"Luke" > wrote in message
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| Wicked96SS > wrote in message
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| > On 20 Oct 2004, AntwainBarbour wrote:
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| > >
| > > Dan > wrote in message
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| > > > 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.
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| When does the AWD version come out? I would be willing to bet that it
| still gets good mileage.

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