Crummy fuel economy
I towed a tag trailer 450 km down the highway at 55-60 mph and got 37 liters/100 km. (6.4 mpg). Can you get a Dodge or GM to go through that much fuel?
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naturist wrote:
Dragged our wee TT (about 5,000 lbs, but full height/width) into a 50 mph headwind across Oklahoma once with our little 2.8 liter Jeep Libby CRD (diesel) and it was all I could do to maintain 50 mph on the flat. But I did get 9 mpg! So, not a GM or Dodge, but also not 6 mpg.
When you are down to 9 mpg and 50 mph you're burning 5.55 gallons per hour. My 6.7 diesel is rated at 440 hp, so 2.75 x the size of yours. I would have to be burning 15.26 gallons per hour to be pushing my truck the way you were pushing that poor little jeep. 15.26 gallons per hour at 60 mph would mean just under 4 mpg. Poor little jeep.
