[DML] Re: MPG

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Original EPA calculation: 21 MPG.
Car & Driver December 1981 test: 18 MPG (55-75 MPH).
My experience: 22-23 MPG (60-65 MPH).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ron Peters <ascmclaren1987@...> wrote:
>
> I get 28-32mpg on the highway in my D.
> My D is completely bone stock original.
> 
> Ron Peters #3831 - Whidbey Island, WA
> 
> --- robert parker <roberthparker@...> wrote:
> 
> >  After switching to Volvo carburation, the late
> > Charles Muffley (PA) claimed to get ~31 MPG on the
> > highway. He & Gladys did a LOT of highway driving in
> > their "D". (BTW, any one know the fate of Charles &
> > Gladys' "D"?  Does she still have it?)      Drive
> > Stainless     Robert   VIN 6924   
> > 
> > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > From: malevy_nj@...
> > > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:55:23 -0700
> > > Subject: [DML] MPG
> > > 
> > > Sure, if you always drive with the wind at your
> > back
> > > and down hill.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Ron Peters <ascmclaren1987@...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Interesting, 
> > > > 
> > > > My Delorean is bone stock and original except
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > door lift struts, I get 32-35mpg's on the
> > highway
> > > > regularly. Is this normal?
> > > > 
> > > > Ron Peters #3831
> > > > 
> > 
> 
> Ron Peters
> Coupeville, WA / Denver CO / San Antonio, TX
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