My 93 normally gets 13mpg city and 15hwy but for the last few weeks i've
been getting 8MPG this is most likely due to the way that i drive, I'm
always on the gas and also due to the fact that I haven't driven more than 2
miles at a time in the last 3 weeks and this is around town driving with
stoplights every five feet.... so it is possible to get horrible gas milege
with the 8, I really dont care about gas milege so it isn't a big deal to
me. Also its only gonna get worse since when it starts getting cold i'm
gonna have to let the truck warm up everyday....
Chris Lang
93 V8 CC 4x4 (8 MPG and Damm proud of it!!!!!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
<Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Engine Size
>Jon:
>
> You can take issue with his numbers all you like, but my Dak gets
horrendous
>mileage. Even "babying" the gas pedal, the absolute best I've ever gotten
is
>13.5mpg city/highway and 15.7 freeway (Trip to Vegas etc.). The dealer's
>won't care either. The truck has almost 6,000 miles on it now so I'd
expect
>it's almost fully broke in. How you guys are getting the numbers you are
is a
>phenominal mystery to me.
>
>Shaun H.
>
>----original message-----
> I have to take issue with your numbers. :-) The worst gas mileage
>my Dak ever got was 9mpg, but that was towing a 4,000lb trailer through
>a Cleveland blizzard. I used to get 17-18mpg all the time, and I'm
>not exactly a conservative driver. Since I've started modding it, I now
>get about 15-16mpg, which includes about 10 passes down the 1/4 mile at
>the strip. My Dad has driven the truck and got 19mpg, so just changing
>the way you drive would have a big impact. I recently drove to Wisconsin
>and back (about 700 miles) and got 18-19mpg on the highway. At any rate,
>I'd put the gas mileage of the V-8s closer to 15-18, rather than 11-13.
>
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