Lantley wrote:
You guys are too brand loyal to see anything but your own ideas.
If your comparing 2 trucks it seems like a basic criteria is to have both trucks at full factory specs. with factory recommendations. Doing anything less compromises the comparison, plain and simple you may not agree but those are my thoughts. I don't need to own the truck to have that opinion because those thoughts apply to any comparison. WE could be talking Dodge, Chevy or Ford.
Secondly I agreed with another comment that the load being pulled in the comparison did not have a large frontal area vs. a typical RV load. The poster (not me) went on to question the millage results. Do I need to own a certain truck to make that observation?
But I agree with you. You are entitled to draw any conclusion you like, If you feel my comments are off base and not valid because I don't own the truck in question, you are certainly entitled to your opinion.
Too brand loyal? I drive a Ram CTD, my work and back car is a BMW diesel, and my wife drives and Infiniti. How is that brand loyal?
We are trying to tell you that based on our experience of running both, using premium in the Ecoboost will not have any significance in the comparison especially if he never needs to go wide open throttle towing his load. That is the only time you will even feel the very slight difference between using the two fuels.
Mileage wise, I record every fill up in all my vehicles even when I had my Ecoboost. I would track fuel brand and octane, and I never saw any significant difference from running a few months worth of premium versus regular octane.
But I encourage you to go buy an Ecoboost truck to find out for yourself. Maybe then you will believe what we are saying.
