Re: AWEFUL GAS MILEAGE with 4.7!!!!!

From: Jason&Sarah (Jpm699@email.msn.com)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2000 - 15:15:30 EST


Hey my 98 5.2L 4X4 gets 10.8 around town. Yours isn't even broken in yet,
it will improve.

Jason

>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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