17.54 mpg

[tRustyK5]

City mileage, rush hour BS...

275.4 miles, 15.69 US gallons.

One of these days I'll get some proper freeway numbers, but based on my roadtrip home from CanmoreK5's place it should see 26 mpg or better on the freeway.

Rene

 

[azblazor]

Excellent MPG for something that trail cabable.

I just traded my 96 K1500 6.5td for a VW TDI. my wife's daily driver is now a 02 New Beetle TDI at 40-42 MPG and my DD is a 96 Passat TDI at 45-48 MPG.

 

[tRustyK5]

This is the '83 C1500 i bought off of Paul. i don't have any hard numbers on the K5 yet because I'm not currently driving it. It'll probably be fall before I get some stuff taken care of and get some numbers on that truck with the NV4500 in it. With the SM 465 the K5 managed 16.3 mpg freeway...but it was spinning at 2700 rpm the whole time.

Buying the '83 off of Paul gave me a reliable commuter that wasn't hard on fuel...as well as gave me a pick-up and all the practical utility that comes with it for house stuff.

Ironically it gets the same mileage as our 2002 Pontiac Montana on the freeway, but gets better mileage in town...

Rene