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Old October 22nd 04, 09:48 PM
Luke
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Wicked96SS > wrote in message >...
> On 20 Oct 2004, AntwainBarbour wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Dan > wrote in message >. ..
> > > Yes, it's about what I expected. I can live with 18 mpg around town.
> > > The tank holds 19 gallons. I'm going on a road trip this weekend, and
> > > I'll report the hiwaay mileage next week. YMMV.
> > >
> > > One thing I didn't expect is that an oil change requires a full 7
> > > quarts of oil if you change the filter. Using synthetic like I do,
> > > this runs up the cost of an oil change quite a bit. Dodge recommends
> > > 5W20, and the synthetic equivalent appears to be 0W20. How you get
> > > oil to be "zero" weight is beyond me.

> >
> > I'll be interested to hear what the highway mileage is. I do a lot of
> > driving and this sorta stuff is important to me. I first became
> > interested by the car's looks though and its storage capacity. Anyone
> > else like this?

>
> I too have been won over by the combination of storage / performance and
> looks. I will probably be giving up a Fullsize truck to get a Magnum, so
> the storage was important (albiet less). Currently my truck gets 14.5 MPG
> in the city, so 18 would be great news!
>
> Although I am wondering about the gas mileage of the AWD version, I am
> sure it will be slightly less, or at least I assume so.



When does the AWD version come out? I would be willing to bet that it
still gets good mileage.
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