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I have a 1996 Chevy Silverado with a 6-foot bed and an extended cab.
I dunno about the milage...maybe 16 MPG, but it seems to use a lot of gas in a short period of time. Lately its been leaking antifreeze too.
It is on its 4th transmission due to some computer glitch thing. It is the first Chevy I ever bought (used) and I doubt I'd buy another. As it stands, I still have to pay on the damn thing till 2009. Buy then I'm sure it will be sitting in Marshall's Scrapyard. Love...Jill
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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2000 Dodge 1500 4x4, 5.9L auto gets about 15mpg Hiway, and about 12-13 city. Traded a smaller truck and won't look back! Hauled too much big stuff in one load rather than a lot of little loads!
-------------------- Eric Patzer A.S.A.P. Design Lafayette, CO epatzer@earthlink.net Posts: 208 | From: Lafayette, CO USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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This is lauries old man, In 2000 we ordered a new silverado ext.cab in the most basic options (stick shift & all). We needed a back seat to allow legal seating for our two kids who were raised on many installation trips. we had a 91 chevy work truck;4.3 ltr v6. I loved that truck and good milage too. I just sold it last month for $800 because it's days were numbered at 156,000. Now this 2000 has also been a great truck, it has a 4.8ltr v-8, 2wheel dr. It has an 8' bed and we all need that as sign guys. the milage on the 2000 is in the low 20's which I am very happy with seeing how we are not sacrificing any space to a mid or compact size truck. ( I laugh when I see sign people with a sign hanging over the tailgate of a 6.5' bed!) One drawback is that the 4.8 ltr was underpowered to pull heavier loads such as our hillbilly letterhead condo on wheels. So we bought a 2003 silverado HD with a 6.0 Ltr. this is where it hurts! it gets 13mpg daily/ 9mpg on the way to Atlanta Ill. in 2003. It has Nuts, but is not our most practical choice... So we have to work a little harder to feed the beast. Get a 4.8 ltr to handle any sign related use and get some elbow room too.
-------------------- Lauri Goretski Custom Murals N6334 HWY 107 TOMAHAWK WI 54487 CustomMurals1@aol.com Posts: 127 | From: Tomahawk Wi | Registered: Apr 2003
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