I finally went back to the dealership that quoted me an insane price for an01 2wd Mountaineer, and actually got a much better price. Then I gave it agood looking over and wow! Turns out the first price they gave me a fewweeks ago was pretty reasonable after all...this thing is nice. I calledprevious owner, everything checked out ok there, so later that day I wentback and brought it home.Methinks I made a good decision. With the 302, it downright boogies for thatheavy a vehicle. It has something called the "Premier" option package,whatever that is. Anyone know?Only drawback so far is the mileage. Holy crap...the computer says I'mgetting about 13 mpg around town. Ouch. I mean, I've read that the v8explorers and mountaineers got bad mileage, but I was thinking more like 16around town. Can anyone comment as to what they're getting? (and yeah, Iknow, lay off the gas pedal, get better mileage)

My '96 EB with the 4 liter V6 gets around 14 in the city, and close to 20 on the highway. I generally obey speed limits around town, and on the highway I usually set the cruise for 3 or 4 miles over the limit. My wife and friends tell me I drive like an old lady (exaggeration!), but I believe that my driving habits get as much mileage out of the truck as possible.Your mileage doesn't sound too bad to me. It's certainly better than the 1990 F-250 with the 460 V8 that I almost bought last year, until I read on that newsgroup that I could expect 6 to 8 mpg. Yikes!!Good luck!Kevin

thanks to all that responded...I'm gonna ease off the gas a little and onthe next tankfull try the "odometer reading divided by gallons to fill itup" method and see what i get. had some article about a possible 25 cent a gallon gas price hike,which ain't good news, but then again, I didn't want a 2wd v8 to justputt-putt around in, anyway :)

I have a 99 Mountaineer awd and in town 13-15 is possible if you never geton the freeway. Usually with some city and freeway driving I stay around16. The computer is usually one mile per gallon over what the actual is. My computer always shows more gas in tank than what is actual. I havegotten 19-20 driving hwy. I live in Seattle where gas for regular is nowaround $2.19 but still like my suv.

Got my Mountaineer: nice ride, but how do I pay for gas?

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Gerald Riggs 21 years ago

My 97 302 AWD gets up to 21 on hiway. Average around semi rural is 16.8. Your 13 sounds low. Better be checking something. Maybe start with PCM codes and Long term Fuel Trims. Don't forget obvious, tires etc.

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Rick Venable 21 years ago

I have a 2000 XLT Explorer with the 4.0 V6 and if I am driving I get around

17 city and 20 or 21 hwy. If my wife is driving she gets about 13 or 14 city. The K&N air filter I put in gives us 1 or 2 mpg better than standard air filters did before we switched and costs less in the long run. When We tow our 2900 lb boat we just pull into every gas station we find (10 or 11 mpg I think). At least its still better than the boat itself gets (3 or 4 mpg and 89 octane minimum for it to even run).

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wabbitslayer 21 years ago

thanks to all that responded...I'm gonna ease off the gas a little and on the next tankfull try the "odometer reading divided by gallons to fill it up" method and see what i get.

cnn.com had some article about a possible 25 cent a gallon gas price hike, which ain't good news, but then again, I didn't want a 2wd v8 to just putt-putt around in, anyway :)

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davidgmg 21 years ago

I have a 99 Mountaineer awd and in town 13-15 is possible if you never get on the freeway. Usually with some city and freeway driving I stay around

The computer is usually one mile per gallon over what the actual is. My computer always shows more gas in tank than what is actual. I have gotten 19-20 driving hwy. I live in Seattle where gas for regular is now around .19 but still like my suv.

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