[CivilWarBrewing]

Turbos are the greatest invention since sliced bread. They are awesome for acceleration but also flexible. Flexibility in the sense that if you want better gas mileage you simply ease down on the gas petal, keep your RPM's trimmed and voila! You can choose to get better gas mileage if you desire to. You can NOT do this as dramatically with a big displacement motor. It gulps gas no matter how you drive.

With a turbo, you can choose not to engage it simply by 'babying' your gas pedal. The flexibility is fantastic. The boost turbos provide is incredible when you need it.

[TheBattman]

I’m not so sure I agree... The new “multi-displacement” engines with the variable valve timing do an amazing job of economizing fuel use.

I have a ‘13 Ram 1500 with the HEMI - if I drive conservatively, I can get mixed-driving milage pushing 18mpg. Straight highway 22+. That’s right there with the F150 with an eccoboost engine and its turbo.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Do you think turbos reduce the life of a normally aspirated engine ?