...... 7.8 miles to the gal.
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Originally Posted by Icemark
wow, I don't think I have paid $1.90 for 87 since last year.
These fluctuating oil prices suck. Gas prices here never drops.
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i dont know how they come to those numbers. my friend had a dodge dakota that he tried and tried and couldnt match the gas it was supposed to get. i know another guy who has an '03 cobra which seems to hover around the 13.3mpg zone (no matter how he drives, quote unquote). they probably get those numbers since a v8s normal driving rpm is around 1700-2000rpm. as for me, thats about bogging. i believe the most efficient an engine runs is at its peak torque; assuming thats true (and i wasnt lied to ), look where v8's peak torque hits and where rotaries' (and small displacement engines) peak torque is.
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Originally Posted by apreludem
damn the cold weather......its my car's horrid tunning..or lack there of. Damn thing smells like straight up crap when it idles and i just know its drinking my gas =( .....its starting to cost 2 bucks a gal here too....stupid gas...stupid un tunned car...stupid me for not having a job to pay for a tunner and buy a safc =(
thats nothing its 250 here
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1.89 for 87 woot
and last i checked my 86 n/a was getting 21ish mpg, mostly highway to and from work
Kinda makes me second guess installing that bridged motor.. the to4s etc..
and last i checked my 86 n/a was getting 21ish mpg, mostly highway to and from work
Kinda makes me second guess installing that bridged motor.. the to4s etc..
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I dunno how you guys are driving, I get 24mpg on average, mixed city/highway with a completely stock NA. Gas here is $2.04 on the low end and $2.09 on the high end for 87.
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