Re: 4 banger gas milage?

From: Quintin (sauerquint@gci.net)
Date: Sat Nov 22 2003 - 01:54:09 EST


<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
news:bpluq2$fuc$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
:
: wachmo@aol.com wrote:
: [...]
: : 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?
:
:
: Not me! :-) My '96 318 5-speed gets 21mpg highway and
: runs mid 14s, my '90 pre-mag V6 5-speed gets about 23 highway,
: not sure what it would run in the 1/4 but it'd be slow. ;-)

Jeebuz, my 92 Club Cab 4wd V6 gets 17 highway. I get 13-15 around town, and
that's driving easy. With winter here it's in 4wd alot and the last tank got
less than 12. It only has 77k on it and a fresh tuneup. My 95 got about that
when I bought it brand new, same specs (CC, 4wd, V6)

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