Better mileage than I was expecting!

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Chad91Q45
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My first mileage test I got 20.5 MPG. And that is with driving it harder than I normally do (always do that when you first get a new toy) and having it idling for up to 2.5 hours because of my leaking PS fluid problem. I am quite impressed with a 4.5L V8


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Agreed

I just got 20.5 with liberal WOTs, and 150 highway miles and 100 city miles, all of very short trips...

I was VERY pleased, so I can easily get 24 on the highway..... at 80MPH

Chad91Q45
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mine was about split with highway and city and also the time just having it idle.

Looking forward to my I-90 trip from Kent to Spokane where I can be doing 80 the entire way.

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Chad91Q45 wrote:Looking forward to my I-90 trip from Kent to Spokane where I can be doing 80 the entire way.
You will most likely be nailed when you come down into Issaquah and Bellevue if you do.

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Watch out in Cle Elum and Moses Lake too. I remember the old days where I could soar down I-90 from Cheney all the way to North Bend at 130+mph. Now they use aircraft surveillance.

Took me a little over two hours one way. Shopping and business trips to Seattle were frequent and fun that way. :D

-Jesda

Chad91Q45
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cle elum is kind of bad, but no where else on 90 is (i take I-5 north to wild waves then go north east on 18 which drops me off on 90 just west of north bend)

the air monitoring only happens (with any frequency) on cloudy days, and August 28th shouldnt be a cloudy day on the east side.

Besides, in my maxima i went by cops on speed traps doing 85. Why would they mess with me when they can wait 10 minutes and get someone doing 100.


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