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Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg [message #172575 is a reply to message #172554]

Fri, 08 June 2012 10:53

kelvin

Messages: 608
Registered: February 2004
Location: Eugene, OR

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Guys who get 12mpg out of their GMCs keep us spending more money to try
and get that.

I figure with a 230 that I should be doing better than 8-10mpg. Then I
think about it more and realize I'm using old technology to drive a huge
wall into the wind. I tend to keep my speeds down compared to some. I
usually enjoy the driving experience in a GMC and am happy to be doing
62-63mph. It's positively relaxing compared to anything else I drive.

Maybe all these 12mpg GMCs are driving around in the Midwest on
dead-flat roads? We do have freeways that go up and down some here in
the Pacific NW.

Hopefully it's just guys bragging because they want to think they're
getting great mileage. FWIW, I see the same thing with the Datsun
crowd. Never saw more than 28mpg with any of my original-motored
Datsuns. Other guys swear they've seen 35mpg at 70mph. Ain't. Never.
Happened.

I'm positively anal about MPG. I can count on one hand the number of
times I haven't filled a tank (car or motorhome) and calculated MPG.
And always with "corrected" mileage. My GMC odo is almost perfectly
accurate but my car isn't.

I think Gene's "8-10mpg" is dead on. I should probably stop looking for
that 200mpg carburetor.

Kelvin
'73 23' in Eugene, OR

> During the four years we drove our 78 Royale I never saw more than 9.2
> mpg. In fact, the overall mileage for the coach (one AC on the roof and a
> pod, no tow) was 8.6. I would have enjoyed getting closer to 10. The only
> way to do that was to lie. I will say, also, that the best we got was when
> we happened to get some "real" gasoline in West Virginia in 2008. Ethanol,
> in my mind, gets the credit for reducing economy and performance (cough,
> cough).
>
> Byron Songer
>

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		[GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Mr ERFisher on Thu, 07 June 2012 16:38
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Harry on Thu, 07 June 2012 16:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: kelvin on Thu, 07 June 2012 16:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: george beck on Thu, 07 June 2012 17:31
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: ljdavick on Thu, 07 June 2012 17:36
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: jhbridges on Thu, 07 June 2012 18:39
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Harry on Thu, 07 June 2012 18:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: George Beckman on Thu, 07 June 2012 19:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: RF_Burns on Thu, 07 June 2012 17:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: kelvin on Thu, 07 June 2012 17:08
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: ljdavick on Thu, 07 June 2012 17:41
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: USAussie on Thu, 07 June 2012 18:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: stick miller on Thu, 07 June 2012 19:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: mannystrans on Thu, 07 June 2012 23:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: hnielsen2 on Thu, 07 June 2012 19:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Harry on Thu, 07 June 2012 23:08
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Chr$ on Fri, 08 June 2012 00:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: larry.whisler on Fri, 08 June 2012 08:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Steven Ferguson on Fri, 08 June 2012 07:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Byron Songer on Fri, 08 June 2012 08:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: kelvin on Fri, 08 June 2012 10:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: roy1 on Fri, 08 June 2012 12:13
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Jim Galbavy on Fri, 08 June 2012 17:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: kelvin on Fri, 08 June 2012 17:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: jaholland on Fri, 08 June 2012 18:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: Ray Erspamer on Fri, 08 June 2012 21:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: USAussie on Fri, 08 June 2012 20:03
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		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: USAussie on Sat, 09 June 2012 19:39
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		Re: [GMCnet] Keeping it Real, 8 to 10 mpg By: USAussie on Sat, 09 June 2012 20:49
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