I agree with you. When I was looking for a new truck I had two requirements. Newer than the current model I own and low miles. Not many affordable options in diesel compared to gas. For what i paid for my current truck a diesel wouldve pushed me into an older near 100k/mi truck or some under 100k/mi truck that was a rot box.
I also ran a cost spreadsheet with just basics and the gas came out on top with fuel based on a usage of 5000-7000 miles/year. Digging deeper, if you hang on to a truck for a long time it seems to end up a wash when it comes to ownership. With regards to fuel only, a diesel comes out on top when you drive 15k+/year. More miles more savings. But still only after a few years of ownership. Driving few miles just doesnt pay off. Even my diesel buddy agreed that eventhough my v10 gets worse mpg than his cummins they both cost about the same. Funny thing too is he gets about 2-3mpg more than me towing. We both tow short distance. And we both make money using our trucks.



Yea quite annoying. Just remember when it's coming from the guy in the minivan and his kids are asking why they don't have a truck he's just envious. Then when they drop how they get say 22mpg I say that's nice, my beater Hyundai gets me 30+ back and forth to work and I get to enjoy my truck without "mpg guilt". Shuts em up pretty quick

To the second part of what you said I can't agree more. I will say my buddies 02 Cummins was a crazy powerful truck. Crazy. And got 20 mpg. But he doesn't have that with the current rig he owns.


Lastly I find it funny how people can and will trade in perfectly running paid off vehicles that have subpar mpg for a payment and better mpgs in a new vehicle...... If you're doing it for the environment I respect that. If youre doing it for "savings" you may need to get your head reexamined. Your payment in the new vehicle was probably what you spent on gas if not less without a payment and now paying fuel for the new mpg car in top of that. Truly, vehicles are no more than liabilities. They'll cost you in the end no matter how and what you drive.

 

I actually wear my single digit daily driver V10 MPG's as badge of honor, in a time when people can be so worried about how much gas they are using vs enjoying what they drive and driving what they want to drive i just don't care.

That is the reason i got personal plates with 8 MPG on it, after seeing one to many smug Prius drivers with 40,45,48 mpg on their personal plates i had enough.

 

Funny....

Electricity isn't really a "clean" source either. Very low to zero emissions for sure on hybrid and all electric vehicles. Coal fired plants aren't exactly clean and nuclear plants, well their name says it all. But this argument just goes in circles.

 

Back to the topic: I get 10. Sometimes low 10s, sometimes high 10s. I got 14 ONCE and the last time I filled up, I got 8.8 mpgs (pulling my brother out of a snow drift)

My V10 actually gets worse mileage than my old 460

 

Here is a tally for my truck.... Purchased July of 2012 but did not have the app until Jan.

 

2k SuperCab SuperDuty V10 4x4... I get 9 in town... 15 on the highway... but I've got a vacuum leak too.

 

My friend had a 73 Chrysler New Yorker with the 440, and 11mpg was a good hyw mpg. They don't make a car that rides as smooth as that thing!
Now gas mpg in the teen's is bad for a 3-4 ton truck?

 

Ok ok if anyone has been around here long they've heard me say it before: but just wanted to pipe in again in case anyone missed it.

In my 07 E350 V10 my average workday is about 80-90 miles highway, and about 30-50 miles city as well. I spent about 5-7 minutes idling after each job doing paperwork and some days that would probably total an hour per day. For many thousand miles I got 11-12mpg driving about 75mph while on highway and idling carelessly.

Recent interest in this forum inspired me to minimize idle time and keep highway speeds at 65mph. These action have me at 12.5-14mpg regularly.

 

I filled up the F250 other day .... 10.2 MPG.
My Ridgeline typically gets 18+.

 

See the mods in my sig.
I get about 7.5-8 in town and about 10 on the highway. But, as said above, I drive a total of about 6 miles per day during the week so my truck never has a chance to get warmed up.

 

I envy all of your short commutes. 80 miles per day for me thus the need for the beater car that is currently BROKEN!!!!

 

I also live at my job, at least onsite. I only leave to go and drop my son off at daycare. Trust me, it's a trade off, I would like to be able to get away from work sometimes, but it's almost impossible.

 

45 minutes each way is getting quite old.....

 

My 2007 F250 V-10 was great on power and good for between 7.5-8.5mpg. Truck ran great with no problems but with the amount I drive it, it was traded in for a 2000 F350 7.3L. I do miss the truck at times though!

 

Why the trade to a truck that's 7 years older? Assuming by your name you use it for business?