For the love! (MPG)
11-26-2012, 12:29 PM
#1
For the love! (MPG)
If:
-you put bigger/heavier tires, wheels, or both
-your engine is brand new and still burning off the paint
-you floor it at every stop sign
-you level/lift your truck
-you don't take care of your engine with regular maintenance
than your MPG will decrease.
If:
-you keep your stock tires/wheels
-your engine is broken in (properly)
-you drive like a normal person
-you don't level/lift your truck
-you take care of your engine
-you add a CAI, exhaust, and/or economy tune
than your MPG will increase.
It's not that hard, guys.
-you put bigger/heavier tires, wheels, or both
-your engine is brand new and still burning off the paint
-you floor it at every stop sign
-you level/lift your truck
-you don't take care of your engine with regular maintenance
than your MPG will decrease.
If:
-you keep your stock tires/wheels
-your engine is broken in (properly)
-you drive like a normal person
-you don't level/lift your truck
-you take care of your engine
-you add a CAI, exhaust, and/or economy tune
than your MPG will increase.
It's not that hard, guys.
Last edited by chrisross; 11-26-2012 at 12:46 PM.
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11-26-2012, 12:35 PM
#2
Retired and loving it!
You're preaching to the choir here, my man.....but I'll give you a big AMEN anyway!
I just cringe when I see trucks like that....
I just cringe when I see trucks like that....
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chrisross (11-26-2012)
11-26-2012, 12:38 PM
#3
Senior Member
Or maybe mileage questions regarding trucks just shouldn't be asked at all....
Its a truck...made to work. If you don't have to work with your truck, go buy a car and help cut demand, therefore dropping gasoline prices for us all.
I hop in my truck and drive...or pull...tow...haul...drive off road...etc. Its used in my business...where if I didn't have a truck to do the work, I couldn't operate. When it needs fuel I fill up.
Its a truck...made to work. If you don't have to work with your truck, go buy a car and help cut demand, therefore dropping gasoline prices for us all.
I hop in my truck and drive...or pull...tow...haul...drive off road...etc. Its used in my business...where if I didn't have a truck to do the work, I couldn't operate. When it needs fuel I fill up.
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11-26-2012, 12:41 PM
#4
This is more a response to threads that ask why "my truck on 50 inch tires with 26 inch rims and an 8 inch lift, which I redline at every stop light" has bad gas mileage? Come on, man.
If you mod your truck in a way that decreases your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.
If you mod your truck in a way that decreases your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.
Last edited by chrisross; 11-26-2012 at 12:44 PM.
11-26-2012, 12:43 PM
#5
If:
-you put bigger/heavier tires, wheels, or both
-your engine is brand new and still burning off the paint
-you floor it at every stop sign
-you level your truck
-you don't take care of your engine with regular maintenance
than your MPG will decrease.
If:
-you keep your stock tires/wheels
-your engine is broken in (properly)
-you drive like a normal person
-you don't level your truck
-you take care of your engine
-you add a CAI, exhaust, and/or economy tune
than your MPG will increase.
It's not that hard, guys.
-you put bigger/heavier tires, wheels, or both
-your engine is brand new and still burning off the paint
-you floor it at every stop sign
-you level your truck
-you don't take care of your engine with regular maintenance
than your MPG will decrease.
If:
-you keep your stock tires/wheels
-your engine is broken in (properly)
-you drive like a normal person
-you don't level your truck
-you take care of your engine
-you add a CAI, exhaust, and/or economy tune
than your MPG will increase.
It's not that hard, guys.
11-26-2012, 12:43 PM
#6
Senior Member
This is more a response to threads that ask why "my truck on 50 inch tires with 26 inch rims and an 8 inch lift, which I redline at every stop light" has bad gas mileage? Come on, man.
If you mod your truck in a way to decrease your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.
If you mod your truck in a way to decrease your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.
11-26-2012, 12:44 PM
#7
Senior Member
Ok, let me preface this by saying I am a person who likes my truck the exact way I bought it. I had my stereo go out in my 02 Expedition and replaced it with another factory radio. I am also rely on my brothers to work on my cars when needed. So this is a completely up and up question.... Most everything you said makes sense but I am wondering why leveling a truck decreases mileage. (Not that I intend on doing it, just curious why...) Signed.
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11-26-2012, 01:48 PM
#10
Senior Member
Originally Posted by chrisross
This is more a response to threads that ask why "my truck on 50 inch tires with 26 inch rims and an 8 inch lift, which I redline at every stop light" has bad gas mileage? Come on, man.
If you mod your truck in a way that decreases your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.
If you mod your truck in a way that decreases your MPG, I completely understand. I myself level all my trucks, but don't complain when you lose MPG over it.