What's your mileage?

What's your mileage?

What makes me think about it is folks on the 3rd gen Aro/Bird board fussing over 14-15 MPG in their feather light car. 3000lbs or less.

My wagon weights more then 2 of them [6500] and I get 14-15 MPG driving like I stole it, no eway, rabbit stops n starts.

Though my wagon has always been that way, I swear even when the gas tank leaked like a sive, I still got the same mileage [ as removing the tank that look to be shot up with bird shot and the fist sized hole in the top of it didn't help mileage any]

 

My 3600 lb 92 Tbird gets 20mpg in local below 40mph driving and usually 28 on the highway. 3.8 liter six.

My 3200 lb 86 Tbird got 17 in town and 24 on the highway 3.8 liter six.

My 92 2.3 liter Ranger gets 20-21 in town. Needless to say I choose the 92 Bird for comfort for my daily driver.

 

Um
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where's the wagon in all that???

 

Picky, picky, picky. I thought that the weight was more important than the style.

I'll also add that the 86 tbird has the 3.08:1 rear end and the 92 has the 3.27:1 rear end.

And by the way my former wagon, 1982 Cougar, with the 200 six got 18 in town and 24 on the highway. It had the 3.08:1 rear gear.

I guess the point is that even much heavier cars with bigger engines can certainly match the smaller engines. Or, even better.

 

My wifes GMC Saffari van, $60 a week, my Buick $40 a week and we do the same millage....but the Buick is running on propane......if the Buick was gas, I'd be driving the crewzer witch was about $45-50 a week. Then theres me ol truck, it was in the same $ as the Buick but busses blew me away off the line......Thats my MPG I'd be on a smart car forum if I was really woried about MPG....thank god I'm to fat to fit in one

 

91 Ford E250 11-12 MPG
86 AMC Eagle wagon 16ish
91 Ford Festiva 40+ :dancingparty:

 

what's my mileage?
well that depends, how fast i can put one foot in front of the other.

 

heres my textbook response everytime someone asks me about my mileage
....I dont care...you cant put a price on COOL !....

no sarcasm intended( to you guys)...just the people that ask me at the gas stations

 

I've always considered the price of gas this way.

1. Car paid for
2. Insurance low
3. Leaves a lot more money for gas

So, the guy goes down to the Ford dealer and trades in his paid for F-150 because it only gets 14 mpg on a brandy new Ford Fiesta that gets 35mpg around town. He gives up space, power windows, power door locks.

His insurance triples in cost to $120 per month
He now pays $200 per month in payments for five years after a $1,400 down payment. That's all he got for the 99 F-150 with 90,000 miles.

How much time does it take to gain the advantage?

A long time!

 

Exactly! Very well put

 

Yup....good post, TB!

 

People are always asking me what the gas mileage is on "your old cars." I always respond: Who cares? I have no car payment, my insurance is less than $200 for full coverage, and it's WAY MORE FUN than the ****box you're driving!

 

Good thread. My father borrowed my 96 Roady wagon to drive from Texas to Arkansas and then Memphis. It averaged 25mpg on the trip. He was beyond shocked.

Here's mine:

-96 LT1 Roady wagon, average 17mpg, 23hwy...the way I drive it.
-88 Cutlass Supreme Classic, 307 V8, average 15 mpg, but runs rich so my fault.
-01 Pontiac Grand Prix GT, 3.8 V6, average 19-20, almost 30 on the highway.


-79 Buick Limited, 6.6 403 V8, 14mpg, no matter the speed or use.


-03 Suburban 2WD 5.3 V8, 16mpg

-67 GTO, 400 V8. No clue on the miles, will let you know in 10 years when she's done!


Such Fun!

-Mike

 

Batwagon got 8.0 when we launched it 4 yearz ago. Now that itz breakin' in Itz all the way up to 10.3:2_thumbs_up_-_anima My only issue iz that it's tough dodgin' all the kamakazeez on the freeway, in the sna sna sna white crap, sometimez in the dark, just tah pick up all them beer canz fer the dime depositz

 

Let's see:
'68 FlatTop Wagon (aka Silver Bullet) gets about 17 on the road

'92 Custom Cruiser - 19 city, 25-27 on the road
'97 Escort wagon - 26 city, 35 on the road

We (Juju, wife, and I) drove the wagons to Bolivar Island 3 weeks ago, she leading at 80 MPH: CC got 22 mpg, Escort got 30 mpg. Not bad.