Re: [Amc-list] 17.339 MPG around town

["Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mine's the OHV with a one barrel carb and a three speed manual on the
column. Most of my driving is just running down to the grocery store
or running errands. I've never run it much above 50-55, and never had
it on a highway. No trip has lasted longer than 15 minutes at most.
I'll watch it some more and try to total out the MPGs. I'm not sure if
overdrive would help a lot right now, as I rarely get it above 45
anyway, but it seems like it would be happier with another gear when
it hits 50-55.

Sounds like your doing great!

I've started thinking about going Pertronix, as it seems using points
might be more maintenance than I'm prepared to do (less than 500
miles, and I need to revisit timing and points gap). Although it's not
a lot of effort, and I should just suck it up. Most days I think
points are cool, sometime I think electronic ignition would be a lot
easier.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with better than 17, and it looks like 20-21
would definately be within reach!

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2008, Bruce Griffis wrote:
>
>> Not bad for a 43 year old car. Right around what my wife's Highlander
>> gets. Wonder if I could get 20.
>
> Mine gets 21.9 MPG, that's the average over all fillups
> since 1 Jan 2008.
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