OP probably drives like a grandpa.You must have a magic one. I've never gotten past 19. I think I hit is once. And I am talking about long trips, not everyday driving.
Amazing what a reasonable speed and cruise control can do for you.Just got to our vacation destination. Family loaded up with Bestop chock-full. 5.7 hemi did great.
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Not bad, really, for a 3.92 axel ratio, 35" tires and 4" lift at such speeds.I just did a 9.5 hour drive hammering interstate 81 to 40 keeping around 80 (except when a truck needs to go a quarter mile per hour faster than the truck in the right lane or a Maryland driver was on the road stuck in the left lane). I averaged 16 mpg. Pretty good huh?
The interstate posted speeds in my area are 75-80mph. You would be a rolling roadblock driving that slowly.
You've been insidiously assimilated by your RAM. I got a hint I was heading to grandpa territory when during the several weeks I was researching RAMs, online ads targeted at me shifted to indigestion remedies and boner pills.Stock tires and wheels. 3.21 axle as well. Reset computer from upstate NY to the Outer Banks, NC. So highways @ mid 70s, local roads, NJ traffic jams and everything in between. And with precious cargo in the truck (kids) i do drive like a grandpa.
UGH Maryland drivers... I grew up on SoCal freeways and now live in GA (almost as bad as MD drivers).I just did a 9.5 hour drive hammering interstate 81 to 40 keeping around 80 (except when a truck needs to go a quarter mile per hour faster than the truck in the right lane or a Maryland driver was on the road stuck in the left lane). I averaged 16 mpg. Pretty good huh?
I think the 70mph is the secret. I normally averaged around 16-17 with normal mixed highway/city driving. However, twice now I've driven from the Dallas area to Bloomington, IL and tried not to exceed 70mph and was able to average 21mph on both trips. The other trip I took up there I drove 80 when I could and only got 17mpg. So, it can be done, but you got to keep your foot out of it.20+ MPH is easy to do, I do it regularly from Dallas to Houston and back
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Average speed was 70mph.
Hand calc'd usually comes out about the same as the computer; refilled at Buc-ees in Bayton and only added 10.5 gallons. Comes out to 21.77. I'm more than satisfied with this trucks city (17-18) and hwy mileage, my gen 3 with 3.92 gotmileage
Just got to our vacation destination. Family loaded up with Bestop chock-full. 5.7 hemi did great.
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