- 1. MPG (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Patchel <spatchel@radford.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:00:33 -0700
- My 71 B (stock, no OD) gets 18-20 mpg with the majority of driving done on freeways, top down, @65-70 mph. The su's have never been rebuilt and need it. With the carbs in good shape I use to get 25-3
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00181.html (6,665 bytes)
- 2. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: Gordon Cappelletty <gcappelletty@valleynet.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 22:04:19 -0700
- My '79 'B gets only about 18-23 mpg combined highway/city driving. Of course the lower octane, reformulated gas and catalytic converter/smog equipment don't help. Is there any way (in California) of
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00212.html (6,538 bytes)
- 3. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Steinberg <marc@crl.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 04:44:30 -0700 (PDT)
- This is gonna mark me as a geek for all time, but I noticed a 5 - 7 mpg increase when I started routinely obeying the speed limit and not trying to cut off the next guy every time (done for sanity an
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00215.html (6,966 bytes)
- 4. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras)
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:12:20 -0400
- I seem to recall that above 45 MPH the areodynamic drag effects really start to increase rapidly with increasing speed. Unfortunatly 65-70 mph feels the most comfortable to me. Maybe if they taught
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00225.html (7,092 bytes)
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