well my dad has been looking for a dodge i told him its about time[sm=happy046.gif]. he said if he is getting a truck he wants the hemi but with todays gas prices he would like to know what u hemi guys are getting before he goes out and buys one. let me know thanks

 

my 03 QC gets about 17mi/13mi. But if he is looking for a new 1/2 ton, it has MDS so it is supposed to get even better mileage.

 

my '04 1500 gets about 12 miles/gal. on average. but my truck doesn't have mds.

 

Well I have a 07 hemp with the mds and I'm getting between 12 - 13 around town and between 16-18 on highway I have a k&n Intake and flowmaster exhaust. This isnt the best milage I know but I had a 05 with the 4.7 and got around the same, also know a guy who has a 07 with the 4.7 and is getting the same as I am. Hope this is helps I love my truck hope your dad likes his

 

my friend has got a newer hemi... 05 maybe and he says he gets around average of 20 mpg

 

I have an 06 1500 QC and honestly it will depend if your dad has a heavy foot. If I am in it then i get crap around town, if I drive smart I can get 14-15 in town and 20ish on the highway. But that is waaaaaaaaaaaay to much work to get that mileage and I often find my foot getin a lil heavy

 

sometimes he has a heavy foot lol only cus of thevirginiadrivers lolbut he has a 2004 jeep 4.7 v-8 and he said if he can get a truck with the hemithat gets the same as his jeep he will buy one his friend has a 2005 with flowmasters and gets 20mpg sometimes thats what made him to start to look at trucks. i know what u mean about that foot my pap has a 2007 jeep with the hemi and when some ricer pulls up nexttoyou at the stop light you got to just burn him off the line [sm=lildevil.gif]. thats y my pap only gets 13mpg lol

 

13 around town, 16 on trips with 35" tires, close to 7000 lbs. in lift & mods and no MDS.
Might as well go for the Hemi, with MDS it gets about the same MPGs as the 4.7 V8 and a lot more power...

 

Sorry I am calling BS.

I would not tell your dad that unless you want to **** him off. No Hemi Ram is averaging 20MPG unless it spends 100% of its time on the highway, which is hard to do.

On winter gas I get 13.5 on average, with normal mix gas I get about 14.7. That was before changing my tries though, I expect to take a little hit. I drive about 16 city miles for every 10 highway miles, or about 60% city. This is non-MDS, MDS will give you .5-1MPG more.

 

One other thought, if your dad is concerned about gas milage he should wait for the 09. More power and better milage. Although the truck will probably cost more than an 08if you buy one early in the 09 model year. I doubt Dodge will be offering incentives like they are today.