fueleconomy.gov is a good starting point, however keep in mind when the EPA tests were done on our engines, they were done on non-ethanol fuel. Meaning that E10 you stuff down your tank kills about 2-3mpg. I remember back in 2009-2010 before Florida mandated E10, I used to get 500-550 miles a tank, getting 22mpg in my V6. Now I see 18 if I'm lucky.
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05-19-2013, 10:29 PM #11Da Professuh
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05-19-2013, 10:54 PM #12
So when I look up specs on there should I add 2-3 mpg to get an idea of what it use to be?
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Ok so 11 mpg in town and 15 mpg highway. Avg. 13 mpg so 12 mpg isn't to bad for its age. I'm glad I looked up the specs. now.
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I'm not sure what the ethnol levels are here I think it's somewhere between 5-10% though. And it sucks that you're getting 4 mpg lower then what you use to.
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05-19-2013, 11:55 PM #13Senior Member
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I'm getting around the same, 12.5
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I'll take that extra mpg lol. Originally Posted by baldyman
Last edited by RhinoZ24; 05-20-2013 at 04:06 PM.
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05-20-2013, 01:36 AM #14
I'm with rhino on taking that extra mpg
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05-20-2013, 01:56 AM #15Pic
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My old '96 f150 with the 5.0 got 18mpg highway, it was two wheel drive, but then the torque converter started going along with the y pipe so after that it was still about 12 I got about 17 highway with my 2006 4wd 5.4 but that was cruise set on a nice pretty flat highway
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05-20-2013, 04:08 PM #16Senior Member
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The only time I got 17 was when I went to the desert with my 2005 4.6L 2wd, but that had a mountain pass to get over lol, so it would probably be higher without that.
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05-20-2013, 05:18 PM #17I am Mr. Clean!
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filled it up yesterday with the needle on E...32 bucks
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05-20-2013, 06:19 PM #18Senior Member
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nln/ I'm giving you the finger right now DJ, 32 bucks would buy me like 7 gallons, just over a quarter tank lol.
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05-20-2013, 07:26 PM #19I am Mr. Clean!
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Lol lasts me 400 miles too
Sent from my HTC One X using F150 App!Last edited by djfllmn; 05-20-2013 at 07:42 PM.
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05-20-2013, 07:44 PM #20Senior Member
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Yeah 7 gallons would get me like 100 miles haha.
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