ONE THING I HATE.....
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From: Upstate NY
My Fuel Mileage is what I hate the most out of my truck. When bought brand new was receiving 18-19 mpg and now with 55 K miles receiving 14-15.5 mpg. When towing getting 6.8 to 7.6 mpg. Second thing I hate is truck going into limp mode (Gear Wrench Light coming on) and all was coming from Transmission.
2012 F-250 FX4 XLT 6.7L all stock
2012 F-250 FX4 XLT 6.7L all stock
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From: Hempstead, TX
Funny how much our minimum standards have come up in the last 35 years. Our complaints used to be something about "why is a/c an option rather than standard, why do I only get 9 mpg on a good day, why do I only get AM radio but my buddy got an 8-track, why are there no cup holders"
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Funny how much our minimum standards have come up in the last 35 years. Our complaints used to be something about "why is a/c an option rather than standard, why do I only get 9 mpg on a good day, why do I only get AM radio but my buddy got an 8-track, why are there no cup holders"
And the price of fuel being $0.23 gallon and now we're over $1.79-$3.00 a gallon. I had an old 1971 Chevy single cab long bed with 3 speed on tree with the 327. Love that truck but missed the low gas prices for it when you get 6-8 mpg.
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If you are in a high percentage (15-to 20% or unfortunately, more) biocrap diesel fuel, thats about what I got doing our last trip. Elsewhere (0-10%) 19+/- and 12-13 towing our pretty large 5er and for the most part using Flying J as the fuel supplier. My '11 has 82K miles
i also try to run Ctene a lot. But your right where you get your fuel from. I get my better mileage with Alsups fuel and pilot.
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Yup, 0.25 to 0.30 per gallon for fuel........hhad to work manual labor( hard physical labor, pick and shovel type) for half a day to earn enough money to buy a tank of gas for my car! Gas was pretty expensive then in those terms!
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That is the God's honest truth.
I'm having to deal with my fathers accident. I never knew how hard it would be on family since he Paralyzed Neck Down from some illegal immigrant that should never gotten behind a wheel.
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