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Old 10-19-2012, 08:03 PM
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I was almost outta gas today driving 65 on the highway and then when I got off the highway I was driving at fifty. Taking it easy as possible. Anyway after probably after 20 miles my truck read 26.4 and when I toke this pick it went to 26.5. As soon as u start driving normal it goes right to 19.4. And it has the 20 fx4 wheels on it.

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Old 10-19-2012, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by summertop511
I was almost outta gas apostate driving 65 on the highway and then when I got off the highway I was driving at fifty. Taking it easy as possible. Anyway after probably after 20 miles my truck read 26.4 and when I toke this pick it went to 26.5. As soon as u start driving normal it goes right to 19.4. And it has the 20 fx4 wheels on it.
Picture or it didn't happen! lol
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I have a 2011 FX4 and this dash readout doesn't come close to comparing what mine shows; in other words, the dash itself looks nothing like a 2011 FX4.

Reset the readout without touching the gas on a downhill slope and maybe this 26.5 readout could be accurate for a moments notice However, the best I've seen with a normal readout is 22.4 and only in the right circumstance; early in a new tank of gas, resetting the readout, with highway mileage, and over no more than a 12 mile trip.

As much as I'd like to say , I'm just not buying this one.
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I have the same truck setup and i drove at 55mph with a 30-35mph tail wind and reset my mileage. It was only like 6 miles until i had to turn but i was over 25mpg. It was a dead flat highway and of course this is realistic circumstances, but it was doing it
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Guys I'm not lieing have no need to it was on flat ground and no wind and I wasn't tailing a tractor trailer. It is a truck never care about gas but today driving like an old man I was just curious and this is what it said.
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Never said it was an fx. It is an stx with the black fx4 wheels and heads and tails that's all
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Most vehicles will get that mileage going 50 mph on a flat road with no acceleration.
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You could probably get 100mpg coming out of Flagstaff, Az to anywhere.
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Originally Posted by bell4fan
Most vehicles will get that mileage going 50 mph on a flat road with no acceleration.
...or downhill.
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That's not unrealistic, I've seen over 26 (at the pump with a calculator- not on the dash) in my buddies 5.0. My 5.4 isn't quite that good though...


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