You do realize that from Ohio to CO you are driving uphill, constantly.
27 highway and 17 locally is about what you can expect, actually not too
bad for a mile high.
Larry (Wishing I was back in the Mile High Country)
>>>>On 8/2/99 1:01 PM so and so (James Nazarian Jr) said. (And I quote:)
>I just got back a few days ago from Ohio. I made the mistake in May of
>taking my 71 back to Ohio and leaving it there while I did the V8 here in
>Boulder, Co. I came to the conclusion that I didn't have the time to do
>the V8 as quickly as I had hoped so I decided to fly back to Ohio and get
>the 71. My 71 is bone stock except for a thrush exhaust and it is non OD.
>I drove it both ways non-stop for about 22 hours each way running at 4500
>to 5000 RPM. My speedo doesn't work but my manual says 18 mi per 1000 rpm
>in top gear so that was a pretty good speed. I got 27 MPG compared to my
>17 locally (still trying to figure that out) and the car didn't complain
>once.
>
>James Nazarian
>'71 B roadster
>'74 BGT bastardization with big alluminum heart :)
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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