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Did my first fill up this am. Pretty impressive. 35 mile highway drive home last saturday and all the rest was in town with stop and go. It makes sense though, 35 mph and its crusing in 8th gear and like 1400 rpm. Come up to a stop light and engine shuts off. All great ways to get better fuel mileage
Hand calculated came to 19.66
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Put 42 miles on it from the fillup this morning and its showing 24.2 at the moment
Hand calculated came to 19.66
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Put 42 miles on it from the fillup this morning and its showing 24.2 at the moment
DTE of 668, guess you have the 35 gallon tank too?
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Yea 36 gallon. Ill probably fill up at a half tank like i did this morning. It was 50 bucks from half a tank (to be fair it was also shell supreme at 2.95 gallon) if i woukdve done any other brand supreme it wouldve been about .50 a gallon cheaper
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It did great..a lot better then my son in laws F-250 SRW. Trailer was lightly loaded at 14K pounds and truck pulled it with no sweat! Ran the speed limit mostly and truck was getting 10.4 mpg.
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Very nice lookn' truck Coy! you'll be glad you went with the 4x4, it really helps with the 60' times
Here's my old girl after a bit of love today. I finally got around to getting the coating on the passenger side. I already corrected the paint, so just had to wash it and strip the wax off.
Here's my old girl after a bit of love today. I finally got around to getting the coating on the passenger side. I already corrected the paint, so just had to wash it and strip the wax off.
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Beautiful truck and I'm sure Ruby will be well loved!!
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About to roll over 70k miles, and I'll be towing a boat to the keys in a month. Any particular maintenance/services I should do to the truck before I go?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?
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About to roll over 70k miles, and I'll be towing a boat to the keys in a month. Any particular maintenance/services I should do to the truck before I go?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?
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About to roll over 70k miles, and I'll be towing a boat to the keys in a month. Any particular maintenance/services I should do to the truck before I go?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?
It's almost due for an oil change and tire rotation, which I'll be doing before I leave. The tires themselves are perfect. I changed the spark plugs at 50k and had a coolant exchange performed at 60k. I have a good drop-in air filter in place, and I cleaned the MAF/MAP sensor at about 50k as well. The brakes are not factory - I had to replace front pads and rotors at about 35k due to rust and a sticking caliper. They've been squeaking a bit here lately but the pedal feels fine.
I think that covers the major things I've done. Anything you guys think I should look into before I travel?