General Discussions Gas Milage 20mpg?
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Baby my Express for 2 weeks Best I got was 15mpg.
So when do these trucks pull the advertised 20mpg? ...
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01-26-2012, 03:46 AM
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Gas Milage 20mpg?
Baby my Express for 2 weeks Best I got was 15mpg.
So when do these trucks pull the advertised 20mpg? On a down hill slope in Nebraska?
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01-26-2012, 06:43 AM
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i get 11-14 city and if its all highway i can get to 18 ish. All depends on how much I used the gas. I dont care its not a fuel sipper anyway its a truck. How many miles you have. It does take some time to get it all broken in. Do you do alot of highway driving? Is there alot of hills you drive up?
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01-26-2012, 07:16 AM
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on a trip to st.pete, florida (450 miles from south carolina), i averaged 20.1mpg.
doing 75mph on the interstates, and 60mph on the "back roads"
so its possible.
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01-26-2012, 08:01 AM
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I usually get 13-15 driving to work = 35-45 mph back roads
17-18 so far on the highway = 70-80 mph
with just 6,000 miles on the clock
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01-26-2012, 09:22 AM
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15 ain't bad if that's in the city... mine gets 11.8 lol
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01-26-2012, 10:12 AM
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i dont do a lot of city driving and i also dont have a hemi, but i have lucklily averaged about 19 hwy. I feel like if i did have a hemi I would be flooring it everywhere i went!
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01-26-2012, 10:43 AM
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if it doesnt go into ECO mode, you wont get 20mpg.
its no wonder i havent got in an accident, im always looking to see when ECO pops up. hoping to stretch the gas tank as far as i can.
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01-26-2012, 10:53 AM
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I get about 14.5 on the streets...and up to about 16 on the highway. Maybe 17.5 on a 2 hour normally flat trip. Haven't really made a trip longer than that. If I ever do, I'm sure I'll get better mpg.
4,400 miles on mine.
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Last edited by Picton; 01-26-2012 at 11:54 AM.
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01-26-2012, 10:58 AM
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did you ever notice the disclaimer in small letters when they put 20mpg?
It is a big truck with a hemi. I say....be glad it doesn't get under 10 on the highway...LOL
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01-26-2012, 11:34 AM
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Set your cruise control at 79 so you can still go into Eco-Mode.
If I am traveling state roads (even with all the elevation changes) on State Roads, so I'm below 70 I've seen as high as 23mpg.
I have just over 8000 miles on the odo. It didn't really seem to 'break in and get better'
(I keep a log)
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