Re: Best MPG Num-bar EVAR

From: Terrible Tom (silvereightynine@aol.com)
Date: Sun May 04 2008 - 20:30:18 EDT


Ray Irons wrote:

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> --- Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
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>>With my stripped down Neon - I just netted my best
>>fuel economy figures
>>for that car... 37.9 MPG.
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>>I did put the radio back in, however... because I
>>can't drive long
>>distances without tunes. heh
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>>I drove 99.4 miles and used 2.62 gallons of gas.
>>mmm and to think I was
>>looking at getting rid of the neon. I've firmly
>>decided to fix'er up.
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>>I would love to see that up to 40 MPG
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> Geez Tom, I went 209 miles in the past week, listened
> to tune on my iPod, really enjoyed lots of beautiful
> scenery, fresh air and sunshine. Went to fill up and
> when the pump clicked off, I looked at the price
> number and got mad!
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> lets see, 209 miles at 4.2 gallons
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> (hmmmmm, move the decimal, carry the one)
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> 48.9 MPG
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> And that's why when I get married in 13 days we are
> taking the motorcycles on the honeymoon road trip.
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heh - yeah yeah...but if you ask me... car is a little better when you
are planning on something like 4000 miles of highway driving this
summer. I'm not into that whole cross country motorcycle thing :-P

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