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Old 01-18-2011, 12:52 PM
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Used the search button nothing came up. I am selling my winter car and getting another truck for the winter. What are you guys with 2wd v-6's getting for mileage.
 
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I've seen people report any where from 13mpg to 21mpg. I can tell you this, I wouldn't get a V6 F150 for the purpose of "hoping" to have a decent mpg daily driver. Why not get a car or something much more fuel efficient?
 
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Old 01-18-2011, 02:31 PM
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majority of V-6 trucks get worse mileage than the supercharged 5.4 trucks do
 
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I've seen people report any where from 13mpg to 21mpg. I can tell you this, I wouldn't get a V6 F150 for the purpose of "hoping" to have a decent mpg daily driver. Why not get a car or something much more fuel efficient?
I snowmobile and need a truck for transport there has been 5 or 6 times this year when i could have gone but my dad had his truck and my lifted one is off the road for the winter, that is why I want another truck, i currently have a car and it just doesnt work for me.
 
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Originally Posted by 97f1504x4jim
I snowmobile and need a truck for transport there has been 5 or 6 times this year when i could have gone but my dad had his truck and my lifted one is off the road for the winter, that is why I want another truck, i currently have a car and it just doesnt work for me.
Ah, well that makes a bit more sense. Many will debate which model F150 gets better MPG, mainly between the 4.2L V6 and 4.6L V8 in our generation. I'm not gonna get into that. If you want to look into the V6, I'd try to find a regular cab, 2WD, short bed, V6 with the 5 spd. Are you sure you will be able to get by with a 2wd?

Also, why is your truck not driven in the winter?
 
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anywhere from 16 to 21 is the general consensus
 
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I'm getting 16ish in the winter and 18-19 in the summer.
 

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I have seen everywhere between 12 and 23 miles per US gallon. Expect about 15 around town and 18 on the highway in cold weather on winter blend fuel.
 
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Ah, well that makes a bit more sense. Many will debate which model F150 gets better MPG, mainly between the 4.2L V6 and 4.6L V8 in our generation. I'm not gonna get into that. If you want to look into the V6, I'd try to find a regular cab, 2WD, short bed, V6 with the 5 spd. Are you sure you will be able to get by with a 2wd?

Also, why is your truck not driven in the winter?
Gas mileage sucks and i drive an hour to school each way and i cannot afford to have my truck and my car on the road at the same time. Plus where i live they salt the crap out of the roads and i dont my truck to get rusty.
 



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