Taking my Dakota to Maine last weekend on a 300+ round trip run we average
17mpg. Thats in the snow and includes my wife getting it stuck in the snow on
my parent's front lawn...
Best we ever did was 22mpg on a 1000 mile round trip.
Worst was 10mpg on a 300 mile one way towing 6000#.
Towing my 190D back from New Jersey it did just under 16mpg.
I've had it about 130,000 miles and been very pleased.
A Sprinter diesel I'd never thought of, I'd contemplated a Detroit 4cyl at
one point.
Still I figure the gasser 318 (its a '96, the last of the old body style) has
probably got another 100,000 in it. I hate to replace anything before its time.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:49:06 -0800
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> Jim has mentioned he doesn't frequently drive the Frankenheap on the
> highway, so his good mileage makes sense.
That is true, but the best mileage has been on tanks that included
more freeway driving. That may have still been in the cobweb-clearing
phase. Right now I drive so little that data points are a bit hard
to come by. Also I have envisioned eventually taking the heap on
cross-State trips, but it is not quite yet up to the required
standard of reliability. (Everything needs to work perfectly
and have done so for awhile, else my wife will be really nervous.
Also I'd like to have the CC installed. And the trunk emptied
of parts. And the rear footwell lakes cured. And and and...)
> I've seen the other phenomenon also, my Dakota is a V8, a friend
has
> a newer one with a V6. I was shocked to find we get the same mileage
> and sometimes I get a bit better. This surprised me because my truck
> has a buncha miles
Dakotas (and Durangos) get worse mileage than they ought to,
it seems to me. Anomalies like that don't surprise me.
I'd like to have a last-generation 4wd extended-cab long-bed
Dakota with a Sprinter diesel motor in it. My wife would
really like it, too. Perfect styling (to me), functionality,
and fuel consumption system all in one place.
Come to think of it, there's a _lot_ of vehicles out there that
could be substantially enhanced by having a Sprinter diesel in
them!
-- Jim
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Catalytic converts have some rare (equals expensive) metals in them, thus
recycling is very profitable. I image that the OEM units have more the rare
metals and bring higher prices than the generic ones.
Trampas
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While on the subject, I am curious what it was that I witnessed.
Several months ago I went to a bone yard full of Euro cars.
I couldn't find anyone around and followed some voices coming out of a metal
building.
There they all were, gathered around a pile of cats. One guy was handed one
piece at a time, looked it over, called "OEM" or "Generic" and tossed it in
one of two bins.
Two guys were sitting with tablets on their laps and scoring. Outside was a
big delivery truck, obviously waiting to pick up the scrap cats.
Why did they sort and count them and had so many witnesses watching it?
--
Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82 300SD, '95 E300D
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