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Originally Posted by LeanBurn
Unfortunately I don't think they had fuel economy in mind when they built that line of vehicles. Every full sized Ram that I know of gets the same or better fuel economy than the smaller Dakota even though they have the same engine. Its strange but they just don't get good economy for some reason.
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I'm tending to think that a Dakota is too light for its engine. As in, the Dakota, by itself, is not really putting a load on its engine. I tend to find that my fuel economy goes up slightly when I am carrying a load, or if I crank up the A/C. Counterintuitive, but it happens.