Still only 22.5 MPG!
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Re: Still only 22.5 MPG!
"Dave Kelsen" <kelsen@elmore.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On 11/25/2003 7:40 PM L Alpert spake these words of knowledge:
>
>
> > Dave Kelsen wrote:
> >> On 11/24/2003 8:11 PM L Alpert spake these words of knowledge:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Chris wrote:
> >>>> Phisherman's right; if you look at any Car & Driver/Consumers
> >>>> Reports road tests where they've tested a car for a year or more,
> >>>> the mpg is always less when the car has under 10 000 miles, and
> >>>> after 30 000 miles the engine performs much more efficiently.
> >>>> Fear not!
> >>>> -chris
> >>>
> >>> But 22.5? I was getting over 32 hwy in my '03 accord with the 2.4L
> >>> after 1K mi.......
> >>
> >> Well, there you go. It's payback. I've never gotten 32 mpg highway
> >> in my 4 cyl 03 Accord. It all evens out in the end.
> >>
> >> RFT!!!
> >> Dave Kelsen
> >
> > Hmm, I guess so! Long periods of highway use yield almost 34 MPG
(Odometer
> > is currently ar 5.6K)
>
> Let me say that I almost never travel below 85mph on the interstate. My
> mileage, averaged over 33000 miles (10 months) has been 28.8, I think.
> I have the exact figures, but they're in the car, and I'm not!
>
> RFT!!!
> Dave Kelsen
> --
> A good friend will come bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be
> sitting next to you saying, "Damn... we ed up!"
Let me know when your in my area --I want to be off the roads.
I hope you have a good radar detector or a fat wallet.
The Artful Codger
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Re: Still only 22.5 MPG!
"Dave Kelsen" <kelsen@elmore.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On 11/25/2003 7:40 PM L Alpert spake these words of knowledge:
>
>
> > Dave Kelsen wrote:
> >> On 11/24/2003 8:11 PM L Alpert spake these words of knowledge:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Chris wrote:
> >>>> Phisherman's right; if you look at any Car & Driver/Consumers
> >>>> Reports road tests where they've tested a car for a year or more,
> >>>> the mpg is always less when the car has under 10 000 miles, and
> >>>> after 30 000 miles the engine performs much more efficiently.
> >>>> Fear not!
> >>>> -chris
> >>>
> >>> But 22.5? I was getting over 32 hwy in my '03 accord with the 2.4L
> >>> after 1K mi.......
> >>
> >> Well, there you go. It's payback. I've never gotten 32 mpg highway
> >> in my 4 cyl 03 Accord. It all evens out in the end.
> >>
> >> RFT!!!
> >> Dave Kelsen
> >
> > Hmm, I guess so! Long periods of highway use yield almost 34 MPG
(Odometer
> > is currently ar 5.6K)
>
> Let me say that I almost never travel below 85mph on the interstate. My
> mileage, averaged over 33000 miles (10 months) has been 28.8, I think.
> I have the exact figures, but they're in the car, and I'm not!
>
> RFT!!!
> Dave Kelsen
> --
> A good friend will come bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be
> sitting next to you saying, "Damn... we ed up!"
Let me know when your in my area --I want to be off the roads.
I hope you have a good radar detector or a fat wallet.
The Artful Codger
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