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From: <wachmo@aol.com>
To: <aol@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: DML: 4 banger gas milage?
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> This new to me truck I am looking at is a 96 "Sport" shortbed regular cab
> with air and useless decals. Great body for New England and just 100,000
miles.
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> My 92 V8 auto longbed has 193,000 and still runs strong enough to turn me
> into an instant a-hole who likes to shut down yuppies in their high dollar
> foreign car. Love the power but miss shifting. It is starting to rust
badly, needs
> a new cat, and will need a total brake job soon. Too much time and money
for
> someone who is a fair weather mechanic with no garage. So I am thinking
> about a second vehicle or a replacement.
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> I only buy used stuff for many reasons, most off topic.
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> All gen 1 and 2 owners I have talked to get lousy mileage, and each owner
has
> his own excuse. Was told my mileage is about right for the truck. I
think I
> remember reading on these pages years ago that the poor mileage was due to
> the way Chrysler chose to regulate emissions, something about not using
mass/air?
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Being a 96, You'll be able to use most of the performance parts for Jeep
Wranglers, but I prefer earlier 4 cylinders. If all else fails, drive it
till it quits, and use the body for the 92. or move the drivetrain to the 96
someday.
The only thing that ever hurt my mileage was either having the truck WAY too
overloaded.. 2200-2600# will hurt mileage, or the days that the gas pedal is
a part of the floorboard.
Aaron Wyse
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