Update.... The facts:
Closing in on 12000 miles today and I've had some pretty varied usage so I thought I would give some more feedback. Lifetime average on the truck is currently 24.3. That includes idle time, some trailer pulling and tons of city driving. My truck normally has about 1000lbs of tools and equipment in it at all times. Just for comparison sakes my normal highway mileage usually settles in at around 26-28mpg with the cruise set at 75. Thats in the predominantly flat but very windy Dakotas and Minnesota. I've only had one longer trailer pull and that was an 8x20 open Floe trailer with 2 sleds on it. About 230 miles (from hay days back to fargo) and the average was 22.7 with the cruise set at 74. Granted its pretty flat but the most impressive thing is it never once downshifted out of 8th gear. It just chuggs along at that speed and rpm.
As far as DEF usage goes this is a little sketchy. I was keeping track until about 8k miles but haven't since then. My math shows its using very little but I'm not gonna totally stand behind these numbers. That said my math shows roughly 1 gallon of DEF every 450 miles.
The good:
Mileage of course is awesome. compared to my hemi I'm $120 a month less in fuel costs. Obviously my miles are higher than most but it makes sense for me. Power is actually very good. Its a little laggy off the line but once it gets going it really scoots along. Just for a comparison my buddy has an 04 chevy 1500 with a 5.3 (bone stock) and was bragging about how much quicker his truck was over mine based on his seat of the pants experience. So we lined them up and both trucks were dead even up to about 70mph where we let off. He claims that he won but he was at most about a half a foot ahead of me. That was 3 runs all pretty much the same result. I think he was actually pretty disappointed because he sure loves his old chebby.
The bad:
A couple small things. Had one key fob that had a dead battery and didn't work. The air conditioned seats could be quieter. And the big gripe is the oil change is ludacris expensive. The filter is $60 alone. 11 quarts of oil as well. The only saving grace is it only needs a change every 10k miles.
Well there it is. :face-icon-small-hap
Closing in on 12000 miles today and I've had some pretty varied usage so I thought I would give some more feedback. Lifetime average on the truck is currently 24.3. That includes idle time, some trailer pulling and tons of city driving. My truck normally has about 1000lbs of tools and equipment in it at all times. Just for comparison sakes my normal highway mileage usually settles in at around 26-28mpg with the cruise set at 75. Thats in the predominantly flat but very windy Dakotas and Minnesota. I've only had one longer trailer pull and that was an 8x20 open Floe trailer with 2 sleds on it. About 230 miles (from hay days back to fargo) and the average was 22.7 with the cruise set at 74. Granted its pretty flat but the most impressive thing is it never once downshifted out of 8th gear. It just chuggs along at that speed and rpm.
As far as DEF usage goes this is a little sketchy. I was keeping track until about 8k miles but haven't since then. My math shows its using very little but I'm not gonna totally stand behind these numbers. That said my math shows roughly 1 gallon of DEF every 450 miles.
The good:
Mileage of course is awesome. compared to my hemi I'm $120 a month less in fuel costs. Obviously my miles are higher than most but it makes sense for me. Power is actually very good. Its a little laggy off the line but once it gets going it really scoots along. Just for a comparison my buddy has an 04 chevy 1500 with a 5.3 (bone stock) and was bragging about how much quicker his truck was over mine based on his seat of the pants experience. So we lined them up and both trucks were dead even up to about 70mph where we let off. He claims that he won but he was at most about a half a foot ahead of me. That was 3 runs all pretty much the same result. I think he was actually pretty disappointed because he sure loves his old chebby.
The bad:
A couple small things. Had one key fob that had a dead battery and didn't work. The air conditioned seats could be quieter. And the big gripe is the oil change is ludacris expensive. The filter is $60 alone. 11 quarts of oil as well. The only saving grace is it only needs a change every 10k miles.
Well there it is. :face-icon-small-hap
