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| pbanders |
 Feb 27 2010, 11:01 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 939 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 805  |
Unfortunately, most of my 914 driving is on boring roads, but this morning, I had the chance to take a short drive on some more rural roads near the southern part of Phoenix. I drove down Casa Grande, over to Coolidge, then back up to Chandler and home on various back roads. Most of this was cruising at 65-75 mph on generally flat terrain, roof out. Including about 50 miles of city driving on the tank of fuel before I took this drive, I got 28.5 mpg. I'm pretty sure if I did a stead 75 mph round trip from here to Tucson (~200 miles), I would get about 32 mpg. For a 16.4 gal tank, that's 525 miles of cruising range, not bad for a 40-year-old car.
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| Tom |
Feb 27 2010, 11:56 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Another month or so for me. Too cold for my old bones. Gotta get that heat hooked up! Thanks for sharing.
Tom |
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| 914Sixer |
Feb 28 2010, 07:54 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,906 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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These little cars were sold as sports cars but all the information played up the fuel economy of that they got. All the dealer brochures that I just looked at showed between 26-29 mpg depending on the engine. Who said you can't have fun and be GREEN at the same time?
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