Posted by Texasmark on March 11, 2008 at 07:29:28 from (12.39.110.55):
In Reply to: 55 miles per hour posted by dave guest on March 09, 2008 at 20:02:20:
I bought a new p/u last summer. In thinking about gas and needing to tow trailers, I bought a short box, 2 door, p/u with a 5 speed (2 overdrives) auto tranny, and a HEMI engine.
The HEMI has a feature where if you don't need all your "hosses" it puts half in the corral. Since I do my running around between 9 and 11 when traffic is at it's lowest, I take my time going the 25 miles to town. But, on occasion I have been in a hurry.
There is a MPG indicator in the overhead console (standard equipment) so I get a current "averaging" of my driving.
When in a hurry, and pulling with all 8 cylinders, my mileage is in the 14's. When taking it easy at 55 more and less, the number yesterday was 16.7. Would go higher if the trip was longer. Have had it to 17.1 before but I never took "a trip" so I don't know what that would be.....course if I took a trip it would probably be at the going speed limit and the number would probably be lower. Definitely makes a difference cutting off half the cylinders.
So, I just take it easy most of the time.
And I bought gas here yesterday for $3.099 per gallon.
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