Posted: Nov 27 2007 at 2:13pm | IP Logged

Noreaster, just bought the same setup but a 2007 about 3.5 months ago.  Took it on the first fairly long trip for Thankksgiving and then deer hunting.  Just got home and the numbers for each leg of the trip are below.  To achieve this, I used high test gas and have changed the motor oil and the rear end fluid to Mobil 1 synthetic.  Each fillup was a real fillup, done til I could see the gas in the filler neck, not just to pump shut off.

Part 1.  Filled upo with a warm engine and drove 148.0 miles on a highway system that was almost all 4 lane.  Had two stop lights.  5.76 gallons used which equates to 25.7 mpg.

Part 2.  Left house where we had Thankksgiving and drove to my son's place about 40 miles away.  Ran around town with two cold starts when it was 20F in the morning.  Drove 101.0 miles under these conditions and used 6.07 gallons which comes out to just under 17 mpg.

Part 3.  Left my sons and filled up with a warm engine.  Drove 45 miles to deer camp.  Left camp once to go to eat.  Left camp today and drove home on 4 lane roads.  133.1 miles on 5.67 gallons which equals 23.5 mpg.

Iam very pleased with these numbers.

Posted: Dec 02 2007 at 5:46pm | IP Logged

doesn't the rear come with synthetic gear oil from the factory?