Dealer says 14mpg mixed is normal this time of year
01-22-2018, 10:48 AM
#161
Senior Member
The idiots in government only do this because the farm lobby pushes for it. Being paid NOT to grow something is mind boggling, but the government does it because the industry lobbies for it. Same as dumping milk down the drain because prices aren't good, so they limit supply to raise price, and guarantee minimums to farmers.
No free market.
No free market.
01-22-2018, 11:54 AM
#162
Senior Member
01-22-2018, 11:54 AM
#163
Senior Member
Hey OP...still getting that 3.0 Diesel?
01-23-2018, 01:59 AM
#164
FWIW,when it was cold out 20 degrees and lower my truck was getting 15-16 mpg.Today I drove a little over 80 miles mostly highway but probably 20 miles were 35-50 mph mileage was showing 22.6 mpg.2017 XL Super Crew 4X4 STX Package 3.5L Eco Boost,10 speed auto and 3.55 gears.
01-23-2018, 07:53 AM
#165
we're out of that -4 high stuff and back into mostly 20's-30's and i jumped back up 2.x gallons on the last fill up to 16.something
01-23-2018, 08:05 AM
#166
lots of roads you wouldn't be going 75 on, unless you wanted to end up in the pickers. Lots of these are big wide straight roads and if you didn't grow up driving around here, that first deer that jumps out of the wooded ditch and puts you into a tree because you lost it will help remind you to slow down on those low visability roads. if the first one doesn't do it, the next few months will give you a hundred more reminders 
01-23-2018, 08:28 AM
#167
Senior Member
Wish I was doing 14MPG right now... I've been doing 9 to 10 MPG for the last 2 fuelups (-40F temperature outside...). Mostly city driving, light foot on the gas pedal, almost no boost at all.
Last edited by Eduskator; 01-23-2018 at 08:31 AM.
01-23-2018, 08:31 AM
#168
Senior Member
The supply & demand law is a pretty simple concept. Authorities controlling the supply is pretty disturbing though. Diamonds are the perfect example; that big rock on your wife's ring you paid 10 000$ would be worth 10$ if all diamonds extracted from the ground would be available on the market. They keep all of 'em hidden somewhere.
01-23-2018, 09:29 AM
#169
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/wp-content...cs-Summary.pdf
01-23-2018, 10:12 AM
#170
Martin
I would think the bulk of US made ethanol goes to making the oxygenated fuels many metro areas require. This fuel blend gets lower mpg really negating it's lower emissions. It is a perfect example of an idea that really doesn't work but once implemented is impossible to remove or change. Total political and big money hot potato.