I bought a hi milage 96 Ford 4wd F150 from my son when he bought a brand new 4wd Gmc and a snow plow.Ive heard all the complaints about 4wd trucks so I checked the milage on a 100 mile trip.truck has a 351 v8 auto trans mission with over drive.Filled it up at a general store 2oo feet from my drive way.The first half on the trip was made a 45 to 50 mph on rural hiways.The tachometer says the engine turns at 1400 rpm when the truck is doing 45 to 50 in overdrive.It will run 2000 rpm at 40 to 45 mph out of overdrive.The second half of the trip on the interstate was run at 55mph for 25 miles then a few miles of city driving, then 25 miles on a rural highway.Back to the gas pump and filled up.Calculator said the truck got 19.3 mpg for the trip.While on the interstate I saw pickups hauling horse and box trailers blow by me at 70 mph.Speed limit is 65.Many ton dual wheel trucks flew by me when I tried holding 65 on another trip.I drove a 3/4 ton 77 chevy for about 15 years until the salt got the chassis.This truck taught me to stay under 50 mph and not to play lead foot with it.Its got a 350 v8 with 4bbl carb.My trucks are used for work not runabouts.I haul grain,fertilizer,hay and firewood.Any one can do milage checks on a vehicle.Its hard to do a fillup at todays prices but it can be done.Set the tripmeter on zero and fillup again at the half tank mark.Then calculate the mpg.Bottom line is simple,if you drive fast you are going to pay.My friend had a 4 cyl. Ford Ranger ,he always complained about gas milage.When riding with him I noticed he always drove 60 65 mph at all times.Always argued with me that speed made no difference in gas milage.Got him to fillup once and found he was getting 24 mpg.My wifes 89 Mercury Marquis got 23 mpg out of overdrive on a test.He refuses to beleive it.It looks like the majority of drivers on the road do not understand that fast driving wastes fuel.Try driving the speed limit on an interstate highway and count the cars and trucks that pass you.A state trooper here clocked a Toyoto Prius doing 85 mph.State owned vehicle.Fellow who owned propane trucks checked the computer on one driver and found he was running at 85 mph most of the time.
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