Re: Poor Gas Mileage

From: Mark (mark@xta.com)
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 13:03:07 EST


I also have a 99 CC V8 4x4 and I average about 14 in the city and day to day
driving. I did a 2 850 mile drives ( all in 4 days ) and I averaged about
17.5 to 17.8 on the road. It was all interstate and alomst all with cruise
set at 72mph.

Mark
99 CC V8 4x4 SLT+

----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Poor Gas Mileage

> I don't have the overhead gizmo (dagnabit!). This was a full-to-full
> miles/gallons measurement for the trip.
>
> fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
> >
> > Hmmmmm... When you say, "I saw 17...", does that mean you're reading
the
> > overhead gizmo and not tracking tank-full to tank-full mileage and doing
the
> > math?
> >
> > Just curious.
> > Tom
> >
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator
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> > Subject: Re: DML: Poor Gas Mileage
> > Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> > Date: 12/16/99 6:36 PM
> >
> > I've got the same truck. Since I started tracking my gas in June, I've
pulled
> > about 14.75 MPG, mostly my 13-mile commute. The only time I saw 17 was
in May,
> > on a 280-mile round trip in one day, 95% highway and country roads
(pretty
> > flat, no traffic, no radar to evade). Do you carry a lot of stuff with
you,
> > drive it hard, or use 4x4 a lot?
> > --
> > -andy
> >
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>
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