[mojogoat]

Is this new? Diesel MPG for Transit and PM.
New Ford Transit Van Pushes MPG and Torque Boundaries - PickupTrucks.com News

 

[Longboard]

Pretty crazy forum! Guys there are talking about other's posting in their name, and then I come across a Sprinter 4 cyl post that quotes my comments made in this forum and is submitted by someone calling themselves LB!
Someone is pretending to be me!
I'm flattered.

 

[VanMan]

Try to be civil to your fellow blog readers.
Stay on topic. We want to hear your opinions and thoughts, but please only comment about the specified topic in the blog post.


"Sounds like the members are not happy"

 

[Longboard]

Yeah well the guy that posted that copied from the rules at the bottom is LB.
Maybe he is real and it's just coincidence that he quoted me and linked to the thread.
I posted there as Longboard and asked if he was real, nobody responded yet, but LB has been posting since. Maybe he is a regular there and just has been reading this forum and thought it a good thread to link to.
Either way, nothing new in that long thread over there, they are all just speculating, as was the author of the original article.

 

[mojogoat]

Where did the MPG for the diesels come from? Are they legit?

 

[Longboard]

"The all-new inline-five-cylinder PowerStroke turbo-diesel coming later for the Transit van does not have any official fuel economy estimates yet, but you can expect them to play in the same ballpark as its most direct competitor, the Ram ProMaster 3.0-liter I-4 EcoDiesel which we've heard is around 18/26 mpg city/highway."

Pure speculation, nothing new

 

[morgan]

Where did the MPG for the diesels come from? Are they legit?

"*Estimated"

Morgan

 

[Longboard]

Estimated is from testing, and the results are still just that.....estimates.
In this article the guy takes hearsay from the few rare diesel Promaster drivers and then guesses that the Transit will be the same.
Estimates are worth using as general comparison numbers, but this Transit diesel guess holds very little value in my opinion.

 

[mojogoat]

After reading it, and since my cup is usually 1/2 full and I've always exceeded EPA estimated MPG of my vehicles with my normal driving habits, I'm confident in those numbers. That puts the Transit on equal footing with the PM in my decision between them. The Transit will cost a little more but nowhere near the Sprinter.

 

[mogulman]

The article has one error in it. Passenger vehicles, such as SUVs and passenger vans with GVWR of less than 10,000 need to provide EPA estimates. Pickup trucks and cargo vans with GVWR less than 8,500# need to provide EPA estimates.

Which Vehicles Are Tested

 

[davidfalzarano6]

powerstroke 3.2mpg

I have a 350 transit srw with the 3.2 powerstroke with just over 2000 miles on the odometer and getting 21.3mpg pretty impressed

 

[TXAggie]

Here are the numbers I calculated on the 2 T350 wagons I had/have:

T350 XLT, 12 pax wagon, HR, LB, SRW, 3.2L, 3.31 LS Rear Axle, 235/65R16C Continental Vanco Four Season tires, 9,250# GVWR:
11,214 miles, 558.5 gals, 85 days => 20.08 MPG overall

T350HD XL, 15 pax wagon, HR, EL, DRW, 3.2L, 3.73 LS Rear Axle, 195/75R16C Hankook Dynapro HT RH12 tires, 10,360# GVWR:
4,706 miles, 243.9 gals, 27 days => 19.29 MPG overall