OMFG....
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
and what is wrong with a crown vic?
if you keep your foot out of the throttle, they get very good mileage. i get 25+ on the highway and 15-17 in town with the garbage ethanol blend.
granted i can drop that to 7 mpg if i play drive it like ya stole it!
Post Fiend
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Not a Crown Vic, I love those, well the older ones anyways. I meat a honda Civic, but called it a *****vic.
They are great highway runners for sure!
The DD 99 Buick Century gets over 30mpg in summer, full time highway, or 27mpg normal type of highway and 22 around town.
Funny though, on the EPA mpg rating site, 1999 Buick Century 3.1L V6 4 speed OD is rated at 17mpg city, and 26 highway.
And a 1992 Buick Roadmaster, 350 V8 4 speed OD, is rated at 16mpg city, and 25 highway.
You got like twice the car, and only 1 less mpg?
They are great highway runners for sure!
The DD 99 Buick Century gets over 30mpg in summer, full time highway, or 27mpg normal type of highway and 22 around town.
Funny though, on the EPA mpg rating site, 1999 Buick Century 3.1L V6 4 speed OD is rated at 17mpg city, and 26 highway.
And a 1992 Buick Roadmaster, 350 V8 4 speed OD, is rated at 16mpg city, and 25 highway.
You got like twice the car, and only 1 less mpg?
Fleet Owner
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From: Mi'kma'ki
i don't care what i get actually as long as she pushes upwards of 30-35 mpg or more.some little cheap compact 4cyl. beater i guess.i can always rip out a junk seat and bolt in a good one further back for leg room.
i had a '96 v6 t-bird that i got 25-28 mpg with last time.was pretty good for it's time,but not today.sure would be cool to find a little diesel car cheap!
i had a '96 v6 t-bird that i got 25-28 mpg with last time.was pretty good for it's time,but not today.sure would be cool to find a little diesel car cheap!
Post Fiend
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Somewhere in the near future, for a work travel car, I'd like to find a early 90's Buick Park Avenue, or a same years Century, and swap in a VW Diesel engine in that. Won't be fast, but I'll be able to cruise in a decent car, and get great small diesel car mpg! 
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From: Southington, CT
Go up the road a mile to the next Mobil by exit 31 and it's 4.19. Two miles past that and it's 4.21 in Bristol. Why is there a 25-cent difference a mile apart? Jeez.
Lead Driver
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We got a new equinox, and it was the worse vehicle we ever ever had, it gets 21 MPG with a 34+ or so MPG sticker.
We still got it, but also got a 1996 caprice classic v8, with stright pipes, v8 and alloy wheels. It gets 26 MPG, and costs a lot less to keep on the road.
Whoever allowed the car companies to put outrageous mileage stickers on vehicles to sell them, should be shot and defecated on. My .02$
Cargo Master
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From: NY
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From: in denial.
hmmm.... wonder if i can slide a new harley past the wife with the teaser of getting 40+ mpg.........yup, didnt think so. gotta go now, and she says i cant play with you guys anymore today.
Post Fiend
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
The 70's LTD, or even better a Grand Marquis, with a 460/C6
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From: Redmond, WA USA
If you can somehow overlook the crappy electrical system reliability and other niggling issues (sticky door handles, crappy power window regulators, and so on), look at a late 1990s VW TDI diesel (the pre-1999.5 Jettas were best because they had fewer power options than the Passats). Good power, superb mileage, and plenty of room inside.
I've got a 1996 Passat TDI sedan sitting in my driveway with a leaky IP (the ULSD was the final straw for those aging seals). I have never gotten lower than 40mpg in that thing (typically 45), and I can drive from Seattle all the way down to Northern CA on the same tank of fuel! It's not a racecar, but the turbo kicks in early and it really is fun to drive (when something isn't broken on it - I cannot overemphasize the love/hate relationship I have with this car and can now empathize with Jaguar owners). The drivetrain is bulletproof, but it's the rest of the car, not so much! It does help to have a parts car though!
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From: Kodiak, Alaska
Forget about that! I had a 1981 VW diesel rabbit as well as a 1988 Buick Electra, and let me tell you, 56HP is barely enough for a Rabbit, nevermind a car that weighs 1500lbs more!
If you can somehow overlook the crappy electrical system reliability and other niggling issues (sticky door handles, crappy power window regulators, and so on), look at a late 1990s VW TDI diesel (the pre-1999.5 Jettas were best because they had fewer power options than the Passats). Good power, superb mileage, and plenty of room inside.
I've got a 1996 Passat TDI sedan sitting in my driveway with a leaky IP (the ULSD was the final straw for those aging seals). I have never gotten lower than 40mpg in that thing (typically 45), and I can drive from Seattle all the way down to Northern CA on the same tank of fuel! It's not a racecar, but the turbo kicks in early and it really is fun to drive (when something isn't broken on it - I cannot overemphasize the love/hate relationship I have with this car and can now empathize with Jaguar owners). The drivetrain is bulletproof, but it's the rest of the car, not so much! It does help to have a parts car though!
If you can somehow overlook the crappy electrical system reliability and other niggling issues (sticky door handles, crappy power window regulators, and so on), look at a late 1990s VW TDI diesel (the pre-1999.5 Jettas were best because they had fewer power options than the Passats). Good power, superb mileage, and plenty of room inside.
I've got a 1996 Passat TDI sedan sitting in my driveway with a leaky IP (the ULSD was the final straw for those aging seals). I have never gotten lower than 40mpg in that thing (typically 45), and I can drive from Seattle all the way down to Northern CA on the same tank of fuel! It's not a racecar, but the turbo kicks in early and it really is fun to drive (when something isn't broken on it - I cannot overemphasize the love/hate relationship I have with this car and can now empathize with Jaguar owners). The drivetrain is bulletproof, but it's the rest of the car, not so much! It does help to have a parts car though!
Post Fiend
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
If I'd be lucky enough to find one, I'd love one of those older mid 80's Perkins Diesel Rangers, the non turbo ones ofcourse
Or a mid 80's Buick Century, they had a 4.3L Oldsmobile Diesel V6 in those, it's just as ****ty as the old 350 Diesel, but I'd still love one!
Or a mid 80's Buick Century, they had a 4.3L Oldsmobile Diesel V6 in those, it's just as ****ty as the old 350 Diesel, but I'd still love one!
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
84 to 87 ford tempo and mercury topaz.
2.0 L Mazda 4 cylinder diesel, it got 50 mpg all the time.
only problem was it was an interference engine, and the timing belt was only good for 60k miles. if you did not replace the timing belt at the recommended 50-55 k miles, the belt snapped and took the engine out with it.
2.0 L Mazda 4 cylinder diesel, it got 50 mpg all the time.
only problem was it was an interference engine, and the timing belt was only good for 60k miles. if you did not replace the timing belt at the recommended 50-55 k miles, the belt snapped and took the engine out with it.