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tripledigitken
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1997 F250 4 x 4 with 10' lance camper 385 miles, without 600 miles
2005 xterra 4 x 4 300 miles
2005 Yamaha FJR 1300 250 miles (most fun per mile/gal)
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Whistler...I suspect you are correct. Although I do have the 24 valve engine in the 2001.5 year model. Stock tire size and gear ratios. Also on this
trip we were VERY light. Probably less than 700 lbs. in the bed, not counting the fiberglass shell.
I've been told that the calibration of the digital read-out was set on the conservative side by Dodge, but given all the other lies we are told about
EPA approved expected fuel economy...quien sabes!
I'll be doing the drive again in 12 days, this time I'll do the math.
I DO know that the instantaneous read-out of consumption drops significantly when running in OD at speeds of 50 and under. No surprise.
I also suspect that this Cummins likes Mexican diesel. When comparing the digital information in similar driving situations, I can not do as well on
US diesel.
Heck, I sold a 460 Ford, I'd still be tickled pink to be getting just TWICE the mileage!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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capt. mike
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ok.....my "off road" vehicle gets about 12.5 nautical miles a gal straight cruise (times 1.15 factor if you want statute)
at 155 knots airspeed, about 180 MPH. and with 6.5 hours endurance with a 30 minute reserve past that, i can go about 1100 miles.
another way is my 86 total gal tanks at 12.5 NMPG = 1060 nautical miles before I have about 25 minutes to find some place to land!!
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Ken Bondy
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mike you win 
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vagabond
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32 ft Southwind 454 engine fully loaded and probably a little overloaded towing a Pathfinder about 4.5 miles to the gal. 90 gal fuel tank, without the
Pathfinder around 5.5 miles per gal.
Pathfinder 4x4 with 3.0 liter engine and auto tranny 20 miles to the gal. if I keep it at 65 or below, 20 gal tank
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Cypress
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Flying is fun most of the time. You can't land just anywhere, you touch down on a
strip betwen here and there? Sweet! Who's gonna fuel you? Who's gonna haul you around? Questions?  All of 'em have a dollar dollar sign attached. So flying is the cheapest way to travel?
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QuePasaBaja
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F150 getting about 280 to 300 depending on the type of driving. in the city it is usally the 280.
Have a Baja Day
QuePasaBaja
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BajaDanD
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My Echo with the Kayaks on top in just the right wind will fly down the road without even starting the motor. 
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Capt. George
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unlike whistlers D_D_D_Dodge
I, with my life giving F-350, get 2,622 miles per tankful!
(or is that Tanker??)
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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capt. mike
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money to burn?? try 100LL!!
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Flying is fun most of the time. You can't land just anywhere, you touch down on a
strip betwen here and there? Sweet! Who's gonna fuel you? Who's gonna haul you around? Questions? All of 'em have a dollar dollar sign attached. So flying is the cheapest way to travel?
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Agree - and if i HAD to worry about those contingencies, i wouldn't fly!
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
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BAJACAT
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2004 RAM 1500(quad model).,4x4,with HEMI.Getting 305 miles-/+ on my 26 galon, running with 89 octane if I used lower octane fuel I get around 285
miles and have less power.
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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bigboy
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Ford Excursion, V10, 4.30 gears. 44 gal tank, 14MPG@ 70MPH = 616 miles. I've driven many times from Dana Point to Carson City with a few gallons to
spare.
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bajabass
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Registered: 10-4-2006
Location: La Paz,BCS
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Mood: Want to fish!!!
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2005 Toyota Tundra Access Cab 4x4,24 gal. tank,never better than 16 mpg. Enough to go from Orange to Ensenada on one full tank. 360 mile range.
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Cypress
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Toyota Tacoma!Good to go rain or shine.
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