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Old 12-19-2009, 12:07 AM
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im pickin up my new dd for the winter sunday. Im going to look at a 87' chevy short bed 2 wheel drive, i believe its a c10. What kind of milage could i exspect on it? My trans am is my dd and i get 22 mpg. i have no idea about trucks is why I ask? thxs.....

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14highway/10city
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haha ew nasty oh well i guess.......better than beating on my t/a.....
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my 1 ton suburban is 8city/12highway so don't bitch
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haha thats kewl not really bitch'n just awsome my 400+ fbody gets 21-22 haha. But i have a 20 mile commute to work but oh well cant wait to get it really finally be able to put some et streets on the back of the t/a oh yes
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why 2wd?
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thats all hes got and i dont really need a diff car/truck just opertunity came thro...
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87 is a fuel injected year which is nice. My 87 chevy 4x4 had 35" tires and i got 15mpg city and like 10 mpg hwy lol. It didn't have enough power to pull itself on the highway in overdrive haha. Of course my truck had a 305.
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this one is a c10 with a 350 with o/d so hopufully it wont kick my **** to bad at the pump haha but i will be paying .20 cent cheaper so hope it all works out




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