Poor gas mileage

[ferraiolo1]

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[Upupandaway]

lol. So you missed this one of almost 2k miles, loaded down, in the mountains, getting almost the same mpg? So yeah. Keep stock ish tires on the truck and your right foot outa the pedal and you can get good mpg..

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Again, that's great that you got good mileage, I'm not arguing your readings or calculations at all. My sole point in this thread is that there is a proven variance between identically spec'd trucks and whle there's guys like yourself getting great miles, there's ones getting brutal miles that may even have a lighter foot than you with stock tires.

Debunked by who? Keep the RPM's under 2k and you'll get good mileage, it's all about driving style and not having big off road tires. I've hand calc'd every tank for the 1st 4 years and it never deviated by more than .3-.5 vs the trucks calc's.


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Mixed City/Highway 70/30

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Mixed City/Hwy again

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Dallas to Houston

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Mixed city driving

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Mostly city driving

I average 400-430 miles a tank (using 23 gal) in mixed driving, every single tank. On a Dallas to Houston drive, when I've stayed under 73 MPH, I've gotten 23 mpg

Debunked by myself and many users in this thread. You can continue thinking you're the sole reason you get good mileage, can't stop you there of course but the reality is there's a lot more to it and a proven variance between identically spec'd trucks.

 

[ferraiolo1]

Yeah it’s your right foot lol

Even leaving it on cruise control can make milage worse


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[BowDown]

Again, that's great that you got good mileage, I'm not arguing your readings or calculations at all. My sole point in this thread is that there is a proven variance between identically spec'd trucks and whle there's guys like yourself getting great miles, there's ones getting brutal miles that may even have a lighter foot than you with stock tires.

Debunked by myself and many users in this thread. You can continue thinking you're the sole reason you get good mileage, can't stop you there of course but the reality is there's a lot more to it and a proven variance between identically spec'd trucks.

Pretty sure @ferraiolo1 has a Laramie and I have a Limited Level one, trucks aren't the same yet we get similar mileage. I'd guess you debunked wrong and that it does indeed have a lot to do with driving style.
It's likely that the biggest variance is driving style. I drive my truck in a manner that it shifts at 2000 RPM and I never see 2K rpm on the highway unless I'm driving 78-80 mph.
These trucks are fast and I dont drive it like it is or pretend that it is. As I've said before, I suspect many of the people who think they are easy on the gas pedal aren't.

Fuel mileage isn't a mystery, its rpm over time over distance; if you use more rpm over the same time and distance of another truck, your mileage is going to be worse than the other truck. The 5.7 uses the same fuel at the same rpm in an otherwise empty truck. The only thing that's changing that is heavier larger tires, heavier wheels, rear gears and your right foot

 

[Upupandaway]

Pretty sure @ferraiolo1 has a Laramie and I have a Limited Level one, trucks aren't the same yet we get similar mileage. I'd guess you debunked wrong and that it does indeed have a lot to do with driving style.
It's likely that the biggest variance is driving style. I drive my truck in a manner that it shifts at 2000 RPM and I never see 2K rpm on the highway unless I'm driving 78-80 mph.
These trucks are fast and I dont drive it like it is or pretend that it is. As I've said before, I suspect many of the people who think they are easy on the gas pedal aren't.

Fuel mileage isn't a mystery, its rpm over time over distance; if you use more rpm over the same time and distance of another truck, your mileage is going to be worse than the other truck. The 5.7 uses the same fuel at the same rpm in an otherwise empty truck. The only thing that's changing that is heavier larger tires, heavier wheels, rear gears and your right foot

I know I'm repeating my previous posts, observations, and details of the mileage between my two trucks but here they are again and it's important to note that I am just one person so that means the truck had the same driver/driving habits, routes, location, etc.

2020 Limited, Level 1 Equipment Group, 3.21 gears, stock height - when it went into the dealer last it averaged 10.9mpg.
2022 Limited, 3.92 gears, 305/45/22's, stock height - sitting at 14.9avg as of today(0.1+ over my previous update).

Same driver, driving habits, routes, yet different mileage. In fact, bigger tires, gears less beneficial to highway driving, and still a whopping 4mpg difference.

I'm sure you get similar mileage to other trucks, that's highly probable/common since there are millions of them. Everyone has different driving habits, spec's like weight, tire size, lift, accessories, etc etc etc, yet at the end of the day if you pull two identical trucks off the lot and drive them side by side for 100 miles, there can be a variance. The chances of the variances being extremely small are most likely, but there is still a chance that you get an outlier (as the dealer defined mine as) and one does far worse than the other.

For the sake of others who are curious about their mpg, I haven't actually seen anyone in here denying that driving style affects mpg, so hopefully we can all file that one away and get back to productive conversation.

 

[BowDown]

I know I'm repeating my previous posts, observations, and details of the mileage between my two trucks but here they are again and it's important to note that I am just one person so that means the truck had the same driver/driving habits, routes, location, etc.

2020 Limited, Level 1 Equipment Group, 3.21 gears, stock height - when it went into the dealer last it averaged 10.9mpg.
2022 Limited, 3.92 gears, 305/45/22's, stock height - sitting at 14.9avg as of today(0.1+ over my previous update).

Same driver, driving habits, routes, yet different mileage. In fact, bigger tires, gears less beneficial to highway driving, and still a whopping 4mpg difference.

I'm sure you get similar mileage to other trucks, that's highly probable/common since there are millions of them. Everyone has different driving habits, spec's like weight, tire size, lift, accessories, etc etc etc, yet at the end of the day if you pull two identical trucks off the lot and drive them side by side for 100 miles, there can be a variance. The chances of the variances being extremely small are most likely, but there is still a chance that you get an outlier (as the dealer defined mine as) and one does far worse than the other.

For the sake of others who are curious about their mpg, I haven't actually seen anyone in here denying that driving style affects mpg, so hopefully we can all file that one away and get back to productive conversation.

Looking at your sig, your 20 was a white truck and your 22 is a black truck; my truck is black and gets superior mileage, @ferraiolo1s truck is also black and gets superior mileage and now your new black truck also gets superior mileage.

Another mystery solved

 

[mjayc]

Looking at your sig, your 20 was a white truck and your 22 is a black truck; my truck is black and gets superior mileage, @ferraiolo1s truck is also black and gets superior mileage and now your new black truck also gets superior mileage.

Another mystery solved

Lmao this is hilarious because I had a 21 rebel with 12 wides and lift and it got the same mpg as my stock 23 limited. Rebel was black limited grey

 

[85octane]

Yeah it’s your right foot lol

Even leaving it on cruise control can make milage worse


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I normaly get 1-2mpg over whatever the EPA HWY rating is on every single vehicle I've ever drove... besides this Ram. I can't get the city driving over 14.5 on the cluster (13.5 hand calculated) with the A/C off, windows up, 60F. 70 on the hwy gets around 21mpg, but my 99 high top conversion van gets beter city mpg! There is something going on and it's not me. Conversion van over 20k miles with the same commute, 16.5mpg hand calculated. Compared to the 22 Ram 1500 just over 17k miles' 13.5mpg's
I'm clueless as to why, and all the posts saying, "You bought a truck, who cares about fuel mileage" is the only response I've seen. I'm hoping a good, efficient tune can fix it.

 

[ferraiolo1]

Tried another experiment today. Left the cruise on 99% of the time between 70-75 and left my throttle controller on 3. I usually have it on 0 when traveling. Cost me 1mpg

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[BowDown]

Tried another experiment today. Left the cruise on 99% of the time between 70-75 and left my throttle controller on 3. I usually have it on 0 when traveling. Cost me 1mpg

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Same result for me, use CC and mpg drops about 2 mpg. Cruise control is too aggressive in maintaining speed and accelerating

 

[RAM_Davis]

2020 Limited, Level 1 Equipment Group, 3.21 gears, stock height - when it went into the dealer last it averaged 10.9mpg.

Something had to be wrong with this truck. I have a 2020 Longhorn etorque pretty loaded (including air, pano roof, power boards, not including rambox, tailgate, 33 gal gas tank). I get around 15 mpg with my driving around town and about 20 or so on the highway. That's with pretty aggressive 33 inch A/T tires, (not heavy tires tho).

 

[Choate]

Way too much to read here but I’ll say this, my truck leveled with 275/60/20 non LT tires got pretty good mileage for a leveled 4x4 v8 with all terrain tires. 19 highway. Then I added a 3.5” lift. 35x12.50 LT tires and removed the active air dam. On a long trip driving 80-85mph w cruise control the truck has trouble staying in 8th (rarely even gets there) and if it’s windy it’ll stay in 6th a lot. 12mpg. If it’s not windy and you drive under 70mph I can still get 15 highway but that’s it. Hemi engine. Non e torque. 3.21s. otherwise stock besides the air filter and magnaflow muffler. I just let her rip and don’t worry about it. Thankfully I don’t drive it too much as far as expenses go. I would be mad if I got the e torque and it sucked it like the OP

 

[Steekaa]

You must drive like a Grandma to get that mileage.....

 

[ferraiolo1]

Well if you want good mpg out of your truck, driving like a grandma is a must…


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