2 Door Bronco- small gas tank annoying?

[JT58Bronc]

Anyone else find the small gas tank on the 2 door annoying? For those of you that take it on trips you have to gas it up so often, do you take extra gas cans? This is my main annoying thing about the Bronco for me.

I take my Bronco to work once in a while and I have a 70 mile round trip commute. Every other day I have to gas up as it's down to around 1/2 tank. I usually gas up at 1/2 tank in all of my vehicles as I keep them in storage when they are not being driven. (I don't drive the Bronco a lot as my work commuter mainly due to this and the MPG). It just a habit maybe from hurricanes down here and I don't ever want to be left scrambling for gas last minute. Anyway, I find I am gassing the Bronco up pretty much every other day. I had a 2019 Silverado LD before the Bronco and I could go 4 days. Better MPG and much bigger tank. And my daily driver 2019 VW Jetta I can easily go over a week. I have a whopping 700+ mile range when I fill it up.

Next summer we are going to take the Bronco in the Georgia and Tennessee mountains for a couple of weeks. It's going to be a lot of stops for gas but doable I suppose.

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[telenerd]

Will let ya know once my Bronco shows.

My Bronco will be primarily for going to the mountains for trail riding, skiing, and camping. I don’t plan on using it as a daily driver or short trips around town. I’ve got 3 national forests to chose from in my area, so plenty to explore!

 

[Beach_Bum]

The tank is small and seems inconvenient to fill up frequently. If you crawl under, you will note a large void under the driver's rear passenger seat. I believe a reserve tank could fit there if the aftermarket wanted to address the need.

With inconvenience aside, I still wouldn't drive a moar door.

 

[illverado]

No? I drive 55 miles a day and I feel relief when I finally get to stop at a gas station to throw away trash and clean the windshield after a whole 4 day work week and a half 320+ mile range and zero miles left means you’re good til the next station
If you’re scared keep some gas at home!
Or try 91-93 octane and enjoy that extra 10% more power and another .5-1 mpg or so
-I was driving my drag truck that gets 10.5 mpg on e85 so I had to plan at least 60 miles ahead since it’s right by my house, and filling 2.5 gal methanol tank every month for 8 months

 

[Djstang2011]

No.

I have no issues with long trips and the smallish tank. PA to New Hampshire for the off roadeo averaged 21 mpg. That’s one stop each way. By then I have to use the restroom, eat, stretch etc.

Even towing from PA to South Carolina I got 14 mpg and fueled up every 180 miles, using about 3/4 tank. I did carry a gas can on this trip because I had no idea what mpg I would get, but I never used it.

My mustang on e85 only gets 11 mpg with the same tank size, so I guess I’m used to shorter range.

 

[SeaVee]

Yes- used to a 36 gallon tank in my Suburban

 

[cve]

I just did an 1,800 mile trip in my 2 door. You should be able to get at least 5 hours between fill ups.

 

[Blackcat]

I'm used to my 36 gallon tank on my F150, but I'm too damn happy just to actually be driving a Bronco to care about the small gas tank.

 

[ChompSticks]

Short commutes, but filling up a full tank every 200 miles usually. my MPG avg says 15 lately since switching to 35's but that not taking into account the increased diameter.

 

[Roger123]

Doesn't really bother me all that much, 20 gallons would have been better but oh well.

 

[Straightbase]

No problems here daily driver filling up once a week.

 

[Newbie]

Anyone else find the small gas tank on the 2 door annoying?

 

[RedDawg]

Nope, I get over 320 miles per tank.
My dash says I’m getting 24.1 mpg, but it lies. Using my 4th grade math skills, more like 22.5 mpg for a 2.3 auto stock Big Bend.

 

[JT58Bronc]

No? I drive 55 miles a day and I feel relief when I finally get to stop at a gas station to throw away trash and clean the windshield after a whole 4 day work week and a half 320+ mile range and zero miles left means you’re good til the next station
If you’re scared keep some gas at home!
Or try 91-93 octane and enjoy that extra 10% more power and another .5-1 mpg or so
-I was driving my drag truck that gets 10.5 mpg on e85 so I had to plan at least 60 miles ahead since it’s right by my house, and filling 2.5 gal methanol tank every month for 8 months

I guess I am just used to bigger gas thanks and or much better gas mileage. I use 89 octane and according to the fuel MPG monitor I am averaging 22.2- which is pretty good for a 2.7 Sas. It's just after every commute to and from work it burns 1/4 tank, which seems like so much.

 

[kodiakisland]

It would have been annoying when I was younger and could stand to drive 6 hours at a time without stopping. Older now, and don't mind stopping every 3-4 hours, or sooner. You do have to pay attention out West where gas stations are farther apart and headwinds/crosswinds can really decrease the mpgs.

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