Gas Mileage in Houston

I know that the gas mileage thing has been done to death in other threads, but I wanted to take a little bit of the variable out of the picture it see how I compare to others more like me. While I know that everybody drives differently, at least in Houston, I know that most will be using their AC, will use the special forumula gas to reduce smog, and will have to contend with Houston's traffic. I have about 1,200 miles and I am getting in the low 15ish MPG. My high so far has been 16 mpg and a low of 14.5. I have not done any estended highway driving yet. What is everybody else getting?

I was getting about 15-16 MPG and i drive a mix of 70/30 highway/city. At about 6700 miles i seen a improvement and i got 19 MPG on my last tank. I say let the engine break in some and you will see the improvements. At first i didnt beleave this when someone else would say it, but its the truth. Just be patient and take a road trip.

mine has 50K and I'm still getting 16 to 17

I live in Houston also - and I run between 15 and 17. I can get 17+ if I do a straight highway run on cruise, but with traffic, etc., it's between 15 and 16.

DFW area for me, so blended fuel. Temp set to Auto year round. 40,000 miles and I get between 18.5 and 19 mpg day in day out except when towing or hauling a really heavy load in the bed and then it drops to around 15 mpg. I don't hot rod it in town but I do run 80-85 on the rural highways.
I'll be looking at a new one sometime in the next 12 months and plan on getting the Nav and XM this time.
Having lived in both Houston and Dallas I can honestly say they both $uck as far as traffic goes but I believe Houston $ucks a bit more.:D

Hi.. just filled up on Friday and noticed an increase in my mileage which surprised me due to the fact that I've been driving with the A/C on the past week. I filled up at Sunoco 10% ethanol and registered 18.4 MPG. I started out with about 14.3 MPG when I first bought my RT new in February, I have about 4500 miles on it to date. I took one road trip to VT and averaged around 21 MPG, since the trip I've been averaging around 17 MPG 40% city,60% highway.I'll be very happy if it stays in the 17 to 20 MPG range, sure beats the 12 I was getting with my Ram.

Word Dawgz.......getting 15 to 16 combo driving.....best yet is 20 MPG on a San Antonio trip.......creeping up on 6,000 miles....mileage has increased about 1 MPG since I got my 'Ridge in March......after reading all the posts, I think Outfitter is on to something.......the MPG probably does have to do with the traffic situations like stop and go, lights, and construction......

Crosstown traffic.....Jimi Hendrix.....great song......

I've got 8,000 on mine and got 15 last fill up most i've gotten is 21 with full highway driving. I average about 15-17 mpg. I'm down in the Sugarland area

DFW area for me and with 29,000 miles getting 18 to 19 mpg. Trip distance makes a difference as it's 20 miles with 70% hwy 30% city driving.

When I lived in Central Texas (Temple-Waco area) I was getting more like 15 to 16 mpg ---- but my trips were more like 6 miles long. Shorter trips affect mileage more.

Same driving - AC on auto @ 72 and running 70+ to work.

My high in California has been 19. Depending on my mood, and the proximity to the accelorator, I average 14 - 17.

in town, I average 18.5 on my daily commutes... on my trips to DFW, I am usually 21-22+. AC is ALWAYS on and I am usually ~5mph over speed limit.

I've been tracking mine since day 1. I was getting 15-16 for the first 1000 miles. The I was getting 17-18 until 5000 miles. I now see 17-19 depending on highway/city & air/no air.

I travel up and down I 35 between Waco and Laredo. I just reached 20k and I get about 20mpg hwy and 16mpg in town. I think this is about as good as it's gonna get.

My Ridge is still fairly new, I do a large portion of driving on the highway and just a little in the city. Seems I am getting about 18mpg at this point. Being that we are in Houston - AC on all the time.

All in all I am happy with the Ridge and enjoy it everyday!

I guess my ridge is pretty non-aerodynamic for me with brush guard, side step, and roof rack it doesn't matter what I do I get about 16 mpgs long trip or just around town.:confused: ahh well it looks cool:cool: