Gas Mileage wierd?
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Was the load stacked up high enough that it sorta flattened out the aerodymics over the bed of your truck? I know the best I have gotten with the 4.0 highway, was with the bed filled with my junk, as well as behind the seats and infront of the passenger seat. The bed was covered with a tarp so it prolly acted like a tonneou cover. Got just under 24mpg through N.D. and Montana.
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Tripmeter off of gas used to top tank off on refill, while being careful to top off the same way the entire trip to keep things accurate. It was the first long distance trip I had to make with my truck. I bought it in tech school from a place outside of Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls. When I graduated and went home for recruiter's assistance in Minnesota, I didn't keep track so much due to the weather I wound up driving through most of the way, so I kept it a bit slower. But from Minnesota out to Nevada, I wanted to see how well it could do so I was pretty adamant about getting it right :) The best tank I got on that trip came out to be about 23.6666666 etc MPG. The worst, 19.5 or so. I mostly stayed in the 19.5-21.5 range. I think that tank was just the right combination of Altitude, Temperature, and some good gas. :)
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be happy, i have the exact same truck, mine X-Cab, i don't know if yours is or not, but in city driving i get about 12 or 13 mpg, and i dont drive it like a granny, thats for sure. but the few times i went to des moines, about 2.5 hours away, i was getting like 24mphat an average of 75mph...this winter i drove it hardcore, with no sandbags at all haha. so yeah,be happy
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Originally Posted by ranger_banger
be happy, i have the exact same truck, mine X-Cab, i don't know if yours is or not, but in city driving i get about 12 or 13 mpg, and i dont drive it like a granny, thats for sure. but the few times i went to des moines, about 2.5 hours away, i was getting like 24mphat an average of 75mph...this winter i drove it hardcore, with no sandbags at all haha. so yeah,be happy
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