Re: 4KQ Feulishness

[a6561TB@gnn.com ()]

Hi, Rich:

>My '85 5ks, on several trips between Michigan and Massachusetts 
>(taking the 401, 403, etc. through Ontario) gets somewhere close to 
>500mi/tankful.  That's doing 75-80mph from Bay City to Port Huron, MI 
>and 70-75mph the rest of the way.  My Haynes manual says I've got a 
>21.1g tank, which sounds plausible.  Tires are 185/70R14s.  No 
>Quattro, no turbo, no trip computer (though donations are accepted).

My '85 5000s 5cyl. 5speed (just enjoy those 5-s) averaged 35mpg on the 
interstate @85mph in 5th from Philly to Chicago. I could not believe my 
eyes. No quattro, no turbo, no auto. Tires were also 185/70/14. It was a 
live testimony to that famous aerodynamic issue of a cd being only 0.3.

When I replaced it with my current '89 200TQ what a sobering suprise that 
was! I am lucky to get 22mpg crawling around town. On the interstate, during 
a banzai run, the mileage drops to 17mpg. This red monster is always thirsty 
for gas. 
Its not that I am missing that '85, though...

Later :o)

Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ, chipped and MOMO'd through out,
in Tornado "arrest-me-officer" Red;
'88 Fox, "the FOX machine";
ex '85 5000s, "the EE's nightmare"
Phila PA, USA
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