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I have the Dodge 318, which has been one of their better engines throughout the years. I believe that is equivalent to 5.2l or 5200 cc.
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hmm, I admit I'm not up on new vehicles. Not having bought one in 10 years. So I looked this up.Originally posted by Ted Striker
Do you think Hemi is just a bunch of hype?
They seem to have done good with the whole marketing of it.
It says it can shut down 4 cylinders when not in use
. That's pretty cool.
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I just heard about that this week!
But I didn't realize that the Hemi had that. I have new respect for it.We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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Thats quite Funny- Americans measure Miles per Galleon and Europeans litres used for 100 km.
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I have the same engine in my '98 4x2 Dakota.Originally posted by Dissident
I have the Dodge 318, which has been one of their better engines throughout the years. I believe that is equivalent to 5.2l or 5200 cc.
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In Europe you know how much to fill up to get a set distance where in America you know how far you'll get on a set volume?Originally posted by Main_Brain
Thats quite Funny- Americans measure Miles per Galleon and Europeans litres used for 100 km.
Lets think a Moment about the Implications this has..
Or are the implications more astounding than that?Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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in the UK we use mpg too."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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But our gallons are bigger.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
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Ford = Fix Or Repair Daily
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Re: Ford lies about fuel economy.
Hmmmm... just got off the phone with my mechanic, and he thinks the mechanics you are talking to are all full of it... 15 mpg, sure... 10 or less, and you have a mechanical problem that desperately needs to be fixed.Originally posted by floppy_lobster
Ive taken it to mechanic after mechanic theyve all said its normal for owners to average only 5-15 mpg in this car.
You obviously have no clue to level of testing involved, and the support documention required by the governmentFord just made up the fuel economy.
Everybody knows that the numbers are for comparison only, and don't really reflect reality... it's almost impossible to hit their numbers even under optimum conditions...I still have the msrp sticker where it says 25 is average.
However, just because you can't get those numbers in real life, doesn't mean that Ford, or any of the other car companies are lying... They are all just using the system/tests that the government mandates.
Maybe you should take your car to a real mechanic.What the hell.
Getting just 5 MPG from you car means something is REALLY wrong
Keep on Civin'
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Wouldn't know. I don't drive.Originally posted by C0ckney
in the UK we use mpg too.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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Big difference between the standard 4.8L V8 and the 5.7 L Hemi with little difference in the fuel economy.Originally posted by Ted Striker
I just heard about that this week!
But I didn't realize that the Hemi had that. I have new respect for it.
Daddy Og just got hisself one. WOOOHOOO!
Gets about 16 mpg around town.
[airplane the movie mode]
Guess I picked the wrong week to give up fuel economy
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I've had my Ford Probe GT for 10 years now and it has the same engine and trany as the cougar and I normally get around 20-22 mpg. ISomething tells me you are exagerating (it could be that you claimed to have gone through 8000 alternators and other such claims).
BTW in 10 years my car has broken down exactly once and it was because the car had 94k miles on it and I was supposed to replace the fan belt at 75k miles. I was a poor college student and just kept pushing my luck. The car has preformed flawlessly.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Not surprisingly people in the know disagree with you. They make their living monitoring and comparing this stuff and Ward's Auto World (a trade publication for the Auto Industry) says some Ford engine's are amoung the best you can buy.Originally posted by Asher
Ford can't make a decent engine to save their life.
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