Re: next Dakota purchase

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 00:53:32 EDT


Jon wrote:

> Andy,
> Your gas mileage likely isn't due to axles, but transmission. Autos use
> quite a bit of gas in shifting, whereas with a manual, you (or should)
> actually let entirely off the gas, closing the butterfly valve completely,
> while shifting.
>
My point was, even with the heavier truck and lower axle ratio, the 4.7
and manual combination gets better mileage than the previous truck. Had
I gotten a CC adn 3.55s, I'd probably be seeing 20 MPG on the highway,
which only happened twice with my old truck.

-- 
-andy

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