Gas Mileage Sucks
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Gas Mileage Sucks
My daughter's '84 GSL is getting like 10 miles to the gallon. It has an automatic...which doesn't help. Drives only a couple miles each way to school. Any ideas why so bad?
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Restricted exhaust (old cats), carb that needs to be rebuilt (big one), old plugs, dizzy cap and rotor, bad front end alignment and TIRES. I went from 18.34 mpg to 19.39 on new tires alone...stock 185/70/13's...
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Oh my....it's his little girl...how could she possibly do anything wrong? I know my little angel can't.
one car length behind an 18-wheeler....you'll trade the occasional chip in the windshield every two years or so but pick up about 10% in improved mileage as documented on Mythbusters. But you saw it on TV and didn't read it here.
one car length behind an 18-wheeler....you'll trade the occasional chip in the windshield every two years or so but pick up about 10% in improved mileage as documented on Mythbusters. But you saw it on TV and didn't read it here.
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You got that right! She can do no wrong....have not taught her how to fill the tank exactly the same so now we have better numbers - around town it's getting about 16 which is not far off the sticker estimate when it was new....thanks folks for the tips though!
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I think he meant a vacuum gauge. But it all went downhill from there. Zero on the gauge would then indicate wide open throttle, unless I'm mistaken.
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