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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 12:40 AM
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MPD Improves every day.....

My 5.4 FX4 can go an honest 18 mpg if I drive easy on a quiet freeway at 65. A few months ago, regular unleaded fuel was about $2.47 per gallon in the Bay Area, CA. Now the same stations where I fill up (Tracy area) have it for $1.80 per gallon. Looked at another way, my truck got 7 MPD (miles per dollar) at the old prices, but has now improved to 10 MPD. I knew this truck would get better after breaking in.


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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 05:55 AM
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Doesn't seem like a good way to look at economy since the price is an uncontrolable variable. MPG is an uncontrolable variable too...so you have 2 variables: MPG and gas price. I guess what I am tryin gto say is if the price of gas goes to $5 per gallon, the truck is not less fuel efficient. Since I can't control the price, I only look at MPG to see the delta in fuel economy.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by likalarry
....my truck got 7 MPD (miles per dollar) at the old prices, but has now improved to 10 MPD.
That's a good way of looking at it! Now I feel better about my mileage.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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That's a good way of looking at it! Now I feel better about my mileage.
You got it! (just trying to put some humor to the mileage issue!!) ;-)
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