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Originally Posted by aerohead
I visited with a guy with a 2WD Ranger in Dona Ana,New Mexico.He was reporting 28 MPG HWY actual.He'd worn out an Isuzu pickup which he said was good for 29 MPG.
Looks like there is fruit to pluck!
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Completely different beasts. The 4-bangers in the 2wd models were designed with fuel efficiency in mind, and are very good in that respect. Ford was claiming to have the most fuel efficient truck on the market with the 2wd ranger. The V6 on the other hand is a rock solid engine that works very well except that it burns a lot of fuel. So much so that it burnt more in a ranger than the new 3.7L in a 4x4 F150
There are many things that can be done to make sdecoman's truck more fuel efficient but there is no point if it can then no-longer get him where he wants to go.