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Subject:Re: Mileage ?
From:Mark Keller
Date:Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:10:17 -0800

I have a 1991 Carat WLE automatic with a Canadian rebuilt with 80,000 miles.
I'm in the land of 90K per hour, so that about 55ish.  I get 22 MPG or so.
Sometimes close to 23 other times just above 21.   When I run the air
conditoning it stays about 1 to 2 MPG lower.

If all I do is drive in the City I get 19 MPG regardless of what is on or how
much load.

We normally have the two kids and my wife and I, and most time the dog. So
our payload is around 700 lbs.  The title says the vehicle's weight is 3425
lbs. I run 205 Firestone PR 440's.  Not a tire I'd buy again, not round
enough for me.  But my milage was the same with the last set of tires too.

Bill wrote:

> We don't do better than that with our '81 auto Westy.  14 is about it.
>
> At 01:44 AM 12/29/99 EST, Charles Hokanson wrote:
> >Are all these numbers for manuals? I am only getting 14+ in my automatic.
> >Charlie.
> >
> Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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