pappcam wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
I call BS on the ecoboost mileage. It's a truck and there's no way he's getting that mileage unless he's driving well below the speed limit and holding up traffic.
I thought the ecoboost mileage hype was already done with.
Well if I go no more than 65 mph on an expressway, drive very very concervatively will little downshifting, I can get 21 mpg out of my truck. I did it a few times. The problem is that I can't drive that slow and that passive. Most speed limits here are 70 mph and you'll get ran over going that.
Pulling my camper, I regularly get 10.5 to 11.0 mpg on flat lands or hills.
The problem with the Ecoboost is that once you get into the boost, which you normally have to with such a small 3.5L displacement, you start eating the gas. Then the Ecoboost usually has lower fuel efficiency than the 5.0L. Go to F150forum or F150online and read all about the Ecoboost disappointing fuel economy.
By the way, our rigs look very similar. :)
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