Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71

What the heck does that have to do with anything?

FWIW, my old 6.2 liter K5 Blazer got 26 mpg, and drove about like the 305 CI Blazers of the day. It was a good rig for me, and looked great too. But there's no sense in comparing the technology of the early 80's to the new diesel stuff.