I've always wondered if my car's gas mileage was "normal" ... and I always thought it amazing that someone was getting close to 30MPG (as my mileage has hovered in the 18-22MPG range for a long time, with a pretty even mix of highway and stop-and-go driving). On the Fall Foliage tour just completed, I managed to squeeze out a little over 23MPG, with a lot of highway miles PLUS a grueling parade at Montclair State U yesterday, and all the stops and starts of the driving tour today. When I did the math for my trip home, however, I was stunned to have averaged 29.5MPG. This was almost entirely highway miles, including many miles faster than optimal-mileage speeds. Maybe that pricey gas at the Citgo was really worth the extra money we paid (oops), or maybe not. Two things on my car have changed recently, and I haven't had enough fill-ups to know if these are making a tangible difference or if the Fall Tour was just an aberration... but here they are: 1) right before leaving on the tour, I poured in some fuel system cleaner, and 2) I replaced my stock radiator and fans with the 3-core radiator and low-power quiet fans from John Hervey. Maybe the radiator is allowing coolant to flow more freely, maybe the low-draw fans is helping, I don't know. Or maybe my fuel system was really dirty. Whatever it was, I have always wondered if 30MPG was really a pipe dream... now I know it's not out of the realm of possibility, even for me, a regular guy. And a BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who made the fall tour GREAT. I brought my whole family and everyone had a blast. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/