PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Hi Charlie

 

Mine is bad. It doesn’t help the way I drive. Frequently hit the rev limiter, can’t seem to get myself to upshift so I’m cruising at a low rpm. I usually get around 11, sometimes 12, rarely 13 mpg.

 

Yours is a V6, but that’s still pretty bad! Do you run regular or premium?

 

I get 20 mpg day in and out. Whether city or highway, and drive like an animal on 235s. Usually have my light come on around ~270 miles and I top off then.

 

Mid teens is terrible. Back when i tracked every gallon in excel, i was consistently seeing 22+

I'll check the next tank

 

Yours is automatic or stick shift?

 

91 octane always. Manual trans.

Oops, duh. Yes not a 2.7, mines a 4.0.

 

I’d accidentally put 91 in my truck (might have been 89) because I wasn’t paying attention when I punched the button on the gas pump, but 20-21 MPG on the highway at 75-80 MPH with the A/C cranked in the summer is pretty common for me.

 

Also, is yours supercharged or no?

 

No engine modifications.

 

Stick and access. Regardless of transmission, you should be doing better

 

I was in Rural King earlier this evening and a stupid family decided to bring one of those super hyper tiny dogs into the store. Turns out the dog was scared to death of people and took off running to hide somewhere in the store.
The parents were hollering, the little boy was crying, and the teenage girl was screaming bloody murder at the top of her lungs. All the employees were trying to find the dog as were customers.
I couldn't stand all the commotion and needed to get out of the store, seems to be idiotic to have brought a scared hyper small dog into a store full of people.

 

Someone was saying last week that the reason for my truck shaking a bit at idle could be due to dirty MAF sensor, and one other sensor I can’t remember; Could this be causing bad gas mileage?