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Guys,

 

A few of you may have noticed a thread where I had been having evap large leak issues, then a fuel leak issue with my truck.  I finally got all that resolved by replacing all the fuel lines.  Anywho - I went to buy a motorcycle this past weekend.  I went from south Atlanta metro to between Orlando & Tampa to buy the bike.  Turns out it was a turd, so I told the dude to pound sand, and didn't buy it, and rolled back home.  I wanted to just put my $0.02 in when it comes to mpg.

 

The trailer is a simple 875 pound 5' x 10' single axle utility trailer.  I fold the trailer ramp down forward, laying it on the bed of the trailer and strapping it down.  It does have steel grating, but is a fairly big wind drag when the trailer is empty (why I lay it down out of the way).  I ran 70 mph on the way down there and 70 mph on the way back.  I know some of you guys like to cruise at 90 mph, so yeah ... I roll slow.  The good thing is, the traffic was heavy (but moving), and since I was going slower than most (speed limit 70 mph, I was rock steady on GPS verified 70 mph), I never had to back off the cruise.  I just stayed over out of the way the just let it cruise.  I had no issues, I just relaxed and enjoyed the ride.

 

The point being, I averaged 19.00 mpg over the whole trip.  954 miles / 50.208 gallons.  So yeah, you can look at it as I wasted $167 in fuel (true).  But I dodged a much bigger bullet not buying that turd.  The truck ran great.  Had no issues over that trip.  I used A/C maybe 30% of the time (blows ice).  It seems to be running really good ... for now.  The truck is a 4.8L SCSB 2WD.

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15 minutes ago, 7milesout said:

Guys,

 

A few of you may have noticed a thread where I had been having evap large leak issues, then a fuel leak issue with my truck.  I finally got all that resolved by replacing all the fuel lines.  Anywho - I went to buy a motorcycle this past weekend.  I went from south Atlanta metro to between Orlando & Tampa to buy the bike.  Turns out it was a turd, so I told the dude to pound sand, and didn't buy it, and rolled back home.  I wanted to just put my $0.02 in when it comes to mpg.

 

The trailer is a simple 875 pound 5' x 10' single axle utility trailer.  I fold the trailer ramp down forward, laying it on the bed of the trailer and strapping it down.  It does have steel grating, but is a fairly big wind drag when the trailer is empty (why I lay it down out of the way).  I ran 70 mph on the way down there and 70 mph on the way back.  I know some of you guys like to cruise at 90 mph, so yeah ... I roll slow.  The good thing is, the traffic was heavy (but moving), and since I was going slower than most (speed limit 70 mph, I was rock steady on GPS verified 70 mph), I never had to back off the cruise.  I just stayed over out of the way the just let it cruise.  I had no issues, I just relaxed and enjoyed the ride.

 

The point being, I averaged 19.00 mpg over the whole trip.  954 miles / 50.208 gallons.  So yeah, you can look at it as I wasted $167 in fuel (true).  But I dodged a much bigger bullet not buying that turd.  The truck ran great.  Had no issues over that trip.  I used A/C maybe 30% of the time (blows ice).  It seems to be running really good ... for now.  The truck is a 4.8L SCSB 2WD.

What I get of the story and what I live by. Never go over 100 miles for any purchase. Especially any vehicle. Something will always show up in that range. Too good to be true usually is.

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You're right.  I agree with you 99%.  The only 1% exception was that this was / is a rare motorcycle.  It felt like it had been crashed.  And there were some other suspicious issues, so I just walked away.  But yeah, you are right.

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