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I don't know about the steelies hurting mileage. They're almost certainly heavier, but weight is only an issue if you do a lot of stop and go. Cruising, they're just flywheels.

The nice upside of steelies is that if you want to add some smoothie wheel discs, it's as easy as a quick stop by anyplace that sells wheel covers. I got some smoothies on my truck for about $80, and they look fantastic. Can't do that with alloys.

CAVEAT: can't do it with all steelies, either. There has to be enough room there to get the grabber thingies of the covers on. Some factory steel wheels don't have that.