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Re: automatics

Unfortunately my trucks best is low 19's on and I
am not even sure about that since that's for one
tank versus an average. I am usually in the the 16-
17 area in the summer solo with plenty of highway
miles.  Jerry.
  On Wednesday 01-28-98, 10:44 pm, Bob said:
-  On Wednesday 01-28-98, 09:18 pm, Kevin said:
--Here we go again.... What about you fuel mileage
on
--the PS in manual vs. auto. I know that most trucks
--these days have about a 1 to 2 mph discrepancy.
Are
--you guys seeing that with the PS? 
--
-I would expect the auto to get slightly less fuel
-economy, particularly around town where the torque
-converter is often unlocked.  But I haven't seen
-any such trend in the mpg figures from the guy
-around here.  My auto got about 18.5 mpg on the
-last tankfull, I had about 60 miles of around town
-driving and 110 miles of interstate cruising on
-that tank.  I've had as high as 22 mpg and as low
-as 12 mpg.  The variability is such that it would
-be very hard to tell due to the differences in
-drivers and trucks.  BTW, mine is a 4x4 SC with
-4.10 axles.  I now have almost 5000 miles on the
-truck.

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