Gas mileage

[Skandocious]

Wow.. you need gears!! Make no wonder your motor pings and your milage sucks, it's operating at 100% load all the time.

LOL!! Either that or he's got a magical SECOND overdrive which kicks in at 80, hahahah.

Nextras, ain't no way brother. Not unless, like Conanski said, you engine was loaded 100% at speeds 70+. The math just doesn't add up.

 

[flareside_thunder]

my truck runs 2k at 70 mph.....in OD...with the needle buried it runs 3k with OD on.....

JR

 

[NeXtras]

soo took a ride to epping Nh tonight, went to the street night.. was going about 80-85 the whole way 2100rpm if i went up to 90 it was about 2600

went 100+ miles half tank, which is horrible but my engine isnt running right, fixing that valve and checking timing this weekend

 

[Skandocious]

STOP DRIVING SO FAST!!

I mean... Drive fast if you want... But if you're gonna drive fast, don't ***** about the mileage. Guaranteed if you can tone it back you'll see better mileage.

 

[NeXtras]

STOP DRIVING SO FAST!!

I mean... Drive fast if you want... But if you're gonna drive fast, don't ***** about the mileage. Guaranteed if you can tone it back you'll see better mileage.

its either go or get rear ended..
you havent driven up here have you?

 

[john112deere]

its either go or get rear ended..
you havent driven up here have you?

I have. And I know you don't have to drive that fast.

Yeah, it's easier to just move out to one of the left two lanes and drop it, roll with traffic at those speeds, but my truck doesn't run that fast anymore (I suppose it might, but I'm not going to try it) so I stick to the slower lanes. It's a little more work because there's more cars merging and moving across your path, but I've never had any trouble driving at 70 anywhere in eastern MA on the interstate.

 

[NeXtras]

I have. And I know you don't have to drive that fast.

Yeah, it's easier to just move out to one of the left two lanes and drop it, roll with traffic at those speeds, but my truck doesn't run that fast anymore (I suppose it might, but I'm not going to try it) so I stick to the slower lanes. It's a little more work because there's more cars merging and moving across your path, but I've never had any trouble driving at 70 anywhere in eastern MA on the interstate.

neither have I but my truck handles better at 80 than 70-75, i think it has something to do with where my truck is in the powerband.

im not advocating to drive fast, cause you dont get anywhere. Case in point, if we went 65 the whole way up, it would take an hour, where as we went 80 the whole way, we got there in 45 mins, saved us 15 mins for 15 miles an hour more.

 

[Skandocious]

its either go or get rear ended..
you havent driven up here have you?

Lol, no I live in California, the epicenter of ROAD RAGE. I know how it is to drive on a freeway full of people doing 90, but there's ALWAYS a slow lane. I typically stick to the right-most two lanes and cruise at 65, and I've never been rear ended. Trust me, you can do it

 

[Mr. Stroker]

Ugh... Tell me about it, i did 65 on the E way to school today and i had ppl screaming by me.. Im glad some ppl can afford gas lol

 

[andym]

He drives that fast because he wants to, not because he thinks he has to. Stop trying to convince him otherwise.

If he lives through his first wreck, then maybe he'll slow down.

 

[A_G]

wow we all must have A.D.D.

 

[surewhynot]

Accidental doofus disorder?