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Greenlee · 04-05-2011, 05:19 PM

Back in the day when these trucks were new, I remember hearing the argument that the 350 actually got the same or better mileage than the 305 because the 305 was underpowered for the truck. I never liked the 305 because it seemed like it had no advantages over a 350.

I used to own a single cab 1988 GMC (newer body style) with a TBI 350 and it got great gas mileage. I'm pretty sure it got better gas mileage than the Nissan Titan daily driver that I own now. After the 88' GMC and before the Titan, I had a Nissan Xterra and I remember being really disappointed with the Xterra because I was expecting it to be a fuel miser compared to my truck that was 12 year older. If I remember correctly, my 2000 v6 Xterra and the 88 GMC both got in the neighborhood of 17 mpg.

04-05-2011, 05:19 PM	#16
Greenlee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: El Lago, TX Posts: 1,668	Re: ITT i track my mpg.....cause it sucks! Back in the day when these trucks were new, I remember hearing the argument that the 350 actually got the same or better mileage than the 305 because the 305 was underpowered for the truck. I never liked the 305 because it seemed like it had no advantages over a 350. I used to own a single cab 1988 GMC (newer body style) with a TBI 350 and it got great gas mileage. I'm pretty sure it got better gas mileage than the Nissan Titan daily driver that I own now. After the 88' GMC and before the Titan, I had a Nissan Xterra and I remember being really disappointed with the Xterra because I was expecting it to be a fuel miser compared to my truck that was 12 year older. If I remember correctly, my 2000 v6 Xterra and the 88 GMC both got in the neighborhood of 17 mpg.