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Old 05-23-2016, 06:26 PM
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Default horrible fuel economy

in my ranger 2003 3.0l im getting around 10 in the city, my tires are 30 if that has anything to do with it. But 10 is still soo bad. What can I do?

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30 inches for tires by the way
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Old 05-24-2016, 02:29 PM
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Default Re: horrible fuel economy

Have you done any maintenance lately? How many miles are on it? Is it a manual or auto trans? What method are you using to determine your gas mileage? If You have larger tires on it, have you done anything to recalibrate the speedometer? With a larger tire, you are actually going faster and farther than what your speedometer says. (I'm assuming the tires are not factory)
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Old 05-24-2016, 04:49 PM
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30 inch tires, automatic, 102000 miles, has not had that much maintenance lately though.
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Old 05-24-2016, 05:34 PM
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Stop and go traffic kills gas mileage no matter what you drive unless it's hybrid
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