Re: New Ford F150 2.7 V6

Posted by rview_ on September 12, 2015 at 15:00:57 from (162.212.119.2):

In Reply to: New Ford F150 2.7 V6 posted by Ron-MO on September 11, 2015 at 11:51:57:

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I had a '94 F150 2wd that had the 4.9L inline 6, 5 speed (had a "beater" 3/4 pickup for 4x4 use on the ranch). It was about a year old when I got it to drive to school. It was geared as high as it could be, couldn't really tow anything, so I got a deal on it, it had the 2.73 rear (no, not 3.73). Low miles, had it been 4x4 it would have had over 100k at the same price, mine had less than 15k on it. 15 miles to school, sometimes needed to haul stuff. Anyway, I'll agree, I like inline 6. Even though it was geared way too high, it had a decent amount of torque and could idle in the first few gears without dying, went down the road just fine. 302 v8 would have gotten similar mileage though, had I found one in my budget.

I see people here mentioning older cars getting 20. Pickups from the '60s/'70s, at least any I've been around that were full size work pickups got about 12 at best. Emissions stuff makes it difficult to get the most mpg out of the newer stuff. MPGs go up if you delete some of the junk on new diesels, and you get better reliability (plus, break the law, void the warranty, etc.). I had an '89 Ford Tempo before I got the pickup, it always averaged over 40mpg. Not a lot of power (but I wasn't a power junkie and didn't care), but went down the road fine. Can't say about reliability with the Ecoboost, except they look "decent". They put out their torture test videos for the 3.5l when it was released.

Roads around here are often gravel, if I go to Walmart, about 70 miles, half gravel, the short way. Otherwise 2 lane highway, with shoulder, 65mph, without shoulder, 55 or 60mph. Interstate is 100 miles away, never drive on it, been many years. Often see the upper end of the MPG average on the road vehicles, because there is basically very little city driving to average in (even close town, 30 miles away, two stoplights total). With pickups, many variables when stating their mpg. First, they aren't going to get "car" mpg, but it's fairly impressive that they can get as decent as they do, with all the emissions junk plus all the power they make. Factor in several gearing choices, cab/bed options causing varied weight, tire options, nearly identical trucks aren't going to get the same mpg under the same conditions.

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