Why can't auto manufactuers do this?
Why can't the auto manufacturers come up with a truck-like vehicle that gets 30MPG and has decent performance? Work rented me a Toyota Camry for a road trip last week, and I got 36.6MPG, hand calcu...
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Water-Bug wrote:
I leased an '06 Ridgeline and the V-6 was lucky to get 16 mpg highway empty. When the lease was up, Honda Leasing wanted $18k for the buyout, even though they had a ton of them on the lot for $16k. I took my $18k and bought a fully loaded '06 Ram 4X4 extended cab Hemi, with 12k less miles on the odometer. The Ram Hemi shut down cylinders when cruising and routinely got 18 to 20 mpg on the highway. Honda doesn't have a clue when it comes to designing trucks.
You might want to carry a spare plug (or two). With the Honda 3/6 systems, if you foul a plug, the computer senses it and shuts the vehicle down and it must be towed away. From my youth of working in parts in Indiana, these parts and systems are made by a limited number of companies who sell to various manufacturers. Something that might be worth finding out about if you get into the back country like our low desert.
