Ouch 4.6 Mpg!!!
Ouch 4.6 Mpg!!!
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From: High Point, NC
12.5 - that's what I'm getting. Back in the Fall, I was getting 13.4 - I figured the cold weather and warming idle time in the mornings, accounted for the drop.
And if you had reset it going down hill on the interstate at 65 mph in 'N', you would have been getting 78 mpg (I know, I've done it).
The computer shows an average - so just like in school, all it takes is one or two bad grades to drop your whole average...
2nd gear at 5000 RPM = 4.6 mpg
The computer shows an average - so just like in school, all it takes is one or two bad grades to drop your whole average...
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From: Around
Originally Posted by bigskymt
How do you reset the console? I have a 99 and all I have is a Mode and E/M button.
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Thanks toadisco.. I bought the thing brand new and am just finding this out. I've told so many people to rtfm.. guess it's time I told that to myself.
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I hit a personal all-time low this past week of less than 4 MPG's...
I put $20 in the tank, and got 29 miles. That's just over 8 gallons, with only 29 miles = 3.55 MPGs.
Lots of idling warming it up in the morning though
I put $20 in the tank, and got 29 miles. That's just over 8 gallons, with only 29 miles = 3.55 MPGs.
Lots of idling warming it up in the morning though
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From: OK
My wife's Suburban has an "instantaneous economy" reading. At WOT, it shows a whopping 2 MPG. As it coasts it'll show 99 MPG.
Now if I could just figure out a way to coast everywhere at 99 MPG without first having to scream along at 2 MPG!
Now if I could just figure out a way to coast everywhere at 99 MPG without first having to scream along at 2 MPG!
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NoMo,
Why don't y'all, at least, listen to me when I extend to you my wisdom? I know I'm not as purdy as Fred, and don't have as many years piled on me as Rich, and can't frame to speak aright the words of Krewat - but at least I have the guts to share it.
The little oval rings on the front of our trucks are for auto-hitching to those big rigs. Sure, they won't tell you that in the manual and, no, Ford won't show them in use on commercials and such, but just look at the way they're shaped. Just right for quick-hitch/quick- release.
I bet y'all don't believe in Bigfoot, either, huh?
Why don't y'all, at least, listen to me when I extend to you my wisdom? I know I'm not as purdy as Fred, and don't have as many years piled on me as Rich, and can't frame to speak aright the words of Krewat - but at least I have the guts to share it.
The little oval rings on the front of our trucks are for auto-hitching to those big rigs. Sure, they won't tell you that in the manual and, no, Ford won't show them in use on commercials and such, but just look at the way they're shaped. Just right for quick-hitch/quick- release.
I bet y'all don't believe in Bigfoot, either, huh?
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From: OK
Originally Posted by gbn
I am thinking of buying a new V10 sd in fall what kind of mpg should I get pulling nothing with standard size tires.
First, I'd like to point out that this is not a serious MPG thread. Our trucks aren't this bad on average- just when the pedal is planted in the floor.
Try THIS THREAD for actual MPG claims.
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Originally Posted by Big Orn
I know I'm not as purdy as Fred, and don't have as many years piled on me as Rich, and can't frame to speak aright the words of Krewat - but at least I have the guts to share it.
As for that fuzzy hillbilly, I think we've seen him.