Only suggestion is to buy a 4 banger cause v8 dakotas suck gas and there's nothing you can do to change it. I felt awful about my 14 mpg average until I saw your 13.1 average so thanx for making me feel a tad better.
2000 4.7 V8, auto, crew cab, 4x4
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Location: Southeastern CT (home), Middle of nowhere VT(school)
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With a club cab, you really should be able to do better than 14. I can average almost 20 mpg on the highway. 16-17 city.
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2001 Dakota sport 3.9 auto 2wd 135k - SOLD
2002 Dakota sport 4.7 5 speed, 4x4, Hooker Aero, Cooper Discoverer A/T3's, Sony HU, 144k and counting
I just saw the mega post earlier, I will respond to it when I have the time.
My only statement right now is:
You are straight wrong when you say trucks are meant to be trucks. How many of you guys commute in your trucks? When you could be using a car, because your job doesn't demand that you have a truck.
I just filled up with gas from shell and i found im getting better mileage and slightly more power than I have been with Chevron..Same 87 octane gasoline. At the shell pump it did say that it had 10% ethanol in it. not sure how that effects the mileage/power, but I am getting like 5-10% better mileage
This is because of either ethanol or just "better" gas. Where do you usually buy gas from?
thanks for all the input everyone has given me.. I am keeping an eye on the thread.. Just a side note I already had a soft cover for my bed that came with the truck, my first tank I got avg 13.7 MPG, mostly highway to work and back.. I put the soft cover on on Sunday, and since my MPG has gone up to 14.1, I noticed a button on my shifter (Automatic) that says O/D when I click it my dash lights up saying O/D off, I'm assuming this means Overdrive, I don't know why it would automatically have it on, but I haven't noticed if this being on or off makes much difference. My driving habits have definitely improve,d I coast a lot now and slowly accelerate I will be looking more into what everyone suggests..
What bed do you have on your truck? The O/D button should be in the "on" position. I don't know how all of these guys missed that.
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Originally Posted by Independentfool
ethanol blended gas will yield worse MPG every time.
but yeah if you want good mpg, get a civic.
Thats true, ethanol will decrease you gas milage. Its also worse your engine. In todays engines it won't make a difference, but it can harm small engines. Like chainsaws, sleds, motocross bikes, ect.
Madison. The thing is, yeah maybe half the time I don't need a truck, but the other half I do. So am I supposed to buy 2 vehicles? Because I don't need a truck every single day, that means I don't need one ever? I use my truck almost every weekend. But I do use it for commuting. And I'm not hauling firewood in my civc... sorry. You are just looking for the most rediculous things to argue about just because you haven't a clue what you are talking about.
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2001 Dakota sport 3.9 auto 2wd 135k - SOLD
2002 Dakota sport 4.7 5 speed, 4x4, Hooker Aero, Cooper Discoverer A/T3's, Sony HU, 144k and counting
Madison. The thing is, yeah maybe half the time I don't need a truck, but the other half I do. So am I supposed to buy 2 vehicles? Because I don't need a truck every single day, that means I don't need one ever? I use my truck almost every weekend. But I do use it for commuting. And I'm not hauling firewood in my civc... sorry. You are just looking for the most rediculous things to argue about just because you haven't a clue what you are talking about.
Yes, you are.
Depending on how far you drive, it can literally pay for itself in a month or two.
owning two vehicle will NOT pay for itself, its just not worth the money, and many of us cannot afford it, it is nice, IN THEORY, but for most of us also very impractical. It would require that we first BUY the second vehicle (a relatively large investment), then you have to pay for maintenance (for both vehicles, so approximately double the maintance costs), you have to have insurance on both vehicles (so maybe not double your insurance, but UP TO double for that) and then you are feeding two gas tanks (ok so you will burn less gas commuting, but more on the weekends when you need the truck) so maybe a little bit of savings there, but it is unlikely that owning two vehicles will pay for itself over the life of the car or truck. The savings in gas is just too minuscule to even pay for the extra insurance that you would need on the second car.
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I go back and forth to school, so I'm at school and want my truck, oh wait its at home...
Madison, the kind of vehicle I can afford would fall apart everytime I drive it.
It's not practical, and I don't have $2000 to spend on a beater that will just fail the 3rd time I drive it. Sharp pointed out a lot of good things about insurance and maintence. They are all valid points.
Give up, you failed, get over it and go love Obama some more.
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2001 Dakota sport 3.9 auto 2wd 135k - SOLD
2002 Dakota sport 4.7 5 speed, 4x4, Hooker Aero, Cooper Discoverer A/T3's, Sony HU, 144k and counting
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