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Re: OT - Ford Diesel Truck Mileage ?
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Posted by T_Bone on October 21, 2004 at 18:37:39 from (4.240.90.242):
In Reply to: Re: OT - Ford Diesel Truck Mileage ? posted by Ford Man on October 21, 2004 at 11:29:25:
Hi FM, It's all in how you drive them. Most people do 45mph with in 200ft of leaving a stop lite. How can they expect to get great mileage driving like that? Me, pulling 16k GVW I average 14.1mpg over 3800miles from the Colorado rockies to Arizona. 19.2mpg empty and my 15k mile life time average is 17.1mpg with 6k miles of pulling 16k GVW. My recent turkey hunting trip of 1148 miles was 17mpg with 16k GCW for 600 miles of 6% to 7% grades. How? I drive by maximum torque rpm or 1600rpm on my 02, 7.3 PSD, CC, lwb, DRW, 6spd, 4wd. The 6.0 is getting slightly better, about 2mpg. On any DBW system you will need to retrain your driving style if you want great fuel mileage. I would look at the Dodge tho as my son just bought a 04.5 CTD,CC, SWB, 6spd, $6K cheaper than he could buy a Ford with the same options. The Dodge CC is slightly smaller (about 6") than the Ford CC but usable. With the CTD you can expect about 3mpg better than the PSD. T_Bone
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