Originally Posted by Franc Rauscher
Brent, I had an '88 T&C with all the bells. great car. Floated down the highway. Engine was a 351 Clevelandand and was itself probably 25% of the weight of the car. I got 13 city and 18 highway. My dads 91 Deauville 2 door coupe was a 305, I believe. I asked him last night and he confirmed the 29 mpg milage. Said he used Slick 50 in the oil and that made a difference. He's my dad, I don't question.
Keep in mind that most fuel in the early 90's was actually gasoline. Gasoline with ethanol has less energy per gallon. Milage will be lower.
roadster with a stick
My first new car was a 79 Dodge Omni 024 and it got almost 40 mpg on the hwy. But then it only weighed around 2400 lbs and had the 1.7L four from the VW Rabbit, good for 70 - 75 HP.
Through the latter half of the seventies up into the beginning of the nineties mpg was *the* feature to highlight. It was also a major criteria for selecting a car. Then it all changed to horsepower. But to prove that history does repeat itself, I heard on the radio today several car ads with mpg was being plugged as the main selling point.