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Originally Posted by bentring
Personally I think they are either crazy or those are from the manufacturer, so either way the end result is the same.
Coming home from work and talking about mpg, my father was getting an instant read out of 25ish mpg at 65 mph from his 2012/13? F150 v6. This trip was a couple of months ago and I haven't ridden with him since then until Friday. While we were going down the road I looked over at his readout and it was showing 14.2 for the tank. I mentioned that to him and he looked at me, grinned while he shrugged his shoulders and said "I really like to hear the twin turbos".
P.S. Me too Frank Lee. I just wasn't going to say it.
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(*shrug*). I base the mpg claim from a daily 45 mile each way commute around Charlotte on 485 using my SG2 to get the average, not the instant. I don't have a factory trip computer in this car...just using the gold standards of fuel ups and the scan gauge to base it on
BTW...tried a full grille block, saw no improvement in mpg. If I run with a/c, mpg dropps by 1 mpg on average and driving 65 mph yields appx the same +/- .5 mpg the could be traffic or wind or a heavy/light foot, although about 1/2 of the trip is with cruise control. I run NC hwy 49 to I485 to I77 and then about 1/2 mile of side streets for the commute. 11 traffic lights each way.
So...I believe that I know what I am averaging on the highway...will update my fuel log tomorrow with several months that will include the average with the city portion that takes it down to 18 mpg city/hwy.
So, I will call bs on his bs. ;-). If I get the chance I will fill up at the start of the commute and end each day for a few days to eliminate grocery and lunch runs that drop the average.