I'm getting city milage on the highway?????

I love this response!

This wasnt the seller telling me 24 mpg highway, It was the original dealer sticker which also coincides with info I found researching the web.

I'm not asking if you like the color which would be your opinion. I'm looking for facts about gas milage.

Are you suggestng I not even monitor gas milage and accept whatever I get without attepting to locate a problem causing reduced mpg???

Thanks

Steve

If you operate the vehicle under the exact conditions that the EPA uses to determine the estimated gas mileage, you might get close to the sticker numbers, although you won't go anywhere with the vehicle.

And this is based on which scientific data?

I would never tell you not to do research Steve.

What I am saying is that as far as I know, what you are getting seem in line with what others are getting.

When I was buying my Ford Expedition with the 5.4 V8, the sticker says 14mpg city, I did research and everyone was getting 9 to 11 mpg. I bought my Expedition and I am getting 10-12, so to me it's okay. I didn't go in search of the extra 2mpg the manufacturer sad I should get. It's an estimate anyway.

So research on but don't let that distract you from enjoying your beautiful truck.

And you wonder why the milage is 2-3 MPG low?

The extra weight might have something to do with the lower mpg. Are you running stock tires and is your speedo calibrated right? If you are running larger tires, your mpg will be higher than what you think it might be getting. My speedo is about 8% off according to a GPS.

- Dave

I have a '97 ext. cab 4 cyl. 5 speed. 215,000 mi. bought the truck new work out of it every weekday. use mobil 1 religously. the truck gets 20 mpg with ac on in summer and 21.5 to 22.0 with the ac off. this is dallas driving 70 -85 mph. it will pickup 1 to 1.5 mpg if i keep it under 70. (really hard to do)!!