Same here I can burn the rubber clear off the rims on my truck and I will
still get 12-12.5 mpg. I have also driven it for conservative and no change
in the mpg. Maybe it has to do with the way the egines get broken in thats
the only thing I can think of. I usually dont worry about the mpg until the
gas bill comes.
Tony (got to go fill up again) Sarro
tonyms@acadiacom.net
-----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 2:10 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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