The bad thing about having a V8.

"Anon" (tjsielsistneb) 02/01/2015 at 17:35 • Filed to: None

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I drive a 2008 GMC sierra pickup and it's great! Tons of torque and I can carry horse feed! However as a broke college student I wish it got a bit better gas milage because then I could go on trips without having to sell my kidneys. For example, I love doing street photography however the only place I can do it near here is in New Orleans, which is 200 miles away. If we consider that my pickup does 12 mpg on the hwy and the current cost of gas is around $1.90, that works out to gas costing $31.66 cents for one way. Then to go back it's another 200 miles so that's another $31.66. In total, I wold have to spend $63.32 to go there and back in my truck. And if we go back to where gas cost $3.60 a gallon it would be about $120!

I swear there are times I miss owning my civic. At current gas prices that thing could do the entire trip for $20!

Brian Silvestro > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:37

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rip mini cooper

Anon > Brian Silvestro 02/01/2015 at 17:38

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Oh hell no! That thing only got about 22mpg and was uncomfortable as hell! I would rather walk a 200 mile trip than ride one in the mini!

DoYouEvenShift > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:39

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12 on the highway! Thats the lowest Ive seen for one of those.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:41

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streamline it into a hypermiler?

according to betterengineoil.com this cap improved fuel economy by a whole 4%

duurtlang > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:45

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That's horrible, even with the comically cheap gas you guys have in the US, especially nowadays. Why would you have such a vehicle as a broke college student?

Anon > duurtlang 02/01/2015 at 17:46

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Because I got it for free.

duurtlang > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:46

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Fair enough.

Brian Silvestro > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:47

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wtf 22mpgs...

GhostZ > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:47

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*the bad thing about having a large, inefficient V8 in a heavy vehicle and a lead foot.

Theoretically you'd get better gas mileage out of a V8 than an I4 for the same displacement, but a 2.0l V8 that isn't just a destroked 3.0l or so is going to be rather fragile.

Anon > GhostZ 02/01/2015 at 17:49

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I mean I'm not thaaaat bad with having a lead foot.

ly2v8-Brian > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:50

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How is your mileage so poor? My Silverado gets around 17 on the highway/city.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:53

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12 seems really low for an 08. 5.3 or 6.2?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Anon 02/01/2015 at 17:54

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12mpg isn't as awful as a 20 year old Ford small block that gets about 8-10 on the highway depending on if it's towing a trailer or not.

Anon > ly2v8-Brian 02/01/2015 at 17:54

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When it was my dad's he put on bigger wheels changed in offroad gears. amazing what that'll do to destroy fuel economy.

Anon > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 02/01/2015 at 17:57

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5.3 with bigger wheels and off road gear ratio.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Anon 02/01/2015 at 18:07

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Ah. What size wheels you running?

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Anon 02/01/2015 at 18:09

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On the plus side, you're not in my situation: I only get about the same mileage out of a 3.o Ranger! At least you can expect low mileage out of a bigger truck.

ly2v8-Brian > Anon 02/01/2015 at 18:12

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yeah that'll do it

JGrabowMSt > Brian Silvestro 02/01/2015 at 18:13

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K-Roll gets like 22 in his FoST too...I don't get it. I've been in too much traffic lately to really get an idea of my new average, but before the motor went, I was getting 20avg in the HEMIWagon, and I get 18 average in the SL600. I have no idea how you guys drive your pint sized 4 bangers, but you should be getting way better mileage than my V8 and V12, because those things are beasts...

What's your FiST get?

Brian Silvestro > JGrabowMSt 02/01/2015 at 18:19

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29mpg, which is shit

JGrabowMSt > Brian Silvestro 02/01/2015 at 18:23

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29? I was getting that in my Neon like clockwork...for the size of the motor and the weight of the FiST, I don't think that's too bad... but I think you could get into the 30's without much trouble if you tried.

Brian Silvestro > JGrabowMSt 02/01/2015 at 18:30

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I mean, I don't try so

Jedidiah > Anon 02/01/2015 at 18:50

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12 mpg is about what I'm used to

GhostZ > Anon 02/01/2015 at 19:05

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Does the 2008 Sierra have cylinder deactivation? I'm assuming it's either the 5.3 or 6.2l v8.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Anon 02/01/2015 at 20:24

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Solution: sell GMC, buy cheap Jeep Comanche. The Jeep won't get all that much better MPG than the GMC, but you can still haul horse feed in it, and you can turn the rest of the money you get from selling the GMC into fuel.