Lethal, please tell me your uncle at least changed the oil in it!!!! so you do alot of your own repairs? the gas in the city is actually Great!!!!! i get somewhere around 24 or 25 highway (not towing) and 17, to 19 city, and most of those city miles are chicago miles!!!! Great traffic in chicago!!!! i have a digital display telling me the average miles to gallon im getting, temp, direction all that good stuff, thats how i can be so exact! i would definetly recomend the Dakota though, especially if you take care of it, it will take care of you!!!!