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Old 03-03-2012, 09:58 AM   #79
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Re: what are you guys getting for mpg?

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Originally Posted by dishow View Post
Well, I've had my truck a little over a year now,and I am cosistantly getting 15.5mpg.
I'll take that over the 13.5 at the breakin point. hahaha.

but its sooooooooooooooooooo nice. still LOVE IT!
My guess is that your mileage could be associated with the 4X4 in your truck and the fact that you drive in the city a lot. My 2011 gets average at 18.5 (mixed driving) and if I keep the speeds at 70 or less, the mileage climbs above 20. I have even been playing with my trips to work and if I stay out of cruise and work the gas pedal to stay in V4 mode, the mileage goes to 2. It can be done, but I would not like the truck very much if I had to do it all of the time. The items that I did to the engine air intake, exhaust and tune were done to enhance my performance.

Remember, I am running a 3.42 gear and 265/50/20 tires on this truck. The whole thing is in what the RPMs run and the efforts that is involved in making the engine work the best at an optimum speed.
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