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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 12:04 PM
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12-14 mpg seems to be all I can get. Drive easy, drive hard, doesn't seem to matter.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 12:57 PM
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I can get around ~350 miles on a tank. I drove to my girl friends place from my house which is 302 miles and the gast light just came on, so I'm guessing it would go another 40-50 miles until it was empty.

I'm not sure what size my tank is though. Anyone know what size tank mose 4.7 ext. cabs have?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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I guess mine has the 22 gallon since that's what people have been saying the reserve goes beyond 18 gallons.

I've never actually went a full tank on highway driving only...so I don't know what the best MPG I can get.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgeramguy85
I'd kill for 16 mpg lol Has anyone ever swapped a prius motor in a dakota get back to me haha
Well yeah you with your 5.2 4x4 would. I read some dude on here with a 3.9 4x4 gettin like 19 but maybe that was a highway. I'll have to not drive so much with my heavy boots on maybe it'd do better lol. Lol this prius pulled up next to me last week and it was one of those roads thats 2 lanes and it merges a little after the light. He was lookin all like he wanted to race. Green light and I smoked him haha. The truck was still cold so the exhaust was still a little smokey. And with the magnaflow I think I got the idea across that I don't like his car much. Hahaha
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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mines down to 16-17 mpg since winter gas kicked in was getting 18-20 i've been tracking my mpg, money spent and a lot of other stuff with an app called aCar on android. put in all the old receipts I had for the truck and with not including oil and all the gas fill ups the 3 years before I had this phone, with the price I got it for included, im up to 16k+ running cost on this truck :/ i recommend trying it out if you have an android phone!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtbiker
Well yeah you with your 5.2 4x4 would. I read some dude on here with a 3.9 4x4 gettin like 19 but maybe that was a highway. I'll have to not drive so much with my heavy boots on maybe it'd do better lol. Lol this prius pulled up next to me last week and it was one of those roads thats 2 lanes and it merges a little after the light. He was lookin all like he wanted to race. Green light and I smoked him haha. The truck was still cold so the exhaust was still a little smokey. And with the magnaflow I think I got the idea across that I don't like his car much. Hahaha
There is one like that on the way home from work I stay in the right lane cause it doesnt end but the left one does I know when the light changes as soon as the other ones turns red its 2 sec before mine turns green and I just go at 1 sec before it turns green the people beside dont know what to do lol
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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Hahaha nice I like racing people even when they don't care then I get attitude and rip into their lane (at a safe distance). well there ya go theres where my 16 mpg comes from. I guess I just need to tone it down a few level and watch my numbers rise. But see then I get mad when I see that people like Theeplaymaker with a 4.7 4x4 are getting the same or better as me. Oh well
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 10:31 PM
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He has a 5 speed tho so it seems to bump it up some.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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Yeah that'll do it.... Shoulda got that 5 speed we looked at. Lol I'm happy with mine though.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:41 PM
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Dont you know manuals are aways better lol
 
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