2012 SCrew 500 mile review

[Squatting Dog]

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Fuel mileage, I couldn't be happier commuting 25 miles each way to work everyday, mix city and highway driving.

Definately tell a difference between scab and screw with the shocks. Screw rides a little stiffer than the scab, especially over highway expansion joints. Still for a big heavy truck, it is the nicest ride of any truck I have owned..

Stock headlights surprised me, not great but far better than recon "projector" headlights. Too much uncontrolled light spillage, down right dangerous in foggy conditions.
Sync system is improved and plays nice with my galaxy s phone. No issues with it so far. Wish jukebox was faster burning songs, and gracenote is a little out of date already. 2011-2012 cds show up as unknown.

Remote start works great, not the best range compared to aftermarket remote start.

Torsen front end, seemless and unnoticable. Very well done!

Love the stitched Raptor logo in the seats verses the stamped logo..

Overall, I couldn't be happier with the 2012 Raptor SCrew.. Only issue was the "defective" hose clamp on the upper radiator hose!

-Greg

 

[Humvee21]

Holy hell. 17.4 mpg? Have you resetted yours since the dealer?

You know, all you navi guys can just burn your music onto a DVD +RW right? You'll only use one disc for the rest of your life...

 

[swoop1156]

Great review! I share the same comments on my 2011 Screw. I would love to have the stitched seats vs. the stamped logo.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Squatting Dog]

Nope, no reset... Cruise control and transmission in manual, locking it in 6th gear helps a lot on the highway.. If there is a "steep" (for Missouri) grade kicking it down to 5th. Is a lot better than the transmission in automatic trying to guess what gear and jumping around with cruise control on.

-Greg

 

[Big Blue]

Impressive gas milege, you must be gentle on the go pedal??

I'm at 2,500 miles and 10 MPG!!!

 

[Humvee21]

I've been gentle on the throttle but I'm only at 11.4 mostly local miles and I like to keep it in automatic. My excuse is that when I got it for the dealer it was at 4.1 or something like that.

 

[Squatting Dog]

I know those numbers are a little skewed, because it doesn't
reflect using remote start and idling for 5-10 minutes. And I haven't been offroad yet, besides gravel road, and wifes doughnuts.

-Greg

 

[warrior]

crazy MPG, even with 13K , 11.4 is normal.

 

[Squatting Dog]

I am sure it is a fluke.. Going to check it with real numbers. Miles/tankful and compare it..

-Greg

 

[mictouch]

I am sure it is a fluke.. Going to check it with real numbers. Miles/tankful and compare it..

-Greg

With that kind of mileage you're just about to fill it up for the second time. I got my Screw Halloween and I now have 9k on it. Almost 1,500 miles off road. Twice to Death Valley, four times to Barstow, 5 days in Randsburg and twice to Lake Havasu. On the road (In Town and Hwy) I average 13.4 but those days Off Road I average 8.5 to 9.3. Yeah all that sounds normal right? But towing my 26 foot Weekend Warrior I average 8.0 maybe! My overall average has now dropped to 11.3. I am very happy with this. My last 4 Suburbans, couple old Blazers, and one Excursion hardly ever averaged 10mph...