It's more of a compromise than being a full on Sunday driver. I live in a pretty hilly area. I roll in and out of the throttle like there's a hard boiled egg between my foot and the pedal. I learned to do this in a previous older F-150 just to achieve 16 mpg vs the 13 mpg I was getting. I keep up with traffic no problems at all. I have never had any real problem achieving the rated mpg on any vehicle and sometimes have bested it significantly. The reality with any of the EcoBoost engines is you can have Eco or Boost, but the more of either one gives you less of the other. Some people complain about that, but I like the fact that I have the choice. The smaller turbo engines comparatively, will usually use more gas when pulling or hauling than a bigger counterpart due to requiring more boost. The 2.7 gets the same or worse mpg towing as the 3.5 etc. I really think the 2.7 would have easily gotten as good or better mpg as the 2.3 in everyday driving for most people and significantly better when hauling or towing. I'm not complaining about the 2.3. I think Ford has the best powertrain option in the mid size class. I think the 2.7 would have changed the class forever. Okay, I'm done rambling.....
I think another thing that impacts mileage that I've seen is the duration of trips. A lot of short trips with the truck not warming up fully will very much hurt the mileage. My first tank in my 2WD XL, STX was 18.5 reading and 18 actual. Since then I've gotten a range between 19.5 and 22. I now have 2200 miles on it. My commute which is a mix of highway and mostly traffic on these highways consistently has been netting me 19.5-21 (actual with the dash just a bit higher) compared to my 2008 GMC Canyon with the3 2.9 4 banger and 4 speed auto which got 16.5-17.5 under the same conditions. So. roughly a 3 MPG bump.
The 4.0 v6 was a great engine for its time.
What are you going to do for a bed? First one I've seen with a bed delete....Just got back last night with my new Ranger. Drove 1800 miles to get home. All highway driving 75-82mph got 20-22mpg. 20mpg was driving 80-82 and got 22 when driving closer to 75mph.
nice. I have a bunch of kinfolk in that area. I'll just assume we're cousins
