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Old 03-11-2013, 08:57 PM   #517
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
Small displacement turbocharged engine all depend on how you drive them. If you drive them like you stole them then you won't get any better fuel economy than their NA counterparts. Meanwhile there are a ton of Cruze ECO owners out there doing 45 MPG all day long.
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Originally Posted by GretchenGotGrowl View Post
Yeah, I got better MPG than the sticker said on my Cruze and I'm getting better MPG on my EcoBoost F-150 than the sticker claimed. You just have to learn to keep out of boost when you don't need it.
I had an Ecoboost F150 too, and I found that the MPG wasn't much better for me than my Chevy. I believe it to be mainly because of where I live and drive. It's very hilly so you're on the gas bringing the turbos in more. Also in my Chevy truck, it didn't matter how I drove it. It averaged about the same MPG. In the Ecoboost F150, if I drove it on the highway and didn't breath on the throttle, then it would get way better than my Chevy. I only did it as an experiment though because it's not realistic to drive like that all the time.

I did love the power though of the F150.

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