legallyyours

I wrote in last month about my gas mileage, being a new Edge owner. I am still only getting under 17 around town and the best so far on the Hwy. is 17.6, 50 mile trip. I am going to be taking a very long trip next month, mostly highway driving, so I will see how I do. I really love the Edge, but I am not loving the gas mileage. My spouse gets better in his Nissan Xterra, I am jealous, but I have the nicer looking vehicle!

Don't have to use the air very often, if anything, I will use the fan with fresh air and open the roof. I know not to leave a fan on, when the car goes in drive, everything is shut down before turning off the key.

Thanks for the information. Tires are great, almost new and we have a compressor and gauge. That was the first thing we checked. I am a very safe and sane driver, so my driving is not an issue at all. The sales person told us to expect about 18 MPH locally, so the mileage is not that off if that is an accurate number. We live in the Pacific NW, so temp. isn't an issue, either. I will keep researching, but this gives me a good start to make sure I've covered the basics. I see the new Edges are coming out with some improvements in these areas, I will be curious to see how the mileage is affected. I expected to get a lot worse mileage than the supercharged 4cly. Mercedes, but I wasn't expecting the same miserable mileage my husband's Jeep Liberty was getting. He improved his mileage over 2 mpg when he replaced his air filter set up with a cone unit, but he doesn't think it's worth it for my Edge because I mostly drive local, short distances every day. I was just suprised to see the mileage wasn't much better when we took it out for a long Sunday drive on the highways.

I am interested in anything anyone has tried successfully to improve the mileage for the Edge. I traded in a Mercedes last month for a 2007 Edge 6 cyl. SEL AWD, and except for the terrifying gas mileage, feel I have a much safer and more comfortable vehicle. But this gas mileage thing is a killer. So far, we haven't been able to exceed 16.3 mpg in either city or hwy. Any suggestions? I read about the different air filters, but without the pricey modification that costs over $200., is there anything else? Thanks.