01-21-2009, 11:24 AM
shawnp Wrote:Well, 27 gallon tank, 224 miles on said tank and 1/4 tank left.....ick. No lead foot, regular driving. I understand the break in rule but geez, this is ridiculous.
calc your actual milage, you know how to do that right? fill the truck up to the top and reset your trip...then drive for 200 miles or so and fill to the top again....find your MPG (miles on trip divided by gallons used to fill it back up)
I have a 32 gal tank on my Dodge, with a 318 motor...I get about 12-15 mpg depending on how i'm driving. I calculated it once, by going 65 mph down the interstate instead of 80 i gained 3-4 mpg and only lost a couple minutes off my 15 mile commute.
If you are running a bigger V8 and are getting 11mpg, you really aren't doing that bad.
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