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Originally Posted by Goooh
I'm going to have to call you on that, unless you have a single cab 2wd with a manual transmission. Even then highway mileage was rated at 18mpg for a z71, and we know that's going slow and in a controlled environment the EPA. Plus, that engine maybe had 250hp...
2013 Ram
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call all you want and lets put your paycheck on it too, anytime anywhere
1998 chevy 1500 Silverado 2wd short wheel base fully loaded with power everything and small block 350 5.7 with EFI and towing package, doesn't smoke and gets the same mileage as new.
if you try to look it up today, most websites says it got 14 city and 18 hwy but they must be based on using using different gearing because I am the original owner of the truck and as sold the mileage sticker was 19 city and 21 hwy and that's still what I get today (+/- 1mpg) with 120,000 miles on it. I get 18 and 21 puling a 17x 52 flatboat around (+/- 1mpg).
the only bad thing is the transmission blew up at 100,000 miles as they always do (that's a $2,800 rebuild) and I just had to replace those stupid plastic intake manifold gaskets they used that always start to leak after 90,000-100,000 miles so that's another $1,000 repair.
I use the trip meter all the time and check mpg at every fill up so I know if something is wrong. the k & n air filter replacement did bump it up to 19/21 from 18/20 I was getting with the original stock paper style filter so if I had done that from new I might have gotten better then 19/21 when it was new. having a better air filter does make a difference.