mileage on road trip!
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you get runned over
What does runned over mean?
Yeah, that click fuller, didn't he star in a western in the 60's?
English, you got's to love it.
As to getting runned over, yeah, try to hold 55 on the 15 South down the Cajon pass. Or on the 14 North out of the valley. Nothing like a shinny KW grill two feet off your butt, with airhorns blasting to give you the 'need for speed'.
Chris
Yeah, that click fuller, didn't he star in a western in the 60's?
English, you got's to love it.
As to getting runned over, yeah, try to hold 55 on the 15 South down the Cajon pass. Or on the 14 North out of the valley. Nothing like a shinny KW grill two feet off your butt, with airhorns blasting to give you the 'need for speed'.
Chris
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From: NN
I swear something must be wrong with my truck. I see guys getting crazy mileage out of their trucks and the best I have ever seen out of mine is 16.8 highway and 14.5 city. I usually get around 13.5 city, but then again I don't baby it either. Oh well, I knew this when I got it so no big deal. I still love it and the beater I have my POS Kia gets 35mpg....which I use for work.
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From: Omaha
My 2004 supercrew FX4 4 X 4 with 5.4 and 3.73 gears gets twelve MPG in town empty and fifteen MPG towing my trailer with my electra glide and my brother in laws Honda on it. This last trip was run at mostly 65 MPH. Loaded trailer weighs 2600 pounds.
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From: New Lenox, ILL.
Well i have ran 3 trips to W.Va (480 miles ) this year in my truck, 3.73 , avg 80 plus mph i get 15.5 . Funny thing around town at home driving 50 / 50 it still gets 15.2 - 15.4 and i drive pretty hard seeing 3500 rpm alot. I will say i have seen various mpg from the same set up"s .
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From: Suwanee, GA & Montana
Originally Posted by Matt 05'FX4
When I had my bike in the back of my truck I got better mileage than I did without......wierd but true, I guess it is due to the fact that it lowers the rear down out of the air a little bit.
Oh and for some reason I can never fill up ANY after it clicks. The first time I ever filled up my truck, I ran it till it cut off, went back to the pump to click a few more times like I do every other car and it ran over the side as soon as it started....so I didn't click it for a good while and the other day I thought, "eh I'll give this a try again", so I tried to click it after it cut off and it ran over the side again. Maybe this is a characteristic of the larger tank??
Oh and for some reason I can never fill up ANY after it clicks. The first time I ever filled up my truck, I ran it till it cut off, went back to the pump to click a few more times like I do every other car and it ran over the side as soon as it started....so I didn't click it for a good while and the other day I thought, "eh I'll give this a try again", so I tried to click it after it cut off and it ran over the side again. Maybe this is a characteristic of the larger tank??
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my gas mileage is about the same as rlast1 I have never gotten better than 16. maybe its the quality of gas I use. I usually always use chevron. I always understood it to be one of the better quality gases available. maybe I need to try something else. or maybe I need to take it to my dealer to have it checked out to see if maybe something like a reflash of the pcm or something can fix it. It just dont make any sence to me that someone with almost the exact truck as me can be getting so much better gas mileage.
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From: Georgia on my mind...
Driving habits have a tremendous impact on fuel mileage. Calculating with pen and paper and using the trip meter in my truck, if I slow down 5 mph on my daily commute that's mostly highway, I pick up anywhere from 3-4 mpg. That's with a 2WD 5.4 Supercab with 3.55s. The best I've seen to date out of this truck at a steady highway cruise is maybe 23-24 mpg, but realistically driving, it hovers around 19-20.