my little mitsu mileage getter today

My truck would probably get about that, if it was idling while sitting on a rollback!

Same here. Mine would have to be tossed from a plane at 35,000 feet while idling.

Lol same here

And my truck is the milage king of my fleet, lol. Got slightly "hotrodded" '86 IROC camaro....only thing on the road it won't pass is a gas pump!

hahaha,,good ones!!!

best mileage I ever got on the dash was 99.9 flashing
2012 Dodge caravan , I was south bound on I75 out of Chattanooga a ways had just climbed the mountain , kicked it down to 3rd and reset the mileage at the top and was rolling down the other side about 20 miles out I was still getting 55mpg.

by the time I stopped for lunch in Cartersville I was back to a mere 30mpg 25 highway was doing good normally.

My truck used to get 16 with a 2 barrel carb 302, C4 trans, and 2.73 rear gears. Now it gets 18 with a fuel injected 302, AOD, and the same 2.73 gears. It's bogged down (1500 rpm at 70mph) with the super tall gears and overdrive, to the point that it constantly shifts between OD and 3rd. Sometime this summer I'll throw some 3.55s in the rear and should get 20+mpg.

What were you getting going up the mountain?

Lol yup. Not a fair average without the climb Pete!

My Duramax broke 19 on the last tank, calculated total tank.

use to have 2002 chev pickup 496 ci gas/Allison 1000 trans 410 gears, got 10 miles to the gallon on the highway, if your foot got heavy 5 miles to the gallon.

I could never figure out why anyone would want a large block gas-sucker instead of a diesel in a working truck. More torque, similar HP and 50-100% better fuel economy? Yes please. Like I said, my 2002 stock Duramax gets 17-19mpg summer, 12-15mpg winter when I warm it up and use 4wd.

Price of repairs is the only advantage to owning a gasser instead of a diesel. Diesel repairs are never cheap.

paid $15.000 /80.000 mile on rust free southern truck, drove for 5 years , sold it for $10.000/ cost per year $1.000.