now im not nocking dodge but my 74 trailduster got 5-7 my moms 84 2wd ram charger got about 10-11 car lot i worked at every dodge we had (truck wise) never got better then 12 and that includes the dakotas and darangos with any v8 its just a dodge thing a buddy back in ia had a 2001 ram quad cab 7-10 only good thing is that mpg usually dont change loaded or not up hill down hill head wind tail wind any thing but thats been my exp