[Klaustrophobia]

 

[Aardwolf]

When it was new it would get 60

[BlueFlames]

Small cars in the late-'80's and early-'90's got ridiculous gas mileage on the highway.  Lighter weight materials were making their way into the construction process, and they weren't weighed down by the gadgets, luxury items, and safety features that you wouldn't/can't buy a car without today.  Moreover, small cars were smaller in the past than they are today.  My Focus would easily have been considered a mid-sized car twenty years ago, where it's considered a compact today.

Good luck maintaining highway speed up a hill, though.  Sixty to eighty horsepower was about the most power you could hope for from a naturally-aspirated four-cylinder at the time.  Low power helped keep the mileage even higher while cruising, but obviously the tradeoff is performance.

The basis for the above was my mother's 1988 Chevrolet Spectrum, which did about 50mpg on the highway (with a carburetted engine no less!), though I'd put good money on Scourge's Civic fitting into nearly the same mold.

[Nuclear1]

*snip*

Yep, pretty much.  If you didn't mind the lack of extra features, a basic 4-cylinder got incredible gas mileage, if only for the fact it would inherently use less gas than a six or eight would today.

[IceFire]

There has to be some care taken to compare fuel economy ratings for older and newer cars.  The measurement system has been adjusted several times and most recently for the 2007 model year where pretty much every car had reduced fuel economy ratings.

[Aardwolf]

Yeah well, when I say miles per gallon, I mean miles driven per gallon of gasoline consumed. That is, the actual statistics for of the vehicle the way it is actually used, not some theoretical "highway" or "city" quantity.

[Scourge of Ages]

Yeah, my Civic gets an average of 30 mpg on the streets. That's stop-and-go traffic, rarely over 50 mph. When I take it long distance on the highway, it breaks 40 mpg pretty easily.

(That's 7.84 litres per 100k on streets and 5.88 lp100k on the highway for our metric friends)

[Aardwolf]

Oh hey, my dad has corrected my estimate: it gets 50-55 mpg, depending on the time of year (more in the Summer).

[IceFire]

Yeah well, when I say miles per gallon, I mean miles driven per gallon of gasoline consumed. That is, the actual statistics for of the vehicle the way it is actually used, not some theoretical "highway" or "city" quantity.

Ahh ok so you're one of those who does the calculations himself.  That's indeed probably the most accurate method... trip computers are so-so on this depending on the car and manufacturer it seems.

[Aardwolf]

Well apparently the tires aren't the right size to match the odometer; the circumference is off by about 6% one way or the other... I don't remember which way, but he says he's  taken that into account.

[Bob-san]

'83 Cadillac Coupe deVille.

'02 Chevy S10.

Details, both of you.  

I'll take a picture of it, when I remember. Maybe tomorrow you'll have a picture of the truck.

[Bob-san]

As requested.

[chief1983]

Same color as the Sonoma I just totaled.

[Kurtz]

I have a Mazda 3, and I would like an El Camino 69, but no money, and the life is really expensive in france. Last time I went to Arizona, i saw a Crysler New Yorker 68(i'm not sur) for $ 500, in France it would cost $ 10.000. So I have a Mazda 3. lol

[chief1983]

1985 Chevrolet M1009 Blazer (look it up)

The M1008/09/10 were a five year ('83-'87) Army experiment to convert existing civilian vehicles into civilian use.  They ended up deciding it wasn't as cost-effective as they had hoped, and switched to the HMMWV (Hummer) and other custom options instead.

Some facts:

Front and rear Corporate 10-bolt 3/4 ton axles
6.2L (379ci) Detroit Diesel - this thing is a bit low on power but great on torque and gas mileage, and the power can be fixed by converting a turbo from the later 6.5L Detroit
TH400 (Turbo 400) transmission and a NP208 transfer case, both still shift smooth - transfer case protected by skid plate
10-bolt Gov-loc differential
Warn manual locking hubs
12/24V hybrid electrical system to drive the NATO slave port on the front and a whole mess of comm equipment that it was equipped with at one point
27 gallon tank, with the reported 20mpg fuel efficiency that's around a 540 mile range.
31" Goodyears currently installed
Top comes off
Power nothing except steering and brakes
Manual locks, manual windows, manual rear window, no A/C, just heat and defrost, no radio, no overhead lights, no carpets, just like I like it.

[Stealth]

2005 cadillac cts-v
2009 cadillac cts-v

among other misc cars/bikes.  it changes monthly...

[Androgeos Exeunt]

1985 Chevrolet M1009 Blazer (look it up)

The M1008/09/10 were a five year ('83-'87) Army experiment to convert existing civilian vehicles into civilian use.  They ended up deciding it wasn't as cost-effective as they had hoped, and switched to the HMMWV (Hummer) and other custom options instead.

Some facts:

Front and rear Corporate 10-bolt 3/4 ton axles
6.2L (379ci) Detroit Diesel - this thing is a bit low on power but great on torque and gas mileage, and the power can be fixed by converting a turbo from the later 6.5L Detroit
TH400 (Turbo 400) transmission and a NP208 transfer case, both still shift smooth - transfer case protected by skid plate
10-bolt Gov-loc differential
Warn manual locking hubs
12/24V hybrid electrical system to drive the NATO slave port on the front and a whole mess of comm equipment that it was equipped with at one point
27 gallon tank, with the reported 20mpg fuel efficiency that's around a 540 mile range.
31" Goodyears currently installed
Top comes off
Power nothing except steering and brakes
Manual locks, manual windows, manual rear window, no A/C, just heat and defrost, no radio, no overhead lights, no carpets, just like I like it.

I think Dekker will be jealous.

[Titan]

[headdie]

mine are velcro, white and nearly in the bin though 4 months for £10 with my mileage is good

[Titan]

mine are velcro, white and nearly in the bin though 4 months for £10 with my mileage is good

3 months, got them for $30. They're Asics, though, so they're a premium shoe.