New Best Gas Miliage
10-21-2006, 02:20 PM
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New Best Gas Miliage
Starting Altitude: 3700FT
Final Altitude: 4400FT
Maximum Altitude: 7300FT
Average Temperature: 40*
4 decent mountain passes, requiring 2nd gear to maintain 75mph.
Sat in traffic for 30 minutes at near complete standstill (normal SLC area traffic)
27MPG
My dad needs to learn how to use the boost gauge.
Final Altitude: 4400FT
Maximum Altitude: 7300FT
Average Temperature: 40*
4 decent mountain passes, requiring 2nd gear to maintain 75mph.
Sat in traffic for 30 minutes at near complete standstill (normal SLC area traffic)
27MPG
My dad needs to learn how to use the boost gauge.
10-21-2006, 03:39 PM
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How did Daddy like the SSEi?
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10-21-2006, 04:52 PM
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woah. 27 mpg? JEESUS, did he like disconnect the supercharger or something? good god!!! I can't even get that kinda gas mileage and i usually drive pretty respectable...dang i need a 93 SSEi now... 
10-22-2006, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by fantastic88
4 decent mountain passes, requiring 2nd gear to maintain 75mph.
Wow! That must have been one H*** of a grade to do that to a L67.
My trips up home hit the 5% area...
Hans... What was the altitude of the Grades? Driving through Parts of Colorado I think we hit 10000 ft
I lived at 6200 ft for a long time.... Dry and thin air 
* Edit * Nevermind... 4400 Ft... Hmmm... 2nd gear to maintain 75? Wow
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10-22-2006, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jr's3800
Originally Posted by fantastic88
4 decent mountain passes, requiring 2nd gear to maintain 75mph.
Wow! That must have been one H*** of a grade to do that to a L67. My trips up home hit the 5% area...
Hans... What was the altitude of the Grades? Driving through Parts of Colorado I think we hit 10000 ft
I lived at 6200 ft for a long time.... Dry and thin air * Edit * Nevermind... 4400 Ft... Hmmm... 2nd gear to maintain 75? Wow
highest pass I saw was 7700ft
10-22-2006, 06:48 PM
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maybe i should go give my bonne a pat on the hood!
after hearing you guys talk about mileage and having put in a new timing chain and gears i thought maybe i should do a mileage check both local and hi-way. i thought it was ok till i read this today....now i'm thinking i should be really impressed!
local driving was about 40% city and 60% regular highway....averaged 26 mpg with just me in the car.
hi-way trip was all 4 lane to pick up friends at the airport. steady driving, cruise set on 75 but on the way back there was 3 of us and a trunkload of luggage....got 33mpg.
not bad for an 89 with almost 300,000km(187,000miles) on the odometer!
local driving was about 40% city and 60% regular highway....averaged 26 mpg with just me in the car.
hi-way trip was all 4 lane to pick up friends at the airport. steady driving, cruise set on 75 but on the way back there was 3 of us and a trunkload of luggage....got 33mpg.
not bad for an 89 with almost 300,000km(187,000miles) on the odometer!
10-22-2006, 10:26 PM
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well I had to go over the "hill" today which is a from 6100 ft home to over 10000 ft to 7200 and back and i run an average of 34 going about 80