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Old 04-17-2008, 12:31 PM   #1
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Wahoo Breaking in my chevy 2500

Today I filled up ($100) and we took a 140 mile round trip drive. Mostly country roads and some freeway. Kept the speed between 45-59 (as much as possible) except for 4 miles of gravel 20MPH road.

I finally hit 19.9MPG. I have 13800 miles on the 2007 classic 2500 D/A.
The best prior was 19.1 once. Using the DIC (which is very accurate), I saw 19.4, and continued to watch it increase while driving bock home. Yes I had the egg between my foot and the pedal, and did try to get the best possible mileage.

Now I know with this mileage, its not broken in yet, but its on is way in the right direction. Maybe it helped that we put about 7,000 miles of towing the Montana on it during this period.

Any way I just had to tell someone.
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Old 04-18-2008, 05:01 AM   #2
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Bob- I've got just about the same TV as you except mine is the new bodystyle! We took it to GA and AL about a month ago without the Monte and I averaged between 19-24 MPG. I'm averaging between 12-14 in citiy driving or cruising. It depended on the head winds and etc. for the open road mileage. I also did some experimenting by adding an additive on the way down and saw no difference between down and back to Omaha! Keep us informed on the results. The mechanic at the dealer I go to says we won't see the best mileage till we hit about 25,000 then it will even out!
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Old 04-19-2008, 08:05 AM   #3
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Our 2007 NBS D/A averages about 13-14 around town w/o Monte behind 'er. Close to 20 but not there yet on highway. Usually have the A/C on on highway to moderate noise level. Good darn truck
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