Last September we bought a 2010 Dodge Ram. Got a pretty good deal as we bought it from the same place we bought our last 2 trucks.Its fun, roomy, loads of power with the hemi 5.7l v8. Towed the 240D up to Dimitri's place no problem and managed IIRC 15mpg while doing it. -Curt
From: Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT fuel economy So what pickup do you have now? I think i missed the last episode of new pickup search.On May 29, 2015 3:34 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I've gotten it up to 20mpg if I keep it to 65-70mph on the highway. I don't generally pay attention that much. Last trip to Maine we'd have been down because the bed was full of kayaks. -Curt From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT fuel economy How well does your new truck do? RB On 29/05/2015 11:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > I suspect my $1500 Jetta at 50mpg beats 'em both. :) > -Curt > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT fuel economy > > Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: >> That works out to almost 25 miles per imperial gallon or almost 21 miles >> per US gallon. >> It is a 2013 F150 Supercrew with the 5.0 coyote engine. >> Based upon the above, I would say it is doing quite a bit better than my >> previous truck which was the 2002 F150 Supercrew with the 5.4 Triton 2 >> valve engine. > Yes, over the last ten years technology has been used to give us more > efficient > cars than ever before. > > As a friend and I were discussing last week, fuel economy isn't everything. > His > 2013 Sentra CVT routinely hits 40mpg (5.9L/100kM). My 1997 S420 doesn't use > twice as much gas, but with the higher cost of premium gas my fuel cost is > about > double. > > However, my cost of car payment plus insurance is about $15 a day less than > his, > mainly because I haven't had a mortgage on a car in over 20 years. > This makes it substantially cheaper to own and drive a rather huge MBZ than a > subcompact Nissan. > > How much did it cost to trade the 2002 Frod for the 2013? > > Mitch. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com