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I decided to go to Australia for the winter and buy something when I get back so not really in the market anymore but I did just get some real good real world experience with a 2012 F150 ecoBoost.
I was sent to Idaho for 3 weeks to help fight the fires there as part of a 20-pack and we were given new rental trucks for the tour. We went to 4 different fires so did a real mix of highway, gravel roads and forest service trails.
5 different drivers, 1300-1800 lbs of people and gear, widely varying road types and gear and no consideration for fuel economy. We were getting between 17 and 18 US-mpg on each fill.
Not phenomenal but pretty respectable in my opinion for the loads and mixed terrain.
We had 3 Fords, one Chevy and one Dodge, all 2012 crew cabs. All did fine except the cab of the dodge was too small for 5 full sized guys on long trips and we cracked the airdam on the Chevy getting over a drainage berm at one of the fires. I did not get any milage info from the other trucks.
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