re: Ford Eco-boost 3.5 ltr

It all depends on your driving conditions. I have to drive 60 miles to get anywhere with a speed limit of over 60, so a lot of my driving ends up being in that 60-65 mph range. If i had to go 70-75 i agree i wouldn’t get that. But i was going 60-65 on country roads.

I wasn’t towing a trailer, which i don’t know if it would have hurt or helped me in this case. Everything was in the bed of the truck or inside the truck. Seeing as i have not hit that mileage empty, i assume the extra weight helped me on the downhills. The truck has enough torque it didn’t make too much of a difference going up.

I’m not trying to bullshite anyone, my first statement was that is what i got hauling this this this. I thought it was impressive regardless if i was going 60 or 100, uphill or downhill, towing or not towing. The last time i even brought it up, people said i was full of shite that i got 30 mpg empty anywhere.

A lot of people don’t even know about these trucks and automatically think that they cost a lot more. But compared to my tundra i had before i am saving 150 a month in fuel costs. Oil changes are cheaper (the oil change itself is a little more by 20 dollars, but the Duramax has a longer manufacture recommended duration between oil changes). I haven’t gotten to the fuel filter change yet, so I’m not sure on the cost of that. But if it was 100 dollars my cost per mile is still way over the tundra i had.

This is a fun truck with a lot of power , I've been a Toyota guy for the past 13 years , and while i still love the tundra. I didn’t like the new one, i would have bought the new one if they had come out with the 5.7 or something equivalent to it. I stumbled across it because i was looking at the Chevy 6.6 gas 2500 and the Chevy 6.2 1500. I saw this and was impressed with all the numbers.

The motor is new to 2023, so for all i know it could be a flaming heap of shite down the road. But for the 17,000 miles i have drive in 6 months, it has been everything it was made out to be.