15.

 

[XJ Dreamin']

Stock 2WD '93 DD. AW4. 4.0L. Now on P225/75R15s. Open stock 8.25 rear end with OEM gears (what's that? 3.55?). I haven't checked the mileage on the new tires. With LT235/75R15ATs it got 18mpg (50/50 city/highway daily commute).

 

[ozflip]

16-17 city, recently 22 highway, on 30x9.5s, 3" lift, and basket rack. Took the basket off a few months ago and had no effect on gas. I did just do a complete tune up and replaced o2 sensors. I have been babying the pedal though.

 

[zj to xj]

I drive her daily..... her are the details....
4.0L AX15 tranny NV231 TC
225/75/R15 tires (allterrain/all season).
118,000 miles
K&N drop in filter
Dynomax Cat back
Accel coil
Summit cap/rotor/wires
Autolite platinum plugs
Combustion chamber cleaned
etc. etc.

I am getting 20-21 city
24-26 Highway
worst tank was 18 lots of city and wheeling.
I am still relatively new to the xj though. I am sure a dedicated trail ride will knock it much lower than the 18.
I am getting 25 mpg on my comute pretty consistantly though.
THIS creates a dilema. My last Jeep was a ZJ lifted and wheeled at easter jeep safari grand slam etc.
I want to do a small OME lift with 30-31 tires. But this is a daily driver and I drive 50 miles a day. I need to get reasonable economy.
Before I get the wise cracks about this is a jeep get a honda understand. I live in the country. I live on five acres and have to climg up a steep dirt road to get to my house when it rains and in the heavy winters unless it is a 4x4 she isnt going to do it..... so any ideas what tire size I could do without bonking mileage too much......:sunshine:

 

[NewOld96xj]

I get 11-12L per 100 km Highway and 13-15L per 100 km city.. With a stock xj

Someone else can do the math and convert it to mpg

 

[BillyBob]

89 Laredo 4.0L 3.55 w/225-75-15's & just recently installed a 32gal. tank for my weekend cruises of approx.~ 600 miles each way.
This past weekends trip was 652mi. one way at 70-75 & got 20mpg, the return trip at 60-65 netted 24mpg. All of this with 500lbs of camping gear & a 21cu.ft. Thule pod on the roof.
These older XJs are some workhorse for sure!!!

 

[MikeESoc2]

'87 XJ Limited, ~ 265K miles, daily drive ~ 72 miles round trip, ~ 21 to 21.5 MPG - mostly 55mph to 65mph, LTX/AT 235x75R15 tires (~ 95K miles on them ! with more to go !), with air-tube and riser-plate, flow-thru Dynomax, and CraneCams Hi-6S multi-spark box w Jacobs Torquer coil + Champion-Truck plugs gapped ~ .047 (but, I need to change the distributor-cap & rotor every ~ 10K miles) - Runs great !! with very very low emissions (oh yea: 4-spd automatic w the dash-board power-button ON, but I don't know the gear ratio).

 

[joel-xj]

00' XJ - 33 BFG's and 4.56 gears. Just went 1000 miles this weekend and got 13-14 MPG. The spare tire on the roof doesn't help though.