This is kinda the opposite I experienced with my 2014 Subaru Forester (FB 25 engine)....where the combination of "recommended" 0W-20 oil and cheap rings was making the oil dissapear with some people losing a quart of oil in less than 1000 miles in some instances. In my case it was never more...
OUCH! looking at those old rear jump seats is giving me a back ache...I remember stuffing a couple of my friends back there on a 2-hr trip to a ski mountain...haven't talked to me since then...:crackup:
Though, I didn't have the suicide doors on my supercab, so it really was like stuffing...
$50 well spent...did the same to my last three vehicles, one has had wheelskins for 20 years (my '88 BMW 528e which I still own) and look and feel as good as new! For those interested, the Ranger size is size C
Hi there, Mike from New Hampshah! This is my third Ford Ranger and my sixth Ford (previous cars were 84 Escort, 84 EXP, 89 Probe GL). Traded my last Ranger in 2006 for a 06 Hyundai Tucson (blah), and the Tucson for a 2014 Subaru Forester (better, still not quite a truck)...All my cars have been...
Second fill-up:
9.4 gallons
235 miles of mixed driving, mostly secondary (and very frost-heaved) roads, running between 45-65 mph with the autostart off, and some instances in 4H at about 40-45 mph in slushy snow. Computer registered a 25.4 mpg average (reset when filled tank) with a...
First fill up: 9.5 gallons on 150 miles (140 of those were mine) 15.8 MPG calculated vs the truck computer 14.3. The same truck computer registered today 26.3 MPG on a road trip from Dover NH, to Waterford, ME...82 miles of mixed 55 mph down to 40-45 mph secondary roads. Transmission in D and...