Nissan Titan XD Cummins Diesel Fuel Mileage
Looks like the Titan/cummins/aisin setup falls short on the fuel economy both unloaded and loaded. Not sure if this run included a regen, but I'm really surprised how poor the unloaded fuel economy is...
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goducks10 wrote:
Would they be using a winter blend of diesel? I don't have it out here in Oregon that I know of. At least on the west side of the state. Just doesn't get that cold. If so would that affect the MPG?
As far as owning one. Personally I don't care for the looks. That aside I could see it being a great TT tower. You don't need 5th wheel payload CCC for a TT. If you could get 12-13 towing and 20-22mpg on the hwy that would be a decent truck. Price wise though puts it too close to a 3/4 ton IMO.
In gas vehicles winter blend makes for poorer fuel economy. I don't know what impact it has in diesel, but in Colorado it would definitely be winterized blend this time of year. All of central and eastern Oregon has winter blend diesel this time of year also, btw.
Fuel economy in the winter sucks and it isn't just the fuel. Stuff takes longer to warm up and the air is more dense. I did about 300 miles yesterday on the freeway at 80-82. There are some pretty good mountains in the stretch I did, and it was cold (temps ranged from about 8 to -10). The EVIC, which I've found to be generally very accurate when cross checked, showed just under 15 mpg. This was loaded with family, dog and "stuff", but no trailer. Same speed and stretch of freeway in the summer would net at least 4 mpg higher.
I'd be surprised if this Nissan doesn't get better fuel economy than the bigger diesels, but I bet it won't do a ton better.
