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Originally Posted by GregWeld
My "thinking" was that I spend 99.8% of the time getting groceries.... and Starbucks.... Very very little time actually towing - and then the big hill is Donner Pass.
After logging 50K miles in "the rig" -- I'm totally used to pulling a grade stuck in 8th (out of 13 forward gears) at 35 MPH... And then some moron tells me - "you'll hate the millage when towing - you'll only get 8 MPG". Well really??? WTF -- The rig got an AVERAGE of 5.4, so I see this as getting almost double the MPG! (as if that's something that concerns me. LOL)
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our new Truck has a D60 an 10 speed at it sofar seems to average about 9-10 mpg so now I can take EVERYTHING and get better mileage. still takes a lot longer to get there, I love the 45 min to 1 hours stops for Fuel!! NOT
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