Fairly gently, usually not over 60 on the highway to work (60 mph speed 
limit).  Ran right at 30 mpg on my trip to Fr. Wayne, IN for 
Thanksgiving this year, too running 75 or so most of the way.

I got 29 highway even driving hard in the old one.

Peter
On Dec 31, 2007, at 9:09 PM, John Robbins wrote:

> Peter Frederick wrote:
>> Gee, that's rotten milage -- I get 31-32 in my 300D with a 603!  I'd
>> expect more like 34 with the 2.5L in fairly flat territory!
>
> How aggressive do you drive?  I get 29-31 on the highway going ~80 in 
> my
> 2.5T
>
>> I agree about butchering the factory wiring -- all the major
>> manufacturers of aftermarket stuff these days make conversion 
>> harnesses
>> that just plug into the factory ones, you don't have to cut into
>> things.  Makes it MUCH easier to hook up initially AND to return to
>> factory configuration!
>
> Not on my '92!  The factory head unit really isn't the actual radio, it
> is all in the trunk.  There is a custom cable that runs to the trunk
> where the actual AM/FM tuner, amplifier, etc are.  There's no adapter
> for that, and if you want to add an aftermarket radio none of that
> wiring will work.  I'm going to be adding an aftermarket radio to my 
> car
> soon, but will most likely just abandon the old stuff in place.  I'll
> use the trunk antenna somehow though... adding one up front is just 
> silly.
>
> John
>
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