Re: [DML] 30+ mpg in a DeLorean

[Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

My father was a traveling salesman.  He said that when
he spent the nights in the hotels in the little towns
he traveled through, invariably the talk came around
to gas mileage.  He said " The first liar never had a
chance.".

With that in mind......

I've put nearly 175,000 miles on two DeLoreans.  One
automatic and one 5 speed.  Almost 50,000 miles were
sans turbo, the rest were with a twin turbo.  Most of
the miles were long distance highway miles.  On the
highway I usually drive the speed limit "plus" (+5 or
+10 mph).  My cars have NEVER acheived 30+ mpg.  

The DeLorean Toruing Society has 6 charter members who
do a 2-4,000 mile trip each year in a period of two
weeks.  That obviously means a lot of highway driving.
 We have a stock engined D, 2 twin turbo'd Ds, a
single turbo'd D and a Stage II engine.  To my
knowledge, none of us has ever gotten 30+ mpg.  

This is not to say that we are dissatisfied with our
mileage.  We seem to run from 24+ to 28 mpg and I
think that is just fine.  I have no complaints with
300 miles per tankful.

Dick Ryan
VIN 16867

--- James Espey <james@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A few years ago, I drove our former company car
> five-speed from Houston to
> Scottsdale, Arizona. This car had the Stage II
> engine and I was surprised on
> at least two tankfuls to get over 30mpg. A woman
> client of ours just drove
> in from Oregon for a week while we installed the
> Stage II engine in her car,
> and she reported similar results on her way BACK to
> Oregon. I don't think
> 30+ mpg on the highway is anything to complain
> about...the Rover I drive
> regularly and the XJS I hope to be driving soon are
> both sub-15mpg.
> 
> 30mpg and a 13.2 gallon tank make for a nearly 400
> mile range...
> 
> James
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