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Originally Posted by kir_kenix
My brother has the same truck as you (regular cab, right?), and he is getting similar results...25ish on the highway. He was rocking a 2wd ecodiesel, but was rear ended by a semi in Battle Creek Mi, last month. He's not really an ecomodder, but hes pretty darn careful to get decent gas mileage as he gets paid a flat rate by the mile. Told me last night that the mileage is absolutely terrible while pulling any sort of weight on a trailer, but otherwise is way more cost effective than the diesel once you consider the premium Fiat wants for that engine.
He's got a generic soft bed cover on it, says snow never gets disturbed in the first 2/3rds of the cover and he has to shovel it off. I'll be watching this with thread with interest to pass on anything you find that works for you. I'm thinking that the era of 30mpg full size trucks is just about upon us.
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I am not anti diesel, but with a 50 cent per gallon cost penalty, not even considering any other costs, diesel mileage needs to beat gas by about 25% just to cover the higher fuel cost. Here gas is as low as $2.159, while diesel is
$2.759 right now. The price spread has been significantly higher before.
At $2 per gal for gas and $3 for diesel, the diesel vehicle needs to get 60 mpg versus the gas vehicle at 40 mpg to have the same fuel cost per mile.
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mech
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mech