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From: mhg@wjh12.UUCP (Goldstein)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: mileage
Message-ID: <431@wjh12.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 14:03:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 19 14:03:28 1984
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Here's more numbers:

'81 Chevy Citation:  High - 34  45 -55mph cruise through norhtern mass.
		     low -  23   winter city shuffle.
		     avg.   29   mostly highway this past summer

car is the 4 cyl. with a 4 speed.  It may need a new oxygen sensor
which would boost the mileage a bit which has dropped a lot
since november but I haven't had this car over a winter yet.


'72 Saab 99:	avg 27mpg. mostly rural driving. Car was a fuel
injection with slush drive. It also needed a new head gasket as
mpg dropped to 23.

'71 Saab 99:   avg 29.  High was a 32 when the timing had slipped
and was ridiculously advanced.  Dropped to 23 when the head warped.

'78 diesel rabbit :   50mpg avg in rural/small town driving.

'80 diesel rabbit 5 speed.  47mpg avg  57 on highway.

Note: despite the extra gear, dad's 5 speed (which also American)
always seemed slower than Mom's