MPG Dropping Fast
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 866
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From: Michigan
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.
Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2008
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That's what I have done a long while ago. I picked up an 01 Sable beater to drive in winter. 23 mpg is much better than 15 mpg in winter. Plus now my truck will be around for a lot longer before it's worn out and rusted out.
Junior User
Joined: Oct 2010
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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.
Ed
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.
Hotshot
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 10,459
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From: RVA
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!!!
Lead Driver
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Rouleau, Saskatchewan
Elder User
Joined: Nov 2007
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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...
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 783
Likes: 1
From: Chicago Area, Illinois
I have lost a couple mpgs here since it got really cold. Nothing unusual, its the combination of the winter gas and the cold in general. If you start your truck up and let it idle for 10-15 mins to let the heat come on, that uses a lot of gas in the long run.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 799
Likes: 13
From: East L.A.
The clever Euro-drivers are driving bio-diesel... Turn that old pommes frittes oil into cheaper mpg. (less than a dollar per gallon after processing for fuel)
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Hotshot
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 11,537
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From: Long Beach, Ms.
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
no pure gas stations within 40 miles of my house or work.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 799
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From: East L.A.
None within 35 miles of me... Why does straight gas (no ethanol blend) cost MORE than the 10% blend? Ethanol costs more to make than gasoline costs per gallon to produce. Even the govt knows that (though the govt forced use of corn for ethanol program is still ongoing).
New User
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 3
Likes: 1
From: Colorado
Okay Im glad im not the only one. Makes me feel better. Im jealous of everyone's 12 MPG. With all my mods (Supercharger, Injectors, Throttle Body) Im getting 8.5 MPG. Oh and on 91 octane for the aftermarket mods