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FACT OR FICTION
I'll try to keep it short, a buddy lives in farm county Ohio, his neighbor a farmer bought 2 F150s new, one of em got like 50+ mpg and he said dealership told him the vehicle was slated for the European market and has "different" electronic mumbo jumbo for better mpg, IS this BS or if so how where with what etc do I rig mine to get 50+ ?
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Plus, their gallons are bigger than ours.
UK MPG =/= US MPG
1 gallon imperial = 1.2 gallons US
Granted, that's just a technicality, and their vehicles really do get better mileage than our for the reasons stated. Just saying you can't compare stated mileage on websites and whatnot without converting them first.
But still, your buddy was blowing smoke up your backside for some reason. Not a shred of truth was said to you.
UK MPG =/= US MPG
1 gallon imperial = 1.2 gallons US
Granted, that's just a technicality, and their vehicles really do get better mileage than our for the reasons stated. Just saying you can't compare stated mileage on websites and whatnot without converting them first.
But still, your buddy was blowing smoke up your backside for some reason. Not a shred of truth was said to you.
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Fuel taxes are much higher in Euroland. You don't want to know what they pay for a gallon. They don't use imperial gallons on the continent. But they sure would use a gasoline powered F150 if it got 50 mpg. With a Diesel engine is almost within the realm of believability.
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Fuel taxes are much higher in Euroland. You don't want to know what they pay for a gallon. They don't use imperial gallons on the continent. But they sure would use a gasoline powered F150 if it got 50 mpg. With a Diesel engine is almost within the realm of believability.
edit: again not living there, cursory research online shows they do calculate MPG using imperial..
http://mpg.webix.co.uk/
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I guess maybe a distinction should be made between Britain and the Continent. Britain is not Europe? Anyhoo, a liter is a liter, a gallon is a gallon, etc. The nice thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.
No matter how it's measured, it's expensive, and nobody is getting 50 mpg in an F150, that guy has been drinking bong water.
No matter how it's measured, it's expensive, and nobody is getting 50 mpg in an F150, that guy has been drinking bong water.
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I guess maybe a distinction should be made between Britain and the Continent. Britain is not Europe? Anyhoo, a liter is a liter, a gallon is a gallon, etc. The nice thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.
No matter how it's measured, it's expensive, and nobody is getting 50 mpg in an F150, that guy has been drinking bong water.
No matter how it's measured, it's expensive, and nobody is getting 50 mpg in an F150, that guy has been drinking bong water.
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Europe doesn't have nox emmisions or something to that effect which is why diesels are more common. So if it really was meant for Europe it wouldn't have nox emmisions equipment which I believe would mean it wouldn't have an egr and would run leaner helping contribute to better mileage
I don't know much about emmisions so if that doesn't make sense feel free to correct me
I don't know much about emmisions so if that doesn't make sense feel free to correct me