A Hemi getting 24mpg?

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Oregon has a max speed limit of 65, anywhere in the state. You can find the straight, long roads in the SE area of the state, methinks. I-5 between Portland and Salem is another stretch, since it runs along the floor of the Willamette Valley.

A lot of highways in my area are speed limit 65, but going that speed is likely to get you killed... I won't even think about going slower. That's why I said legal AND safe.
 

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Everything here mostly that is 65 or 70 is 4 lane, they can go around me. Most other roads are 55, I do 60 which is speeding a little, don't like it go around me. Police told me one time when i got pulled over for trying to be nice and speed up so i could get over and let them pass, "don't worry about the people behind you." So i don't. I'm not going faster because other people want me to.
 

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Everything here mostly that is 65 or 70 is 4 lane, they can go around me. Most other roads are 55, I do 60 which is speeding a little, don't like it go around me. Police told me one time when i got pulled over for trying to be nice and speed up so i could get over and let them pass, "don't worry about the people behind you." So i don't. I'm not going faster because other people want me to.

By not going the speed of prevailing traffic you create a rolling roadblock which every other vehicle sharing the road with you must navigate around in order to continue their journey. From a safety standpoint it is better to "go with the flow" than be an obstruction. It is not flat out speed which causes accidents, but the difference in speed between colliding vehicles. If everybody else on the road is blowing your doors off, it is because you are going too slow.
 

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By not going the speed of prevailing traffic you create a rolling roadblock which every other vehicle sharing the road with you must navigate around in order to continue their journey. From a safety standpoint it is better to "go with the flow" than be an obstruction. It is not flat out speed which causes accidents, but the difference in speed between colliding vehicles. If everybody else on the road is blowing your doors off, it is because you are going too slow.


I have to follow many people doing 5 mph slower than i want to go, so im good. Believe me for year i thought the way you do, but finally just gave up.
 

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By not going the speed of prevailing traffic you create a rolling roadblock which every other vehicle sharing the road with you must navigate around in order to continue their journey. From a safety standpoint it is better to "go with the flow" than be an obstruction. It is not flat out speed which causes accidents, but the difference in speed between colliding vehicles. If everybody else on the road is blowing your doors off, it is because you are going too slow.

There isn't a problem with someone traveling at the speed limit(or too slow as you call it) if they stay out of the left lane.
Far too often I see people that clog up the left lane in an attempt to be a "speed police" on the freeway and will speed up and slow down to keep people behind them. Those people are the true danger on the road.
 

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Not to brag (yeah right) but mine gets 9.8-10 MPGs according to the gauge cluster. 5.7 with 3.21 gears on 35” tires :(

Is your speedo corrected ?

Mine is not and my evac sets on 15 mpg pretty much all the time.
5.7 8sp and 3:21s
 

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2018 sport QC 4x4, & 3.21 gears, i`m gettin 22mpg, so 23mpg is surely achievable. I sure as hell ain`t *******`...lol.
I coast alot, and i feather the pedal. Hell 20yrs ago, you were lucky to get 10mpg, and if you did, you were somebody`s hero!
 

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Hemi MPG are like fish stories, they keep getting bigger and bigger. [emoji1]
LOL... well you should try one newer than your 2008 then. Then your disbelief would change over night!
And you should stop listening to fish stories...lol
 

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LOL... well you should try one newer than your 2008 then. Then your disbelief would change over night!
And you should stop listening to fish stories...lol

I’ll continue to calculate it at the pump and ignore what the truck tells me.

Besides I have no desire to go $25-30k into debt to gain 4mpg.
 
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I’ll continue to calculate it at the pump and ignore what the truck tells me.

Besides I have no desire to go $25-30k into debt to gain 4mpg.
I dont pay any attention to that lie-o-meter in the dash, i hand calc my MPG, i`m super happy to be getting 22MPG!
I dont blame you for not wanting new debt... i dont have a choice, i burn these trucks down in 3yrs, and have to trade out due to my miles per year.
 

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My truck gets the best milage around 105-110 kmh. On flat highways I have gone as far as 1230 kms on a tank, large tank option here.
 

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Psh...I get that all the time.


Wait, you said 24? I thought you said 12.
 

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Maybe he lives in the prairies in Canada. Has 3:21 gears. Doesn’t drive on windy days and doesn’t use AC or roll windows down.


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I dont pay any attention to that lie-o-meter in the dash, i hand calc my MPG, i`m super happy to be getting 22MPG!
I dont blame you for not wanting new debt... i dont have a choice, i burn these trucks down in 3yrs, and have to trade out due to my miles per year.

Yep, the dash readout reads a consistent ~1.5mpg higher than what I calculate by hand on my stock truck.
 

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Yep, the dash readout reads a consistent ~1.5mpg higher than what I calculate by hand on my stock truck.
Thats why i call them the "Lie-O-Meter" ...lol.
Every time i check mine, its giving me an extra MPG.
 

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Thats why i call them the "Lie-O-Meter" ...lol.
Every time i check mine, its giving me an extra MPG.

I believe the meter in the dash is giving you a rolling MPG and not counting all the time you spend stopped.
 

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I believe the meter in the dash is giving you a rolling MPG and not counting all the time you spend stopped.
I would have to disagree... that meter drops like a rock when your sitting at idle, especially in traffic, so, its counting down the MPG`s. Then it takes for ever to gain back what you lose after sitting in traffic. Thats why some people think they aren`t getting good MPG`s as others do. These trucks all get about the same MPG`s, but everything has to do with how and where you drive them. Personally, i wish they would eliminate it from all vehicles. To many people ***** about it when they actually find out the truth, that its not as accurate as they thought. Hell even some people thinks its a God-O-Meter...lol.
 

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I have gotten up to 24mpg average (at least according to the EVIC) when running at ~70mph on the interstate for long periods of time, as in a several hundred mile trip. Certainly not "around town" though.

-K
 

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