I have owned a 1987 Chevy, a 1994 GMC and now a 2003 GMC. All 4x4. The first 2,plus a 1979 GMC 2wd all, at best gave me 16 mpg.
My 2003 with the vortex ebgine gives me around 22-23 mpg You just need to kneo how to work with things. D Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Well, I've done a little to reduce our household fuel consumption; > over the last three years we've replaced a Range Rover and an '86 > Mustang GT with a Mini and a BMW Z4. Taking into account how much > each car is driven, we've just about halved the amount of fuel we > use (although we do now have to buy higher octane fuel). But I can't > really feel too smug about that - we only average around 30mpg (US > gallon, admittedly), and I'm sure we use more than our fair share > of other things (such as electricity for air conditioning in the > summer, natural gas for heat in the winter, and hot water all year). > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 05:44:52PM -0500, graywolf wrote: >> Oh, wow, a my car is better than your car thread! >> >> Well my '86 Ford Escort Diesel got 45mpg combined (when I was driving >> it, on 40 when my wife was) and normally 55+ on the expressway. Once I >> busted 65mpg from New Mexico to Indiana (but note that is mostly down >> hill). Unfortunately it was still an Escort and you had to replace the >> friggin' tie-rods every 20 thousand miles, and it ate tires. >> >> >> Christian wrote: >> > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> I just completed a round the USA trip in the Toyota Prius. >> >> >> >> Actual fuel consumption averaged over the trip: 44.5 MPG (US Gallons >> >> of course). >> >> Total miles: 7,300 >> >> Average speeds: 70-85 mph on the highways, normal 20-40 mph in city >> >> traffic. >> > >> > My 2000 Civic EX gets an average of 35 MPG mixed driving (see gridlocked >> > Washington, DC traffic, punctuated with brief bursts of 80mph). Pure >> > highway at an average of 70mph will see 40 MPG without an issue. >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
