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I'm none too happy about the mileage at this point. Not really sure what changed. Was getting 13.1-13.4 city with a max speed limit in my area(20 mile radius) of 45 and mild spirited driving. Now getting 12.6-12.9 with zero changes.
So we decided to take it on the highway to stretch it's legs a bit further. Both myself and my wife drove it. A night and day difference in driving styles, as I'm sure most of you can relate. Neither of us could get the MPG on the dash higher than 14.3 for a 150 mile stretch with 135 miles freeway and 15 rural. I drove to and she drove from, both 150 miles each. I could only get 13.1 in that 150 mile stretch. Literally the only way my wife was able to achieve the seemingly impossible task of getting 14mpg average, was by driving 10-15mph slower than the speed limit on the highway using cruise. If she put her foot in it at all, it dropped a tenth.
This is with, now, 2146 miles on the odometer and using 87 octane fuel. I gotta say, I knew what I was getting in to before I got in to it. But I also know these trucks have changed leaps and bounds in the last few years. The last Ram I owned was a 2012 1500 Sport 4x4 and we got 19-21 highway and 13-14 city and that was with the 545RFE transmission - the last year they used it.
I expected and truly expect these trucks to be way higher efficiency than my 2012 Sport 4x4. At least match it! Should I not? My Rebel build date is 11/18. I didn't buy this with MPG in mind, but damn, man! I at the very least expect to get what they advertise the damn thing to get - 15/city 17/comb and 21/highway or somewhere really close to it...
FFS, my Hellcat Challenger got 15mpg in the city with the same driving style and 23-25 highway mpg at 90mph. My wifes 2015 Durango R/T gets 16-18 city with pretty much the exact same engine and transmission. It's a negligible weight difference too. Because they pretty much weigh the same. The Ram being only 300lbs. or so heavier. My 2015 Scat Pack Challenger(6.4/392) got better mileage than this Rebel does and it was a true hog. Never could get more than 15mpg out of it, no matter what I did.
I can honestly say these mpg numbers on my Rebel match what I got from my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 before I modded the **** out of it. Not very impressed to say the least.
Yes, we used the on board computer as our calculator. They put it in there and expect you to think it's accurate, right? Should it not be accurate? I hand calculated numbers with my Hellcat and the wifes Durango and they were spot on correct. The only reason I did those was because I couldn't believe it was so good on either vehicle for obvious reasons. Seems I vaguely remember hand calculating it on my 2005 and if I remember correctly, it was very off. Is it not reasonable to believe the on board computer can actually handle these types of tasks these days? I mean, it is 14 years later and we do pay a lot of money for these trucks...
Does anyone elses Ram feel like it struggles to stay at highway speed? Really the only time I see the ECO light come on is when I make it come on or I coast for a long while. It's peppy, though, I'll give it that. Those 3.92 gears are pretty killer for street use. I love em'!
MPG aside, dude, I love the truck and only wish they would put the 6.4 in these and retire the 5.7. I absolutely hate the 5.7 Hemi and this, among many others, is the biggest reason why.
So we decided to take it on the highway to stretch it's legs a bit further. Both myself and my wife drove it. A night and day difference in driving styles, as I'm sure most of you can relate. Neither of us could get the MPG on the dash higher than 14.3 for a 150 mile stretch with 135 miles freeway and 15 rural. I drove to and she drove from, both 150 miles each. I could only get 13.1 in that 150 mile stretch. Literally the only way my wife was able to achieve the seemingly impossible task of getting 14mpg average, was by driving 10-15mph slower than the speed limit on the highway using cruise. If she put her foot in it at all, it dropped a tenth.
This is with, now, 2146 miles on the odometer and using 87 octane fuel. I gotta say, I knew what I was getting in to before I got in to it. But I also know these trucks have changed leaps and bounds in the last few years. The last Ram I owned was a 2012 1500 Sport 4x4 and we got 19-21 highway and 13-14 city and that was with the 545RFE transmission - the last year they used it.
I expected and truly expect these trucks to be way higher efficiency than my 2012 Sport 4x4. At least match it! Should I not? My Rebel build date is 11/18. I didn't buy this with MPG in mind, but damn, man! I at the very least expect to get what they advertise the damn thing to get - 15/city 17/comb and 21/highway or somewhere really close to it...
FFS, my Hellcat Challenger got 15mpg in the city with the same driving style and 23-25 highway mpg at 90mph. My wifes 2015 Durango R/T gets 16-18 city with pretty much the exact same engine and transmission. It's a negligible weight difference too. Because they pretty much weigh the same. The Ram being only 300lbs. or so heavier. My 2015 Scat Pack Challenger(6.4/392) got better mileage than this Rebel does and it was a true hog. Never could get more than 15mpg out of it, no matter what I did.
I can honestly say these mpg numbers on my Rebel match what I got from my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 before I modded the **** out of it. Not very impressed to say the least.
Yes, we used the on board computer as our calculator. They put it in there and expect you to think it's accurate, right? Should it not be accurate? I hand calculated numbers with my Hellcat and the wifes Durango and they were spot on correct. The only reason I did those was because I couldn't believe it was so good on either vehicle for obvious reasons. Seems I vaguely remember hand calculating it on my 2005 and if I remember correctly, it was very off. Is it not reasonable to believe the on board computer can actually handle these types of tasks these days? I mean, it is 14 years later and we do pay a lot of money for these trucks...
Does anyone elses Ram feel like it struggles to stay at highway speed? Really the only time I see the ECO light come on is when I make it come on or I coast for a long while. It's peppy, though, I'll give it that. Those 3.92 gears are pretty killer for street use. I love em'!
MPG aside, dude, I love the truck and only wish they would put the 6.4 in these and retire the 5.7. I absolutely hate the 5.7 Hemi and this, among many others, is the biggest reason why.
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