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RE: Miles per gallon- What are you getting? - 4/26/2008 8:59:24 PM    360K_Ram_Tuff Posts: 23 Joined: 4/25/2008 Status: offline There was an episode of MythBusters where they tested the myth that driving with the tailgate down improved your gas mileage.  I was surprised when they busted the myth. If you keep the tailgate up, it creates a kind of pillow of air that the air flows over.  With the tailgate down, it pushes on the back end kind of like a spoiler and it causes extra drag.  Anyhow, your post just reminded me of that. 360K (in reply to mattbrady) Post #: 46

RE: Miles per gallon- What are you getting? - 4/27/2008 11:48:28 AM    satcombinky   Posts: 5 Joined: 3/10/2008 Status: offline MPG  who cares you driving a V8 truck. if you are worried about MPG buy a rice grinder. (in reply to StupidFast D100) Post #: 47

RE: Miles per gallon- What are you getting? - 4/28/2008 8:34:11 PM    nemesis_SS   Posts: 316 Joined: 1/21/2008 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: satcombinky MPG  who cares you driving a V8 truck. if you are worried about MPG buy a rice grinder. Some people actually work with their trucks, so saving gas money means saving on the bottom line of business. Now you cant really get much work done with a civic, can you? Plus I think that MPG is a reasonable way to judge the overall health of your vehicle. When I bought this truck I had no idea what mileage it should get. This thread helped me assess a benchmark (about 10 or 12 mpg). Since I was getting only 8mpg i knew right away this truck was in need of some tlc. Caring what mpg I got saved me money (2-4 mpg on a big tank means a lot of money, like 20 a filll-up) by indicating to me that I needed a big tune-up. So who cares about MPG when driving a V8 truck? those of us who care about our trucks, and more importantly those of us using it for more than looking tough as we take the kids to soccer practice. but if you meant that using these pigs for a 50 mile commute to the office and bitcing about 100 bucks a fillup is dumb, well, yea. i agree _____________________________ '91 D150, standard cab, standard bed '63 Rambler American 330 (in reply to satcombinky) Post #: 48

RE: Miles per gallon- What are you getting? - 7/16/2008 2:50:42 PM    91powerram   Posts: 6 Joined: 6/28/2008 Status: offline how much  you sellin that dodge  power ram  for (in reply to whitey) Post #: 49

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