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Originally Posted by Big Dave
Even if you doubled the EPA estimate (something only a few folks here manage) , your truck is gonna have a tough time making it with one fill-up en-route. It would be a tall order for Phil’s aero wonder. “Real world” pickups just ain’t gonna make it.
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That's true for a lot of reasons, beginning with the very long list of things that have to be just right for this to work. But if you take the same week that Wayne did to cross the country, then you can work a lot of things in your favor. The temperature, humidity, wind and weather are a big deal in all this.
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Originally Posted by Big Dave
Thinking about “everyman’s truck.”
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Part of the gimmick here is giving people something to look at that doesn't look all that different from their own truck. I want them thinking ... "You know, if THAT truck can do it ..."
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Originally Posted by Big Dave
Should a pickup MPG test not be done with a standard and uniform load – say 800lb of sand bags or the like?
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One thing I've been considering for a while is the sort of "handicapping" you could do to even things out between different types of trucks.
I can imagine that for some event you might have an adjustment factor of +1 gallon of fuel for ever 1,000 pounds of payload, or something like that. If you wanted to do a new vs old contest, maybe the old trucks would get an extra allowance of fuel per model year, based EPA averages for new vehicles versus old. It is really hard for old vehicles to compete with brand new technology, after all.
I can imagine a lot of ways something like this might eventually shake out, but my first task is coming up with an idea that others are interested in watching or discussing, and then moving on from there.