Re: Long Distance Trip

[Shaun Folkerts <fiatlancia@earthlink.net>]

Great. That's the best MPG estimate I have heard yet. I guess it's just a
statistic that's very important to me and my thin wallet. I hope your mileage
is typical and I can expect the same.

FWIW, I have yet to replace some bad sensors on my 200, it idles at 14-1500,
and I have yet to get it aligned, and I am still getting around 23 combined
highway/city (no such thing as pure "highway miles" on Long Island anymore). I
hope to see that figure increase once all the sensors are functioning and all
codes are repaired (will do "dump" tomorrow). Of course with my luck, getting
the car back to spec will probably drop the mileage to 15!  :^)

Thanks for the info.

Shaun Folkerts
'89 2CQW



Efraim wrote:

> > Do you happen to recall your MPG? Any oil consumption?
>
> I was stopping to re-fuel every 500mi, so it was approximately 26-28mpg,
> which is not bad at all considering that I was driving steady 75-80mph.
> Unfortunately, I can't get any better than 18-19mpg in a city driving.
> I never had to add any oil. My car doesn't burn oil even now, two years and
> many thousand miles later.
>
> >
> > P.S. WHAT kind of _business_ are you in that requires a "wonderful street
> drug
> > racer"?   =8^o
> >
> >
> Oh, just engineering. What did you think? :)  Now, after I had an egg all
> over my face, let's call it late night
> slip-of-the-keyboard :)
>
> Efraim
> '88 5KCDTQ (Canadian)  306K km (190Kmi)