Update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The mileage on this thing is excellent, and only 1600 miles on it. Drove it back to Bismarck and then back to the cities to give my pickup driver a ride home. On the way back drove the speed limit which is 70 in Minnesota and 75 in North Dakota. Mileage was 42 plus. On the way back to the cities drove 60 just to see what a difference it would make, the first 130 miles it showed 51 MPG. This is a figure that I can live with. The only thing is that on the way back there was a head wind and the tank averaged about 42 again. Filled in Jamestown on the way down and Tower City on the way back, prior to filling at Tower City I had the speedometer down to 50 as when it hits the red it drops real fast, ended up putting 14.5 gallons in a 14.4 gallon tank, the available distance showed 10 miles to empty.
Back and forth to town and around time the trips have averaged about 40 MPG.
By the way, this is post 2000 for me.