F150 Mileage 23.5mpg

[mikim]

my 2000 f150 with small v8 gets 18 - 20 .... until I hook the trailer behind it - then I don't even check.

 

[8NTX]

On Saturday, I traded my 2000 F150 with the 5.4L V-8 in, for a new 2004 F150 with the smaller 4.6L V-8. Hoping to increase my mileage from 12-15 mpg to 15-18 mpg. Anyone think it'll work?

 

[DaveNay]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Anyone think it'll work? )</font>

You may increase the straight gas mileage, but when you consider the extended financing time (assuming you financed) and the cash loss due to trading in a fairly recent model year truck, is the overall expense going to be reduced?

Personally, I prefer to buy new vehicles, and then drive them till the wheels fall off. Both our cars, and the pickup are approaching 200K miles each.

Dave

 

[8NTX]

Well, for one thing my payments actually decreased by 25 bucks a month. Second, the extended warranty on the 2000, just expired so any repairs would be my sole expense. And, my trade-in, if I had kept it, in the next year would have needed new tires, new brakes, and new shocks. That's almost a grand. Insurance did go up by about 10 bucks a month though. But the best part is the new-truck smell. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[DaveNay]

Darn it. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Why do people like you always insist on making me re-evaluate my vehicle policy?

Oh wait....I know.....I have no car payments, so I only pay maintenance. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dave

 

[SPIKER]

yep;

I buy the cars no one else wants and use some high tech duct tape and baling wire to get them back to wobbling on the road well enough so I can careein my way down the road and hopefully stop somewhere near my final destination! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

my insurance is low payments are none fuel milage usually not that great but I only pay 600 or so for them and when they need new tires or breaks then it is time for a new one! So I get the NEW car smell all the time, "each one smells of something else that died a few hots days prior to picking it up!" lol /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Mark m /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[rlee6]

Keep switching cars. That's brilliant.

 

[Youare]

I just traded the 1995 Dodge 1500 4WD with 318 cid, 5 speed, short bed with fiberglass cap for a 2004 Toyoda Tacoma 4WD, 4 cylinder, 5 speed.

The Dodge used to average 18 mpg on a combination city and high way driving. This number has retreated a bit as the mileage got over 126,000. The first tank of fuel in the Toyoda produced 25 mpg, which I suppose will get better.

Looks like I may save at least $7.00 per week on fuel at the current gas prices. The Tacoma is much easier to park than the Dodge was.

Randy