LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 We just had one our Customer/Employee appreciations day's here at work. BBQ ribs and all the fixins. Great time. I was talking with one of our customers who just recently purchased a 08 6.4 F450. He is pissed off about only getting 5-6 mph with it. He also purchased a Superchip tuner from us(I didn't sell it, WON'T) He was voicing out about the crappy mileage it get's, after talking for a while found out he has 4.88 gears in it and also pulls a 4 place horse trailer with it. I tried to explain to him that this is a work truck and won't get decent mileage with it, but to no avail, according to him I still didn't know what I was talking about,(go figure the customer knows best, HA) I told him if he wanted mileage he should have bought a F250 instead. He didn't like my reply. I hate that the government has the est. fuel mileage on all of the stickers on the trucks, these guy's think this is gospel or something of the sort. Ford really needs to clarify this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Super Duty trucks don't have fuel economy ratings printed on the window stickers. According to the stickers "fuel ratings are not required for this vehicle." I do not know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Maybe I was wrong on my statement about the window stickers,( I personnally have not seen them, my bad ) but I believe the end users think that all F-series trucks should get about the same mileage. At least the one that was in my store today did. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif I think the "salesmen" should be educating the customers a little better. I know I know salesmen don't care, they sell it we deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 A bad delivery is all too common. Many diesel owners are much more knowledgeable than you average car buyer though. They crave information and just looking at some of the forums you will see why... then again, looking at some forums you will see why so many people have no clue of have been fed bad advice and information. I doubt any sales person is going to share poor fuel economy info during a sales pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysonfordtech Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I get asked all the time what the expected fuel mileage on the 6.4 powered rigs will be. We first ran into problems on one of the first units we sold, the salesman told the customer he could expect around 16-20 mpg. He returned mad as hell with about 12 mpg. My usual response now when asked about the mileage of these rigs is bad, very bad followed by around 11 give or take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHNO60 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 GOTTA TELL U GUYS, IM GETTING AROUND 15 STREET AND ABOUT 22 HWY.AFTER IT REGENS MY MILEAGE SUCKS UNTIL ABOUT 50 MILES LATER THEN BACK TO 15 AND 22. AND GOD DAM THIS THING LOVES TO REGEN! AND ALWAYS AT THE MOST UNWANTED TIMES.ACCELERATION SMOKES LIKE A BITCH WHEN UNDER REGEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Had a customer complaining about only getting 6-8mpg. After the truck got about 2-3000 miles on it the milage went up but is still only 9-10mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordracer Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I had two customers with 450's and 4.88 gears complaining about 7-8 mpg with less than 5,000 miles. We told them with those gears what do you expect. A 450 is not a grocery getter it's for hauling and I bet it does a damn good job of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHNO60 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 THE MILEAGE DEFINITLY GOES UP.IVE SEEN AS HIGH AS 24 MPG ON HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS OF DRIVING. AS FAR AS YOU 4.88 F450, 7-8 IS ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING.AFTER ALL WHAT DO THEY EXPECT FROM A DUAL WHEEL TRUCK? THAT TRUCK HAS THE ROLLING RESISTANCE OF A SHERMAN TANK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Johnson Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Just as a comparison I am getting around 14 around town and 20-22 on the highway in my 08 f-250 with a 5.4 and 3.73 gears 3800kms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul BDP Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Fuel Mileage will improve at or around 15,ooo miles. The 6.4 requires a minimum of 45 cetane ULSD fuel. Suggest the use of PM22A Cetane Booster to insure fuel quality. It is...what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 best fuel mileage i've heard was 12 and the truck had 17k.. i get this complain alot and poeple are just dying for product to come out to increase fuel economy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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