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Uploaded on January 23, 2013Let me start off by saying I know absolutely nothing about my truck. Vehicles are something I never got in too and never will. Don't get my wrong, I love my truck and will never stop driving trucks, I just don't understand engines and wht not.
So anyways, I have a 2010 Chevy Silverado Z71 in great shape and I plan on keeping this truck till it completely dies. Anyways, part of my vehicle's package is I have the option to drive it as an automatic or as a standard. Between regular house work and stuff I do a fair amount of driving. Most of it is what I would consider "city driving", IE stop lights, traffic, and everything else. With gas prices at $3.30 a gallon though it is getting annoying putting $80.00 bucks a week into my truck and then watching the gas needle plummet.
So my question is how much money could I save driving my truck manually, even if I only do it on my highway trips or when I drive back roads.
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I don't think you'll save anything.
You would save a little, but not really enough to notice a huge difference.
You would have to shift at exactly the precise time every time to save anything and I don't think you would save anything. My truck is set up the same way and I don't even think about it unless I am coming down a mountain.
I'm with Sarge. That feature, IMO, is more for pulling a heavy load uphill or using your transmission for braking when coming down a steep hill. If you have overdrive, use it on the highway and drive for the city application. In general, I've found my chevy pick-up with a 5.3L to get around 15 mpg. Keep your oil changed, tires inflated to suggested PSI and your air filter clean, and that's about all you can do to help your fuel milage.
You guys are going to have change brands. I have a 2011 Ford F150 with a 5.0 360 HP engine and I get anywhere from 18mpg to 21mpg on the highway. I think that my 6 speed auto trans may help with the gas milage on the highway. I was plesantly surprised when I purchased the truck because I doubted the gas mileage claim. I have about 22,000 miles on the truck and couldn't be happier with the power and gas mileage combined. Ford completely redesigned their engines in 2011 and they definately made great improvements. The 5.0 engine is the previous 302 engine redesigned with 4 valves per cyclinder.
On the highway my truck shut down to a V4 and I if I'm careful I can get 40MPG+... At least according to my truck computer. The city whole different story. But thank you guys for the responses.
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I don't think you'll save anything.
You would save a little, but not really enough to notice a huge difference.
You would have to shift at exactly the precise time every time to save anything and I don't think you would save anything. My truck is set up the same way and I don't even think about it unless I am coming down a mountain.
I'm with Sarge. That feature, IMO, is more for pulling a heavy load uphill or using your transmission for braking when coming down a steep hill. If you have overdrive, use it on the highway and drive for the city application. In general, I've found my chevy pick-up with a 5.3L to get around 15 mpg. Keep your oil changed, tires inflated to suggested PSI and your air filter clean, and that's about all you can do to help your fuel milage.
You guys are going to have change brands. I have a 2011 Ford F150 with a 5.0 360 HP engine and I get anywhere from 18mpg to 21mpg on the highway. I think that my 6 speed auto trans may help with the gas milage on the highway. I was plesantly surprised when I purchased the truck because I doubted the gas mileage claim. I have about 22,000 miles on the truck and couldn't be happier with the power and gas mileage combined. Ford completely redesigned their engines in 2011 and they definately made great improvements. The 5.0 engine is the previous 302 engine redesigned with 4 valves per cyclinder.
On the highway my truck shut down to a V4 and I if I'm careful I can get 40MPG+... At least according to my truck computer. The city whole different story. But thank you guys for the responses.
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