Fuel Economy

[OldCracker29]

You could getcha one of those EEEE-lectric trucks! hahahahaha

I have no desire to get one of those.

 

[OldCracker29]

Last tank I got 15.1 mpg.

 

[OldCracker29]

14.7 on my last tank. I'll take it. I had the AC blasting every day to.

 

[OldCracker29]

Averaging around 11.5 mpg with the winter fuel mix and those heavy ass tires I had put on in August.

 

[kennythewelder]

Averaging around 11.5 mpg with the winter fuel mix and those heavy ass tires I had put on in August.

We have a member, on another forum, who has a 90s Chevy dually with 18 wheeler tires. He wants to know why his MPGs are less than 10 to the gallon. When I told him, it's the tires, he has a fit, and wanted to argue, that he changed the rear end gears to something like 488s to compensate for the tire size. Some people just don't have any common sense. This was several months ago, and I haven't seen him back on there in a little while. LOL 488s and huge tires. Yeah, you can forget about your MPGs. They aren't going to be good. Hell I have 373s in my 97 Chevy with an Eaton true Trac, and the OE tires, and I only get about 10 MPGs in town. But it's better than my 79 Corvette with 370 gears. With all of the mods, and and no OD, It gets closer to 8 or 9 MPGs in town. LOL that's why I bought the wife a Toyota Camry, with a 4 cylinder. Now that thing get some good MPGs.

 

[Darkanion]

14.7 on my last tank. I'll take it. I had the AC blasting every day to.

Out of 22 fill-ups this year, I've only had one tank over 14 mpg.

14 of those were under 12 mpg!

 

[OldCracker29]

We have a member, on another forum, who has a 90s Chevy dually with 18 wheeler tires. He wants to know why his MPGs are less than 10 to the gallon. When I told him, it's the tires, he has a fit, and wanted to argue, that he changed the rear end gears to something like 488s to compensate for the tire size. Some people just don't have any common sense. This was several months ago, and I haven't seen him back on there in a little while. LOL 488s and huge tires. Yeah, you can forget about your MPGs. They aren't going to be good. Hell I have 373s in my 97 Chevy with an Eaton true Trac, and the OE tires, and I only get about 10 MPGs in town. But it's better than my 79 Corvette with 370 gears. With all of the mods, and and no OD, It gets closer to 8 or 9 MPGs in town. LOL that's why I bought the wife a Toyota Camry, with a 4 cylinder. Now that thing get some good MPGs.

It took me a minute to realize it was the tires. I usually use a little over a 1/2 tank on the trip I always take to KY, but used right around 3/4 of a tank after I had the new tires installed. That's when I found out that these tires weigh around 70 pounds a piece and they're stock size. They sure do ride nice...Falken at4w is what I bought.

 

[OldCracker29]

Out of 22 fill-ups this year, I've only had one tank over 14 mpg.

14 of those were under 12 mpg!

I guess we could get ourselves a Priuss......NOT!

 

[Darkanion]

I guess we could get ourselves a Priuss......NOT!

Exactly. NOT! hahahahaha