Posted by Waldo in a Crowd on November 28, 2007 at 08:54:44 from (74.37.103.15):
In Reply to: Gas Mileage stinks posted by BobinKY on November 28, 2007 at 07:41:01:
I ask myself why it takes a heavy duty truck, four wheel drive with the crew cab. and a 6.0 liter gas engine, running empty to go from point a to point b?
Face it if he only needs transportation, he sure is hauling around a lot of scrap metal for the ride. Add some pulling power low gears, and replace some of the gasoline with oxygenating compounds like alcohol, and it starts to add up, or down.
Remember a number of years ago when almost all the pickups running around were 4cylinder Toyotas and Nissans? When an American truck came with a v-6 except unless when special ordered with something larger.
It's the American way. Spend money!
Even with gas approaching $5 a gallon, TV commercials still praise the mighty horsepower and crew/club cab. Add all the extra size for safety, and the ability to see over the guy in front of you.
I found out last weekend why so many had purchased these off road 3/4 ton 4X4 super trucks. So they could haul that one big load of a 56" flat-screen home from the store!
If these off road 4X4 super trucks are so tough why do they stop and creep over the measly little speed bumps in every parking lot?
Sorry to drop a load in your thread but if he want mileage, loose weight and drop some displacement.
I guess if you wait a year or two he could drop $75,000 and get a new hybrid pickup with astonishingly good 16mpg
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