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Subject:Re: mileage revisited
From:Hotch
Date:Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:50:42 -0500

Sean Bartnik wrote:
> 175 miles I had used 11.065 gallons of gas, whihc comes out to 15.85
> mpg!  That's awful!  I was driving with the speedometer between 60 and
> 65

Sean that sound low to me, were you driving into the wind or uphill?  I
get about 17-20 MPG on my 86GL, I got 22 MPG once with the wind behind
me on a real windy day.  I drive a compination of city and hwy.

Check your tail pipe and see how much soot there it.  With a good CAT
and O2 and all it should look pretty clean after a highway run.  If it's
black you're burning rich.

-- 
Hotch
86 GL 123K
Philly
hotch@netaxs.com