[ctaylorzl1]

Its all the "Clean Diesel" emmision restrictions on the engine that ruin the fuel economy. My Ram is a 96, and it weighs at well over 3 tons and I average almost 20mpg! The fuel economy is actually pretty good, you were just hopping for more, and "over hopped". Most people would be extatiac to get 20 mpg in their full-size, but being a big premium over the other engines and diesel @ 5 dollars a gallon does cut into modest mpg gains! I say rid it of the mileage robbing emmision equipment in leiu of current fuel prices, and see what its like to get 25(or mabey more) in a big full size 4x4! I would love to see what GM could do with the Duramax with all its new technical efficiancy improvements without all the emmission equip! But we all know that wont happen!