Ok, I picked up my 04 QC 4X4 Hemi yesterday.(For anyone who saw my other post before I picked it up, it is the "Off Road" not TRX$ like I thought) Anyway, before I finalized the deal, my wife asked me how much more gas I would go through as opposed to my 03 Dakota 4x4 SXT. Of course I was full of BS when I said it would be about the same, but the Dakota was only getting like 14-15 MPG. Well on the way home, in between punching the peddle, I messed around with the overhead computer.(I never had a truck with one). So, when I set it to MPG it was registering 18.2, wich I thought was awesome. I stopped somewhere, started driving again,looked up, now it says 19.4 I'm thinking I got the best Hemi ever built! One more stop, now it says 20.1!!!!! I tell no less than 4 people in between how "great gas mileage" this thing gets.
Now the punchline .....

It was set to KPG..... Kilometers that is.
Checked it today on way to work......... 12.4
Damnit!!!!!

By the way, this is Dodge truck number 4 since 16 years old. Only thing I have owned is Dodge trucks, no cars, no Fords, Chevys etc.
75 Dodge D100 318
84 Dodge D100 (150?) 318 Edelbrock 4 Barrel- Eddlebrock performer intake- cherry bombs - Crager SS rims (Loved that one)
03 Dakota 4X4 QC SXT (commonly referred as the 3 year mistake) V6 Non ***** Too Small

I will be doing some simple mods at some point, but I love going through the older posts and seeing what has worked for everyone else.
Quick question; How do you use an image for your post?(to the left ) Most people have a pic of their truck or something there..

 

yea ive never seen over 12.0 since i bought the truck, usually high 11s, only get the 12 when im cruising at legal speeds on the highway

 

yeah that is funny. I average around 14-14.5 mpg, but I drive moderate speeds though I do open it up once and a while.

 

He He He Tallandbald................I posted on this forum when I got my Hemi about 3 months ago on the "how many MPG do you get" posting at the top of this forum.
I stated just the same...........18-20 MPG.
I can imagine your surprise when you flipped it over from reading KPG's to MPG's cos I did the same ha ha ha.[sm=bangbang.gif]
My jaw fell and I still havent told the wife oop's ha ha ha [sm=bustedsign.gif]
This was just the post I needed to come clean to the rest of the guys on this forum [sm=guilty.gif]
Well...I'm glad that's off my chest. I'll have to make sure the wife can't log on here to see my confession. [sm=icon_beat.gif]
All you 20 year plus married guys know what I'm talking about.............[sm=shootshoot.gif]

 

Bwaaaahahahaha!!! I'm really rolling on the floor you guys!

I've done the same thing before, but quickly knew something was not right. I usually get 12.5-13.5 give or take in mostly city driving. On the highway it is all speed dependent. The faster I drive, the faster the gas needle goes down.

 

I average 13.5, i drive highway quite a bit cruising at 85, but when im in the city i always get on it.

 

man,I guess i am the exception to the rule,I get about 16 mpg per tank,I do almost all interstate driving and most of the time I drive like I have an egg under the gas pedal.And yes,I checked to make sure i was on MPG! LOL

 

I average 17-18 Summer
and 11-13 in the Winter
I have alot of mods on my truck though, plus i have my superchips set on econ. and i add aston to my gas @ fill ups