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Living where we live means dropping 3 to 4k feet every time we go to I-25. Miles per gallon are pretty darn good going down. But then we have to come home. The mileage is poor going uphill, but once at the top, well, now you're coasting. DW's Toronado and STS had instant mpg readouts and they'd show 80 some mpgs when coasting downhill and various high numbers when under reduced power on the downhill side. On a trip using a tank of fuel, I'm convinced it comes out more or less a wash.
My truck gets about ten mpg getting out of the mountains westbound, about a tank, and onto the flats, where it then gets, well, about ten on I-40.
Of course city driving reduces mileage a lot, but we tend to talk about pulling trailers on this website. Most city driving while towing is on freeways passing through, so even then mileage isn't too negatively affected. And I admit, if one were to use up a tankful of fuel driving around Manhattan all day pulling his rig, wind resistance would, for all practical purposes, not be a factor and mileage would suck. But since that's apples and oranges, I stand by my statement.
My truck gets about ten mpg getting out of the mountains westbound, about a tank, and onto the flats, where it then gets, well, about ten on I-40.
Of course city driving reduces mileage a lot, but we tend to talk about pulling trailers on this website. Most city driving while towing is on freeways passing through, so even then mileage isn't too negatively affected. And I admit, if one were to use up a tankful of fuel driving around Manhattan all day pulling his rig, wind resistance would, for all practical purposes, not be a factor and mileage would suck. But since that's apples and oranges, I stand by my statement.
