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Was this from a standing start or was this 25 miles with the gauge reset while you were already rolling along at 75 mph? There are lots of games you can play to make the gauge look good, but is that your real fuel economy? My 5.3, 3.42 gear, 4x4 with 20" factory wheels gets on average 20.5 if I stay on the highway and at around 65mph. 70-80mph and it is lucky to see 19.2. My truck has 20,000 miles on it now, so it is fully broken in too. Mike

Just finished a 3100 mile road trip, driving was either 80mph interstate or stop and go traffic, or mountainous terrain in the Smoky Mountains. Had an average of 19.1 mpg for the whole trip. I'm satisfied! Mike

Do you think some of your shaking issues could be related to the lift kit on your truck? And do you really think comparing it to an Escape is a fair comparison? Mike

It's hard to show sarcasm in a post. If you read through people's posts, the GY SRA's seem to be part of the problem. Mike

Not to fear, not all of us have had troulbe. 10000 miles, and it's only been to the dealer for an oil change and the recalls. None of which effected the truck adversely. And I even have the dreaded GY SRA's on my truck. Good luck with yours! Mike

Your fuel mileage will be lousy with E85, the savings there comes from the greatly reduced cost at the pump. Mike

IF you were driving against a 60mph wind, you could easily lose that kind of mileage. A 20mph headwind will knock mine down 2-3mpg. Mike

Here you go.. I love the color. Looks good and doesn't show the dirt and dust too bad. Mike

I've experienced the flat spotted tires in the cold if it has sat for a day or two, but that goes away after 2 or 3 miles as soon as some heat gets back in the tires. Mike

It was rather poorly thought out, mine don't fit well either. So much hassle to get them in that I just put them in the center storage area. If you are going to take the tiime to put something new in, you should take the time to research it. Mike

Disc brakes on all four wheels for 2014. Mike

That 20mpg figure included 400 miles with a 24-30mph tailwind which was getting me about 22.5mpg. I thought it would be less than 20mpg. Mike

At one time they thought the fix was to put on Continental tires instead of the Goodyears. Mike

My lifetime average from the Onstar app is 20mpg for 5500 miles. More in town driving here lately and the average is down near 17.5 lately. Mike

If it is an issue with the frame, that could relate back to harmonics. It could be a bad run of steel, poor heat treat processes, poor assembly processes, or any number of things. I would think if it was a frame causing problems, it would be a non repairable problem though and a potentially random problem. If it was a material problem, you would think it would be sequential serial numbers produced at the same time from that same lot of steel. Mike