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Posted by john in la on January 27, 2005 at 10:54:45 from (65.6.106.116):
Please excuse me while I rant a little. Got the new truck in Sunday. (class 8 pete) Looks nice and rides a lot better with the new suspension they have on these trucks. The thing that gets me is this motor. Our last truck had a C14 Cat that is no longer available. It has been replaced by the C13 with twin turbo. While it is still new (less than 3000 miles) I can tell I hate this motor already. It does not pull as good.
Weighs a lot more. (truck weighs 500 lbs more even with this new lighter suspension.
But the main thing that gets me is the fuel mileage. It is suppose to average 1 mpg less than the older motors. We were getting 7.5 mpg with old truck and now get about 6.2 mpg. That should go up a little to 6.5 mpg which will put us right at the 1 mpg less it is suppose to get. This makes us burn 15 gallons of fuel more now per day than before or about 5000 gallons per year. So can some one tell me how I can burn 5000 gallons more fuel and still have less exhaust fumes? I have been thinking about this all week and can not get this straight in my mind. Sounds to me like the oil companies built these new motors and the EPA went right along with it. I feel much better now.
Thanks
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