Well, what do you want it to get? 50mpg? Get a friggin Ford Focus. You bought a
truck, a 4x4 truck, that's extended cab, with a v6, and 3.55 gears. That is not a
good combo. I woulda got the lowest possible gears I could have in that rig.
You're pulling around alot of weight there with that sixer and it's gotta work
pretty hard to move it with those gears. I have a 4x4 CC with 318 and 3.55 gears
and I get around 10-12 mpg whether in the city, on highway, or not. And I drive the
hell out of it, constantly have my foot in it.
Derek wrote:
> The local feed company i do networking for have 2 of them for trhe execs 1 is a
> 2000 the other is a 99 the owner keeps mileage logs of all vehicles and i asked
> him how they were and he showed me the logs and also said that neither truck has
> given them a single problem the other is owned by a freind of mine and he has
> the same opinion. As for the 6.0 at 300 hp that gets 13 try mine a 99 sport v6
> ext cab with 3:55 4x4 that gets 14 on the highway and i drive it like miss
> daisey. Wheres the logic in that?
>
> "L. J. Morris" wrote:
>
> > Well Derek;
> >
> > I just quickly checked *kellybluebook* and the 4.8L gives a maximum of 16-20
> > mpg city/highway for 2WD extended cab and 14-18 mpg city/highway for 4WD
> > extended cab. The 5.3 is one (1) mile per gallon under these figures. So
> > if your friends are getting 24-27 mpg, please tell me where they bought
> > their trucks and which magic Dealer it was, cause I am going to cancel my
> > order for my '01 QC and order a GMC.
> >
> > I live in 4WD country and everyone I know regardless of Dodge, Ford, Chevy,
> > GMC are getting on average 16mpg overall driving also regardless of engine
> > size, if the vehicle is operating properly. So if this is true I guess it
> > does not matter which one a fella purchases based on mileage, it is pretty
> > much a factor of taste and considering half the parts of each manufacturer
> > are made in the same contracted plants, it again goes to a matter of taste.
> >
> > However, I have driven and owned them all and I will take Dodge's
> > engineering over the next guy any time.
> >
> > L. John
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Derek" <derekm@dowco.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 8:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Dakota Lemon
> >
> > > I hope so 14mpg out of a v6 4x4 is pathetic the dealer is trying to get me
> > > into the same truck as mine but with a 4.7 but from the look of things on
> > > the dml they arent that great either. So ive been looking at full size
> > > chevs, i know that is a bad word around here but i have 3 friends that
> > have
> > > them and their 4.8 with 270 hp extended cab 4x4s are getting 24-27 mpg on
> > > the highway and they say the rest of the truck is pretty darn good. But
> > well
> > > see.
> > >
> > > "Steven St.Laurent" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Good luck Derek. I hope you find a better vehicle next time.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Derek
> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:42 PM
> > > > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > > Subject: DML: Dakota Lemon
> > > >
> > > > Hey does anyone know where to find the lemon laws for vehicles in canada
> > > > this dak has to go back.
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > >
> > >
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