you guys think thats bad! listen to this! i took my dak out from storage last week
and i hav a 15 gal tank, well low and behold i decide to race everything i seen
(cause of new mods: TB and Flowmaster) i got 90kms (55.9 miles) on a half tank of
gas! i had it filled too! and thats in a 98 3.9 dak! now hows that for bad gas
mileage!!!!
Ed
Marty Galyean wrote:
> 15mpg city? wow. Are you going by the 'fill up tank, divide miles travelled by
> gallons to top up' method?
> That's what I do and I get around 12.5 city. If I really lead-foot it I get
> around 10.5 to 11. If I really really really take it easy I get maybe 13.2
> The highest I have seen on the highway, at around 60-65 average was 19.5mpg.
> If you are going by overhead console then I think you might want to reality-check
> using above method. If you are using above method, then my mpg really sucks.
> dang.
>
> FWIW I have about 7k on a 2000 4.7 auto 2wd CC.
>
> I mentioned the poor mileage at the dealer and they shrugged.
> If the evidence here indicates I should be getting better then I will definately
> bring it up again.
>
> Marty
>
> Tim J Koth wrote:
>
> > That seems pretty damn bad. My first few tankfulls I was getting upper 15's
> > for mostly city driving. I've got a little over 3000 miles now and I'm getting
> > mid 16's for city driving. Mine's a 2000 CC 4X4 5 speed with 3:55's. I'd say
> > maybe it's your driving habits but I drive the bejeezus outa mine :-) so it
> > can't be that!
> >
> > Maybe you should have the dealer look at it.
> >
> > ----- previous post -----------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:56:35 -0600
> > From: "dugan" <dugan@iland.net>
> > Subject: DML: AWEFUL GAS MILEAGE with 4.7!!!!!
> >
> > Well... I have now had my new Dakota 4x4 regular cab for over 2 weeks and I
> > must say... the gas mileage SUCKS!!!! It now has 400+ miles on it and the
> > best I can get is 12 mpg average. Most of my driving is in town with a
> > little bit of highway driving on the weekend. I can't beleive I am getting
> > this bad of gas mileage. Hopefully this is just because its probably not
> > broken in yet... but still... I should get better. Any of you others with
> > 4.7 v8s get this kind of gas mileage when you first got your dakota? Is
> > this abnormally bad? Or is this what I should expect? Thanks.
> >
> > - -Tom Dugan-
> > dugan@Iland.net
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