Miles per gallon- What are you getting?
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From: Newport, NC
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I guess I'm different, I don't really care about MPG. I have another fear and hate PAIN. While people tell me they get 25 to 45 MPG, I just remember If I ever hit them, I'd just slide across the seat in my MOPAR and get out the other door. I'd then wait on the curb as the fire department comes with the jaws of life and cuts them out. I hate pain, body healing and the hospital is expensive, gas is cheep compaired to those costs.
Charles in Calif.
Charles in Calif.
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Funny thing is, according to IIHS, these trucks were the unsafest during this time.
Same with Chevy and Ford. hmmmm
The big 10 mpg, yo.
Same with Chevy and Ford. hmmmm
The big 10 mpg, yo.
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From: Clayton MI
You should be able to do a hell of a lot better than that. My FIREBIRD could do 24 on the freeway.......
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08 Dakota QC, 4.7, 3.55 gears, 545 tranny. I average between 16-18 city, and 22-24 hwy. I set my cruise at 55 on the highway. 70mph consistently drops my economy to about 17-20mpg on the highway. What a difference a few hundred rpm's makes. People behind me tend to get pissy, but at the end of the week, I got a extra quarter tank to go play with.
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From: Waxahachie, TX (DFW)
My Ford Festiva gets good mileage at a consistent 38-41MPG. My fuel ups are around $30 and that gets me 350-400 miles. This is perfectly acceptable, except I want that number to go up
I want to break 45... then 50.. lol.
I'm not quite to the point of aero mods or spending lots of money on replacement or high performance parts that would take large gains or lots of time to break even with, though.