Town and Country; Durango

From : bigdipper48353 u38972 uwe

Q: on sun 11 nov 2007 194153 +0000 bigdipper48353 wrote i have two trucks both 1999. one is town and country with a 3.8 liter engine and the other is a durango with a 5.9 engine fully equipped with a tow package and rear wheel drive. what kind of gas mileage can i expect from each one the durango gives me 14.5 mpg and the t&c gives me about 17.4 mpg. what can i do to improve the mpg on each one drive like you have an egg under your foot other than that keep your tires aired up and use your head when you are driving it takes less fuel to maintain a speed and more fuel to accel. the harder you accel the more fuel it takes....keep these things in mind when driving for economy. -- chris .

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From : christopher thompson

on sun 11 nov 2007 113827 -0500 snoman wrote i have run tires at or near max pressure for many years on many vehicles and i have never had problems with tire life. where you might get into troble with this is very large oversized tires but it is not likely with stock type or stock sized tires. ----------------- thesnoman.com how about we try this.....assume for a minute that the automotive engineers at daimler know what they are doing.....now lets look on a door placard and use the values they set out for safe and efficient operation of the vehicle this is seriously my suggestion and the only one i would suggest anyone else follow for a highway service vehicle. -- chris .