Thanks for the replies to this. Yes, I guess I do have the right
idea. But I must say that I feel the car is in good repair but I am
getting 13-15 MPG!! I can't ghink of much else to do to the engine
to improve mileage. This is normal city driving with stop lights.
SO the whole 18-25 MPG really interests me.
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Louie G <louie@xxxx> wrote:
> The car seems happiest shifting at about 3-4k rpms. I however like
to wind the car up pretty hard when I drive it... so my shifts are
usually higher :-). I also cruise around at 2.5-3.5k rpms here in
the city... I like having the engine in this range in case I need to
make any cut and thrust moves. As we all know the DeLorean doesn't
have tremendous low end grunt, but rather power builds up with the
rpms. So I like to drive the car around in a medium range to be
prepared for the Lexus and Mercedes SUVs that will invariably try to
squash me. Bill Robertson picks on me for driving mine hard... but
frazzles my nerves going 90 in the interstates lol. -Louie
>
>
> --- "Brian" <TK581@xxxx> wrote:
> All right - here's somehting for all of you to either laugh at or
> argue over. I've been driving around my DeLorean for several
months
> now off and on and I admittingly don't think I have the hang of it
> totally. I drive other 5 speed manuals just fine but it feels
like
> everytime I drive the ol' DMC my style either changes or the car
> does. Hmmmm... so my question is at what RPM do you change gears
at
> (besides ngine sound and feel of course) and at what RPM do you
> cruise at most of the time in regular city driving. I know this
> sounds like a question from a 15 year old but I just want to get
the
> most out of my drving experience.
>
> thanks a bunch!! - Brian #11280
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