Thread: Gas mileage eye opener--

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In the interest of honest reporting, here is what I have found out with the new 4 cylinder truck. #1--Although there is a noticeable difference in acceleration at low speeds, at freeway speeds, (75 MPH) the truck cruises and accelerates much the same as the V6 model did. #2--- On a 90 mile trip, at freeway speeds, the new truck got 28.4 miles per gallon. ---I am certain that at 60MPH it would probably reach the 30 MPG advertised.)---the old V6 truck got an average of 19.9 miles per gallon for the same trip at the same (75MPH) speed.----so---the difference in gas mileage is not as great as anticipated at freeway speeds, but will be greater at "around town" speeds, which covers most of the driving I do.

Just out of curiosity, Brian, are you using US gallons in your calculations or the old imperial gallon. My V-6 Explorer averages around 20 MPG based on the imperial gallon but only 16.5 MPG based on the US gallon. As Canadians, we used to use the imperial measurement before metrification and old habits sometimes stay with us.