I sure am getting sick of seeing the Ford commercials claiming the 2011-2012 F-150 gets 32 mpg. Now I know their tests are done on a closed course, no wind, nice weather etc, but I just find this to be false advertising. My 2011 Scab 5.0 gets 15.8mpg, not even HALF of the claims on tv...

Now I realize the commercials are geared towards Ecoboost, but even they arnt getting that kind of mileage!

Just my rant for the day!!


Flame away people!

 

I don't watch much tv. I've never seen a commercial claiming 32mpg. It sure is false and misleading. My F150 has never got better than 22mpg. I don't have an ecoboost though.

 

What kind of mpg's do the V6's get? I would think a v6 on a regular cab, shortest bed, with lowest gears on the hwy may pull that off with a horse jockey driver, no load, 1/4 tank of gas, going downhill (you know best case senario).

 

The ads don't cliam 32mpg. They say 22mpg. I have seen several people get those numbers here. Me, no, but it is done.

 

How about this for a TV ad?

I didn't know buying a Ford will kill you.

http://jalopnik.com/5881988/chevy-su...you-buy-a-ford

 

+1 The ads in the lower 48 note 22MPG.

Must be that Anglo to Metric conversion that the Canucks are having difficulty with, eh?
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I wouldn't buy any of the current silverados, but i liked the commercial.

 

Yet they show a fully loaded Scab long box on the commercials...

 

Sorry, they say 32 mpg on the Canadian commercials...I dont even get the 16American, let alone 32 Canadian...

 

I hope you realize they are advertising hwy numbers, not combined average. I took a trip last week 300 miles, got 19.8 avg. This was 90% hwy with about 15 min. idle time. 2011 EB 4X4 on crap winter gas. I will take that anytime.

 

Good point!

I don't know how to convert the numbers to Canadian mpg. My window sticker says that my truck is likely to get 16 city, 21 highway, with a combined average of 18. I have never got less than 17, have achieved 22 on more than one occasion and have a combined average, from my first year of ownership, of 20. My numbers are better than advertised.

There are a lot of factors that go into mpg. The numbers that the advertise are a best case scenario, and aren't going to be typical. There are several examples in this forum, of people who are acheiving better than typical mpg. In my case, it's a conscious effort.

People who complain about their mpg might want to drive different ways to see what nets them the best mpg.

 

Oh I realize that, find someone in Canada that gets 32mpg or anywhere remotely close to that...

I can pull off 19mpg Canadian which is 15US mpg...

 

I am happy with my truck, and dont mind paying for gas, after all it is a full-size 4x4. I just dont like the fact that I am no where near the advertised mpg.

That is all!

 

If that's the case ....in kilometers per gallon if converted back to american it would be only 20mpg

1 mile=1.6 kilometer

 

You lost me...What would be 20mpg American?