Price of gas...how small will you allow yourself to go?

[Rot 911]

Last winter we sold our Jeep Grand Cherokee with the Hemi engine and bought a 2002 BMW 325i with the sport package which includes a 5 speed. Just got back from South Dakota, round trip 1240 miles and averaged 28.3 mpg at 75 mph.

[Rot 911]

Last winter we sold our Jeep Grand Cherokee with the Hemi engine and bought a 2002 BMW 325i with the sport package which includes a 5 speed. Just got back from South Dakota, round trip 1240 miles and averaged 28.3 mpg at 75 mph.

[thrown_hammer]

I have a 1961 VW Beetle Ragtop sitting in the barn. If someone doesn't buy it soon I am seriously contemplating going full electric with it for around town runs.

[teenerted1]

Originally Posted by thrown_hammer

I have a 1961 VW Beetle Ragtop sitting in the barn. If someone doesn't buy it soon I am seriously contemplating going full electric with it for around town runs.

electric dont do it. if in good shape dont those get @29mpg?

[thrown_hammer]

Oh, but it do...it do.

[dd74]

Shawn - post some photos of that cool-assed Baja buggy you had. That thing was great. I'd love to drive that to the grocery store.

[Mule]

Originally Posted by thrown_hammer

Oh, but it do...it do.

If a significant number of cars start to run on electric, the pollution from batteries will make people wish for the good old days of oil spills.

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by burgermeister

Why is it only the mini and the olde-tyme 911 have the tach mounted in the right spot, anyhow ???

RX-7 too I drove my old Rex by the sound of the engine more than anything, but the tach is big and prominently displayed dead center in the steering wheel, where it belongs.

[Red Baron]

Originally Posted by thrown_hammer

I have a 1961 VW Beetle Ragtop sitting in the barn. If someone doesn't buy it soon I am seriously contemplating going full electric with it for around town runs.

If 10% of the nations driver did this we would crash the power grid while trying to protect ourselves from Manbearpig.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by Red Baron

....protect ourselves from Manbearpig.

Who is "Manbearpig"? Seriously...

[island911]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbearpig

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by island911

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbearpig

So...his entire reason for arguing is based upon a fake character, on a cartoon where fart jokes are as good as it gets, and then you use Wiki to teach us about that???


Man, you couldn't WRITE stuff this good!

[island911]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

So...his entire reason for arguing is based upon a fake character, on a cartoon where fart jokes are as good as it gets, and then you use Wiki to teach us about that???


Man, you couldn't WRITE stuff this good!

"his" ? . . his who?

[thrown_hammer]

This thread had nothing to do with pollution, the power grid, or manpigmanbear.

[island911]

eh . .. page 5 . ..digression happens. (this IS OT, btw.)

[thrown_hammer]

George W. Bush hates page 5.

[burgermeister]

I enjoyed reading up on manbearpig - sounds like another great episode. And South Park certainly goes quite a bit deeper and wider than fart jokes. The fart joke folks were on that canadian TV show in the south park movie ...

My 73 beetle got around 20 MPG with a 1649cc engine and a 2bbl Weber (the weirdo truck carb where all the adjustments ended up against the fan shroud so it becomes impossible to set the idle)

[The Gaijin]

Picked up an '02 Corolla to keep on the street. Took a short trip last weekend and averaged 65 -70MPH. 158 miles and used 4.259 gallons of gas.. Better than 37 MPG.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by the

LOL, I had the mileage from memory from a few years ago.

I was overly optimistic. Here's the latest - Mercedes C Class 2.6 V6:



It is what it is. I'd like to see some similar shots from all those who are averaging 27+ or whatever in their V8s.

I assume that 20 MPH is your average speed that corresponds to that MPG? If so, 16 MPG is no suprise, as you're obviously doing a lot of slow city driving. If I recall correctly, the W210 E420 is rated at 27 HWY, the W210 E320 28 HWY. Hell, my 300 HP E34 540 6-speed could easily get 25 MPG on the highway, and my E36 325i 5-speed routinely was high 20s. Take that MB on the highway, if you're still getting 16 MPG there's something seriously wrong.

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by island911

"his" ? . . his who?

Mule's. His only reason for existence these days is to discuss this manbearpig thing with lots of people who could care less what he's mumbling about.

Apparently he's drawn some of you into his Secret Society as well...do you have a special handshake?