Fixed my poor fuel mileage on my 2.7 ( I traded it)
02-17-2016, 10:37 PM
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Fixed my poor fuel mileage on my 2.7 ( I traded it)
I bought my truck less than two months ago thinking my fuel mileage would be better than my 12 Ram but turns out my avg was 17-17.5 mostly all hiway, and all I heard mostly was it must be my driving habits,the wind, it's a heavy truck but all I know is it's the only vehicle I have ever owned that wouldn't even give me the city mileage. I wish it would have been better because I bought a really nice F-150 Sport with 2.7 that I liked everything except the poor mileage which never got better even after 2000 mi. So today I went and traded it on a 16 Dodge Ram 1500 eco-diesel. Like I stated I wish the mileage would have been better but it wasn't so now I'm leaving the Ford truck family but at least my wife still drives an Explorer.
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02-18-2016, 01:03 AM
Fixed my poor fuel mileage on my 2.7 ( I traded it)
Originally Posted by rodolan
I paid 30200.00 plus I added a bakflip which was around 850.00 for my sport and I got 31500.00 trade which was the only reason I traded, so actually I got about 500.00 more than I paid
If you lost out on $2000 on the trade then having even if you come out +3 or 4 mpg then that's let's say the next few years the average price of gas is +/-$2.
That's about 1,000 gallons which would have netted you 17,000 miles at 17mpg X 1,000 gallons. So that's the approximate opportunity cost.
So if you can average 3mpg better than the 2.7 then to regain the advantage then 17,000 / 3mpg = 5,666 gallons of gas which is gonna be about 250-270 full tank refills which at once a week or two that's 5-11 years of ownership. Or 5,666gal X 20mpg = 113,320 miles of total driving.
Wouldn't this be like burning down the house to kill a mouse?
02-17-2016, 10:48 PM
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Wow. Not a great financial move.
02-17-2016, 10:55 PM
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I paid 30200.00 plus I added a bakflip which was around 850.00 for my sport and I got 31500.00 trade which was the only reason I traded, so actually I got about 500.00 more than I paid
02-17-2016, 10:57 PM
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02-17-2016, 11:05 PM
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Good luck with the new Dodge. Hope it pleases you. They are good looking trucks!
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02-17-2016, 11:14 PM
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Yeah I know of a lot of guys that do 23-25 it's just mine didn't and I didn't drive it hard, believe I wish it would of but just didn't and I brought it in to be checked and of course they didn't find anything wrong
02-17-2016, 11:15 PM
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