MPG Dropping Fast
#16
12-16-2010, 07:01 PM
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I thought it was my truck. I was getting 14-15 mpg with my 33/12.50/17 Mickey Thompsons then I put some 35/11.50/18 on for my winter tires and the mpg went to about 11. I was confussed cause I didnt think the new tires would make that big of a difference cause they are narrower. So I ended up getting a 96 saturn to drive to keep miles off my truck and not waste so much gas. I couldnt take putting 150 in fuel in my truck a week much longer.
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12-16-2010, 08:03 PM
#18
12-17-2010, 09:13 AM
Stop complaining. We're paying $7.48 a gallon in Europe and our F150s drink just as much. It costs me $230 to tank up and sometimes thats gone in 6 hours.
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Ed
Yeah I noticed this too. Everything I read says that summer blends are more expensive to produce, yadda yadda. But yet the cost of a gallon just went up some $.15-.20 here in Richmond. WTF? I guess that whole supply vs. demand thing plays a factor. I took two economics courses in college, and my logic still gets in the way on how that stuff is supposed to work and affect our lives.
I love my truck, enough in fact that my wife thinks I'm crazy, but $2.89 a gallon @ 12.1 mpg (last tank) sure does put a dent in my wallet.
I love my truck, enough in fact that my wife thinks I'm crazy, but $2.89 a gallon @ 12.1 mpg (last tank) sure does put a dent in my wallet.
#19
12-17-2010, 12:21 PM
No complaints, just a simple statement of the facts. I love my truck...so much in fact that I just made an appointment to put new rubber under her. The current japanese off brand probably has 20k miles still left in them, but I need something better for inclimate weather and they just aren't cutting it. Michelin's on Monday!!!
#21
12-22-2010, 10:16 PM
Same here, mileage just went to crap in last two weeks, price of course is up, and we're all taking it posterior side as usual. BUT, FWIW, get the emails of your State senators and add it into your address books and send out emails to them on a regular basis every few months when the gas starts to climb and express well how disappointed you are with the state of gasoline and it's cost and ask them to explain what they're doing to fix it. Just keep pounding them...
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12-23-2010, 11:12 PM
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12-25-2010, 07:39 AM
#25
12-25-2010, 03:12 PM
Summer or Winter not the problem. Ethanol blend is killing the mpg.
Check out this site for stations selling ethanol free gasoline in your state;
Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada
Lots of information here; http://www.google.com/search?source=...=ethanol+blend
Check out this site for stations selling ethanol free gasoline in your state;
Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada
Lots of information here; http://www.google.com/search?source=...=ethanol+blend
#26
12-25-2010, 03:36 PM
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no pure gas stations within 40 miles of my house or work.
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12-25-2010, 07:27 PM
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