Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!prophet From: prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Gas Mileage Message-ID: <5970@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 10:35:10 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.5970 Posted: Sat Mar 17 10:35:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 08:29:35 EST Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 28 1979 Datsun 310GX, 5-speed, no airconditioning: Highway: Best: Worst: Average: 59.9 36.5 43.7 City: Best: Worst: Average: 35.5 23.1 28.0 That "Best" figure in the highway driving (59.9) is NOT a typo. I have managed to obtain this figure or a figure very close to it by using special driving techniques. I have kept mileage records for this car since the day it rolled out of the showroom in June, 1979. What's more, most of the highway mileage comes from a commute that I make between Washington DC, and Richmond, VA, which is 125 miles, and a trip that I make quite frequently. What I really can't seem to figure out is that this is the only car I have ever been associated with that CONSISTANTLY does better than the EPA estimates (27 City, 38 Highway). I have been using synthetic lubricants in both the engine and transmission, which might have helped a little.... Dennis -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs ARPA: prophet.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay