Snakebitten
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- Bruce
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- 2022 F150 KingRanch Powerboost
Fuel mileage is a funny value equation.
Many/most expenditures made to increase fuel economy would purchase more fuel than the return on investment will ever..... Well, return.
Just one example:
I could buy that second set of tires/wheels to get the most efficiency possible. Let's say I invest $2000 in the package.
Or even HALF that.
So I increase my fuel economy by 4mpg average per tankfull?
How many thousands of miles and months/years to earn back that investment?
For most folks with a Powerboost, it'd be 4*30(gallons) = 120 miles of fuel.
At 20mpg (just to make the math simple), that 6 gallons of fuel paid for by the new tires/wheels investment.
6 gallons might be $24.00
$2000/$24 = 83 tanks of fuel.
83*650miles per tank?
It'll take ~54,000 miles to break even.
I'm not saying some of us aren't wired in a way that it would be a worthy endeavor for such a long term investment. But me? That value equation doesn't outweigh my enjoyment of riding on whatever tire brings a smile to my face.
Those 54,000 miles are a lot of time sitting in the pilots seat riding down the road. I enjoy every moment in this fascinating truck. Either at 24mpg or 20.
And I loved my previous 2018 KingRanch Ecoboost, shod with the best wheel/tire for the mission too. Whether 17mpg or 20.
Many/most expenditures made to increase fuel economy would purchase more fuel than the return on investment will ever..... Well, return.
Just one example:
I could buy that second set of tires/wheels to get the most efficiency possible. Let's say I invest $2000 in the package.
Or even HALF that.
So I increase my fuel economy by 4mpg average per tankfull?
How many thousands of miles and months/years to earn back that investment?
For most folks with a Powerboost, it'd be 4*30(gallons) = 120 miles of fuel.
At 20mpg (just to make the math simple), that 6 gallons of fuel paid for by the new tires/wheels investment.
6 gallons might be $24.00
$2000/$24 = 83 tanks of fuel.
83*650miles per tank?
It'll take ~54,000 miles to break even.
I'm not saying some of us aren't wired in a way that it would be a worthy endeavor for such a long term investment. But me? That value equation doesn't outweigh my enjoyment of riding on whatever tire brings a smile to my face.
Those 54,000 miles are a lot of time sitting in the pilots seat riding down the road. I enjoy every moment in this fascinating truck. Either at 24mpg or 20.
And I loved my previous 2018 KingRanch Ecoboost, shod with the best wheel/tire for the mission too. Whether 17mpg or 20.
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