V8 / V6 Gas Mileage?
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Don't have an Edge, but do have a '07 FX4 F-150 and it's really close as well. We were extatic about the mileage of our '08 GT 5 spd with 3.32 gearing. I know the Mustang's in car MPG readout is a little off, in our case it's usually with in 1 or 1.5 mpg of mileage figured by hand. I reset it all every gas stop and do the math in my head usually.
My ScanGageII is likewise very close, but it will reset itself in just a few moments of parked. I use it for a "toy" usually and use the MPG readout like a vacuum gage sometimes, seeing how high I can keep it. Way I know it's pretty close then is those cases where I used it and we ran from gas stop to gas stop with no stopping for food, etc. I gas most frequently at the same BP station at Greenville, usually same pump same position on the way home. When we were going for longer drives and I have it in mind to test, I top off on the way out.
The day we bought it in Roanoke we stopped and I gassed both cars at Daleville, I reset everything, and wife drove the Mustang home up Rt 11. We took it to a gas station up off the exit before going home, car's readout showed 28.6 and math vs miles had it at over 28 as I recall. I live near an hour from several cities (Lynchburg, Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Lewisburg) , my home is a small community with one exit off the interstate, we use Rt 11 mostly running 55 mph. I usually use 1, 2, 3 and often go into 5th then. Since then, on some long drives we've seen 30 - 31 MPG and one day we took a long drive up through the valley (no interstate use) and that day the math was within a couple tenths of the readout, both over 32.
I have also noticed that at 70+ on the interstate like if we go to Lewisburg, mileage does drop noticeably, more like 26- 27 or so. I also have seen where in town or city driving, start and stop, gear changes, accelerate to stop, like where maybe we do a lot of running in Roanoke shopping, etc .... it will drop off fast.
I have a '95 T-Bird 4.6 with 3.08s that will knock out 30-31 mpg like that day we rode to Norfolk and come back home that night through Wakefield, wish my '92 5.0 Sport would do that. I think this Mustang will match my wife's '03 Forester 5 speed in steady state driving, but short periods of stop and go don't knock the Forester back as bad.
Our '01 Merc GM with 2.76s averaged 26-27 mpg (math) over 21 days and 7,955 miles on our biggest road trip toting "Wife Unit", our puppy, myself, and all our luggage stuff in that huge trunk. We did I-64 to St Louis to start on old Rt 66 west and then up through Sequoia and Yosemite and back across Rt 50 and down through Utah and Monument Valley, then up through Utah to Yellowstone and down through Wyoming to Rocky Mtn Natl Park and working our way home RT 50 back to St Louis and 40 across Indianna into Ohio and down 35 to WVa and Rt 60 home through Charleston, Gauly Bridge, Sam Black Church.
With some exceptions, we did most of that trip NOT on interstate highways, it was a "Road Trip", to see America along the roadside, and interstates don't show you that.
My ScanGageII is likewise very close, but it will reset itself in just a few moments of parked. I use it for a "toy" usually and use the MPG readout like a vacuum gage sometimes, seeing how high I can keep it. Way I know it's pretty close then is those cases where I used it and we ran from gas stop to gas stop with no stopping for food, etc. I gas most frequently at the same BP station at Greenville, usually same pump same position on the way home. When we were going for longer drives and I have it in mind to test, I top off on the way out.
The day we bought it in Roanoke we stopped and I gassed both cars at Daleville, I reset everything, and wife drove the Mustang home up Rt 11. We took it to a gas station up off the exit before going home, car's readout showed 28.6 and math vs miles had it at over 28 as I recall. I live near an hour from several cities (Lynchburg, Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Lewisburg) , my home is a small community with one exit off the interstate, we use Rt 11 mostly running 55 mph. I usually use 1, 2, 3 and often go into 5th then. Since then, on some long drives we've seen 30 - 31 MPG and one day we took a long drive up through the valley (no interstate use) and that day the math was within a couple tenths of the readout, both over 32.
I have also noticed that at 70+ on the interstate like if we go to Lewisburg, mileage does drop noticeably, more like 26- 27 or so. I also have seen where in town or city driving, start and stop, gear changes, accelerate to stop, like where maybe we do a lot of running in Roanoke shopping, etc .... it will drop off fast.
I have a '95 T-Bird 4.6 with 3.08s that will knock out 30-31 mpg like that day we rode to Norfolk and come back home that night through Wakefield, wish my '92 5.0 Sport would do that. I think this Mustang will match my wife's '03 Forester 5 speed in steady state driving, but short periods of stop and go don't knock the Forester back as bad.
Our '01 Merc GM with 2.76s averaged 26-27 mpg (math) over 21 days and 7,955 miles on our biggest road trip toting "Wife Unit", our puppy, myself, and all our luggage stuff in that huge trunk. We did I-64 to St Louis to start on old Rt 66 west and then up through Sequoia and Yosemite and back across Rt 50 and down through Utah and Monument Valley, then up through Utah to Yellowstone and down through Wyoming to Rocky Mtn Natl Park and working our way home RT 50 back to St Louis and 40 across Indianna into Ohio and down 35 to WVa and Rt 60 home through Charleston, Gauly Bridge, Sam Black Church.
With some exceptions, we did most of that trip NOT on interstate highways, it was a "Road Trip", to see America along the roadside, and interstates don't show you that.
Your 01 Merc must of been very comfy on the long trip and for a big heavy car, that mileage is very respectable!
Our 2013 Edge with the 3.5 L is rated at 27 highway. I have been able to get 31 on the highway calculated running about 55 MPH.
My 2010 F-150 STX 4X4 gets up to 21 or 22 MPG at 55 MPH on the highway. Better with a tail wind!!! Down to 19 into a head wind.
A lot of the mileage results I see are a direct result of how I drive. Sure, a Mustang is a lot of fun for quick starts from stoplights and hitting the highway on ramps. However in this age of almost $4.00 a gallon gas, I sometimes take it easy in an awesome looking car and enjoy the great gas mileage as well
Thanks again for the informative post! You have some real nice cars there too!
Phil
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For 2 years, I drove my 2009 GT/CS about 800 miles per week to work. The drive was about 80 - 85% highway with balance city. I averaged around 24 mpg during this time.
I now drive about 100 miles per week to work. It is all city traffic, and I get 14-15 mpg.
My GT/CS currently has 110,000 miles on it.
Kevin
I now drive about 100 miles per week to work. It is all city traffic, and I get 14-15 mpg.
My GT/CS currently has 110,000 miles on it.
Kevin
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As I recall, you have a '07 GT 5 spd, likely in good tune, but I'm not sure what rear gear you have ..... but I do know the terrain between Indiana and Tennessee from past road trips, I have no doubt but that with the use of some restraint on the go pedal, maybe skipping 4th, speeds 65 or less .... I'ld be shocked if you didn't average 30 mpg. Get in a bigger hurry than I usually am in, use interstates and kick it to 70-75 ... high 20s still.
You already know that you can anticipate speed changes, hills, etc and thus that you can beat the cruise control for mileage just using your foot. That's where the SGII helps with the instant readout. It helps you train your throttle use like a vacuum gage of old did. It also has an avg readout that you use independent of the car's readout, leave car's alone and reset SGII each gas stop?
It is, we bought it in 2001 so we could take MIL on road trips to see wife's family, etc when we go, she was having trouble crawling in/out of our then '85 T-Bird. After she passed away, we kept it as by then, I just liked it and had made some "changes".... it handles well with the Bilsteins and Addcos and G-Y-RS-A rubber .... I have AirLifts to handle the loads so no drooping or bottoming in back. When I drive the Merc on the road like that, I am pretty patient with acceleration as I look at scenery, ain't no getting in a hurry with a 4.6 loaded down pulling 2.76s.
But yes, that's primarily why I keep this car .... it rides well, handles well, I like the room on trips, and I know how tough they are as my last three police cars from 1998-2010 were Ford Crown Vics (2 had 3.55 gears, 1 had 3.27 gears)and my last had 86K when I retired and the next guy ran it up over 160K before they called it in and he got a newer 2011. My Merc is still short of 78K miles at 13 years and looks new thanks to a cover and carport spot. That's like our Subaru Forester, small, 2.5, AWD, and engine is turning nearly twice the speed of the Mustang's engine at highway speed so it's sweeping almost as many cubic inches per second.
Amazing .... ain't it! I still really make a game of it as I drive my '07 on the road, even with cat back exh and a intake and tuner (I got it for better shifts, but it helps mileage when used on 87 Perf Tune versus stock, solid 1.5 mpg increase ..... confirmed several times between here and Conyer's Ga and Indianapolis and here .... and later this summer, early fall, gonna pull a trailer to Oklahoma with a bike to visit friends and go riding for a few days .... just hope she breaks 15-17 then?)
A lot of the mileage results I see are a direct result of how I drive. Sure, a Mustang is a lot of fun for quick starts from stoplights and hitting the highway on ramps. However in this age of almost $4.00 a gallon gas, I sometimes take it easy in an awesome looking car and enjoy the great gas mileage as well
Then I see you already know .... that the vehicle is capable of a certain finate mileage, how close you can stay to that certain finate max mileage is dependent on the driver and conditions encountered. We can't control all the conditions, but we can control our own inputs.
Many years ago my agency (that I retired from) had a couple of regular 1978 Plymouth Grand Fury police cars, 440s, A727 TF, whole deal .... outfitted with a "gallons per hour": sensor and it also tied in with the speedometer and it would show you instant MPGs at any moment as well as average from start to stop, much like a SGII will do but at a greater costs "then" in 1980-81. The cars were sent on a tour all over the state and every sworn member (badge carrier) had to spend a few hours in a class and driving session, the aim was to show our members how to save $$$ from gas that might then be used to buy other equipment from limited budgets. Every place the cars went (each of 7 divisions) when they got there, the instructor laid out a route, drove it several times seeking good mileage, then we had to drive the course (several miles, varied) and then take the class and then drive the course again. In the times, it was an eye opener for real, first time I saw first hand what a difference with a little anticipation that a steady foot with easy movements could make on gas mileage.
I never forgot, I practiced the techniques in patrol (not pursuit or response or while working radar and wrecks, etc) and personal driving and I'm sure they've saved me some $$$ over the years.
I still enjoy the feel of being accelerated hard, but after over 30 years of working as a Trooper, chases lasting 1/2 mile to over 100 miles, emergency responses mid shift half way across state or further often requiring a gas stop,otherwise almost never under 110-120 as one passes all sorts of motorists with safety, seeing too many deer, bear, cows, and loose horses hit, high speeds on public roadways just don't excite me any more.
But I still like good road feel, a good kick occasionally, and asthetics that draw my eye back as I walk away.
Thank You.
I know, long post. I'm watching "Vikings" and wife is on couch sick with that nasty intestinal bug that had me down Tuesday .... YUKKK!
So here I'm watching TV, typing some on this, and watching her. Hope we can make Charlotte next week as she so wants to sing "Happy Birthday" to the Mustang! .
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As I recall, you have a '07 GT 5 spd, likely in good tune, but I'm not sure what rear gear you have ..... but I do know the terrain between Indiana and Tennessee from past road trips, I have no doubt but that with the use of some restraint on the go pedal, maybe skipping 4th, speeds 65 or less .... I'ld be shocked if you didn't average 30 mpg. Get in a bigger hurry than I usually am in, use interstates and kick it to 70-75 ... high 20s still.
You already know that you can anticipate speed changes, hills, etc and thus that you can beat the cruise control for mileage just using your foot. That's where the SGII helps with the instant readout. It helps you train your throttle use like a vacuum gage of old did. It also has an avg readout that you use independent of the car's readout, leave car's alone and reset SGII each gas stop?
It is, we bought it in 2001 so we could take MIL on road trips to see wife's family, etc when we go, she was having trouble crawling in/out of our then '85 T-Bird. After she passed away, we kept it as by then, I just liked it and had made some "changes".... it handles well with the Bilsteins and Addcos and G-Y-RS-A rubber .... I have AirLifts to handle the loads so no drooping or bottoming in back. When I drive the Merc on the road like that, I am pretty patient with acceleration as I look at scenery, ain't no getting in a hurry with a 4.6 loaded down pulling 2.76s.
But yes, that's primarily why I keep this car .... it rides well, handles well, I like the room on trips, and I know how tough they are as my last three police cars from 1998-2010 were Ford Crown Vics (2 had 3.55 gears, 1 had 3.27 gears)and my last had 86K when I retired and the next guy ran it up over 160K before they called it in and he got a newer 2011. My Merc is still short of 78K miles at 13 years and looks new thanks to a cover and carport spot. That's like our Subaru Forester, small, 2.5, AWD, and engine is turning nearly twice the speed of the Mustang's engine at highway speed so it's sweeping almost as many cubic inches per second.
Amazing .... ain't it! I still really make a game of it as I drive my '07 on the road, even with cat back exh and a intake and tuner (I got it for better shifts, but it helps mileage when used on 87 Perf Tune versus stock, solid 1.5 mpg increase ..... confirmed several times between here and Conyer's Ga and Indianapolis and here .... and later this summer, early fall, gonna pull a trailer to Oklahoma with a bike to visit friends and go riding for a few days .... just hope she breaks 15-17 then?)
Then I see you already know .... that the vehicle is capable of a certain finate mileage, how close you can stay to that certain finate max mileage is dependent on the driver and conditions encountered. We can't control all the conditions, but we can control our own inputs.
Many years ago my agency (that I retired from) had a couple of regular 1978 Plymouth Grand Fury police cars, 440s, A727 TF, whole deal .... outfitted with a "gallons per hour": sensor and it also tied in with the speedometer and it would show you instant MPGs at any moment as well as average from start to stop, much like a SGII will do but at a greater costs "then" in 1980-81. The cars were sent on a tour all over the state and every sworn member (badge carrier) had to spend a few hours in a class and driving session, the aim was to show our members how to save $$$ from gas that might then be used to buy other equipment from limited budgets. Every place the cars went (each of 7 divisions) when they got there, the instructor laid out a route, drove it several times seeking good mileage, then we had to drive the course (several miles, varied) and then take the class and then drive the course again. In the times, it was an eye opener for real, first time I saw first hand what a difference with a little anticipation that a steady foot with easy movements could make on gas mileage.
I never forgot, I practiced the techniques in patrol (not pursuit or response or while working radar and wrecks, etc) and personal driving and I'm sure they've saved me some $$$ over the years.
I still enjoy the feel of being accelerated hard, but after over 30 years of working as a Trooper, chases lasting 1/2 mile to over 100 miles, emergency responses mid shift half way across state or further often requiring a gas stop,otherwise almost never under 110-120 as one passes all sorts of motorists with safety, seeing too many deer, bear, cows, and loose horses hit, high speeds on public roadways just don't excite me any more.
But I still like good road feel, a good kick occasionally, and asthetics that draw my eye back as I walk away.
Thank You.
I know, long post. I'm watching "Vikings" and wife is on couch sick with that nasty intestinal bug that had me down Tuesday .... YUKKK!
So here I'm watching TV, typing some on this, and watching her. Hope we can make Charlotte next week as she so wants to sing "Happy Birthday" to the Mustang! .
As far at the rear end ratio, it is a 3.31 on my Mustang. And I agree, I think if I take it easy I will get good mileage!
It's funny, taking our F-150 down to Tenn, I have sometimes driven 65 MPH in a 70 MPH posted speed limit road. When passing other slower drivers on I-65, still passing but yet driving 65 MPH, I have been intentionally tailgated and given the 1 finger salute because I was not going over the speed limit. I always thought that "Limit" meant that was supposed to be the fastest your legally suppose to drive!
I sometimes exceed the speed limit, however I have always tried to keep my speed within +/- 5 MPH of the posted speed limit. I just hate paying the high $$$ for gas now a days. The only times I have really exceeded the posted limits is for very short bursts out in the rural farm country where I could see what was ahead of me on the 2 lane roads. Then again, that was not the smartest thing either, but when I had the GT500, it was a bit of a hoot!
With the ever increasing Amish in these areas, I no longer speed on the country 2 lane roads, even for short bursts. Just way too many chances to hit a family with little ones in a black (hard to see) horse drawn buggy.
Speaking of Scan Guages, I have one of the 1st generation units. Nice to pull codes as well and check other operating features.
The Merc sounds like something I could use now just healing up from upper back surgery. Comfy sounds good right about now!
BTW, thanks for helping keep our roads safe when you were a state trooper!!!
I too remember when the 440's came out in the GTX's and with the 727 Torque Flight they were a monster. At that time I was a bit too young to own one. My friends brother had bought a new GTX and that car would sure put you back in the seat! I imagine in the Plymouth GF, they also were a fast machine!
Hope your wife gets better. No fun being under the weather
BTW, what do you ride? I have had a lot of different bikes and I think you mentioned that you were going to pull a bike....
Thanks again!
Phil
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Originally Posted by Phil
, it is a 3.31 on my Mustang. And I agree, I think if I take it easy I will get good mileage!
Originally Posted by Phil
It's funny, taking our F-150 down to Tenn, ... etc ... to drive!
When I am in the PU on the Interstate , then 65 is about all I run .... and I too have seen the gestures
..... but I just bide my time, watch them with one eye, and when I can I signal and then ease over safely, I do it (and I usually avoid direct eye contact with a idiot stranger whom I know nothing about on an interstate when in a personal or private car which is likely from here on in life, done seen too many unfortunate interactions between drivers that could have simply been left to fade if only one had "let go" ..... .... but those same types were a lot of fun when I was working and maybe driving a Monte Carlo or Mustang GT or Thunderbird or Buick LeSabre or Regal, etc "Special Enforcement Vehicle" we used often.) .... and let that doggy run ..... 'cause someone has to feed them bears if they are to be happy!
Originally Posted by Phil
I sometimes exceed the speed limit ... etc ... bit of a hoot!
When I was a very young child I got to see a Trooper Riddle in action , about 1962 or there abouts, from my POV, that looked like a fun job and he looked sharp doing it. But I also grew up, went to HS, dug cars, had some slow ones, some faster ones, got 9 cites from 1972-1977, even got suspended once for 60 days, and by much luck and theGood Lord's Graces, never got caught drag racing and never got hurt nor hurt anyone else.
I even got to meet some other Troopers and got to see them at work .... "too close", but it was always my doings, not theirs that dealt the hand. Got a few breaks too.
Love the Shelbys ..... but I'ld worry too much about parking it to enjoy it. Love them though.
In the mid '60s I got to be best of buddies with a fellow in school when I started at a new Jr High and in 1972 he bought the car below with low miles on it for $2,400 he had saved from odd jobs, some from when he and I shared a newspaper route. His mother still has it, his sister and her hubby have shown it some ..... my buddy died after a car wreck when he was hit in the rear by a drunk running 100, he was in a Mustang II. The Car below was at home at his parents, the crash happened the last night I ever saw him as we met, talked, and I headed off to training and he went back to NC State. That was January 1979.
428, C-6, 3.00 rear and all sorts of neat things. We went to several Shelby owners club events and SCCA events in the mid '70s.
Originally Posted by Phil
The Merc sounds like something I could use now just healing up from upper back surgery. Comfy sounds good right about now!
Originally Posted by Phil
BTW, thanks for helping keep our roads safe when you were a state trooper!!!
You try, and sometimes you cry when alone ....
Originally Posted by Phil
I too remember when the 440's came out in the GTX's ....
They were some quicker in the later '60s with higher compression and lower gears.
Oh, that '78 was good when I graduated, but it seemed to hit a wall at 125. When it hit 12,000 miles and warranty died, took it to Dodge dealer and the mechanic whom worked on most state cars there slipped in some new inlet needles, seats, metering rods, some springs, messed with timing, t-stat, did a full service incl oil and trans fluid, filters, and some valve body parts from Direct Connection, and I'm not sure what else but that night (I was on 11p-7a shift) she ran right on up past 140 like she'ld been doing it all along. Suddenly 1-2nd at 55 was a violent slam and 2-3 was very firm at 99-100 .... and then it was all high gear. I loved that car .... more so than even the mid '90's Chevy Caprice with LT-1 power. But she had narrower HR70-15 rubber and smaller brakes than the last cars I had. In her day, the late '70s and '80s, she was a beast.
Originally Posted by Phil
Hope your wife gets better. No fun being under the weather
She seems to be much much better, looking good for next week .... she ate a burger tonight and it stayed down!
Originally Posted by Phil
BTW, what do you ride? .
'74 Triumph T150V Trident with a few updates, '85 Honda GL1200 Aspencade and we also have a '97 Honda GL1500SE / Lehman GTL Trike. The Triumph is ridden sparingly these days but we have taken some longer trips on it 20 years or more ago .... the 1200 I ride a lot myself though we used to ride it together on trips before the trike, but once I broke down and got the Trike, she don't like riding the 1200.
Likely pull the Trike if we take one out west with us.
Oh yeah, my first Trike .....
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Looks like our Mustangs should get about the same mileage then .... you'll do fine.
When I am in the PU on the Interstate , then 65 is about all I run .... and I too have seen the gestures ..... but I just bide my time, watch them with one eye, and when I can I signal and then ease over safely, I do it (and I usually avoid direct eye contact with a idiot stranger whom I know nothing about on an interstate when in a personal or private car which is likely from here on in life, done seen too many unfortunate interactions between drivers that could have simply been left to fade if only one had "let go" ..... .... but those same types were a lot of fun when I was working and maybe driving a Monte Carlo or Mustang GT or Thunderbird or Buick LeSabre or Regal, etc "Special Enforcement Vehicle" we used often.) .... and let that doggy run ..... 'cause someone has to feed them bears if they are to be happy!
When I was a very young child I got to see a Trooper Riddle in action , about 1962 or there abouts, from my POV, that looked like a fun job and he looked sharp doing it. But I also grew up, went to HS, dug cars, had some slow ones, some faster ones, got 9 cites from 1972-1977, even got suspended once for 60 days, and by much luck and theGood Lord's Graces, never got caught drag racing and never got hurt nor hurt anyone else.
I even got to meet some other Troopers and got to see them at work .... "too close", but it was always my doings, not theirs that dealt the hand. Got a few breaks too.
Love the Shelbys ..... but I'ld worry too much about parking it to enjoy it. Love them though.
In the mid '60s I got to be best of buddies with a fellow in school when I started at a new Jr High and in 1972 he bought the car below with low miles on it for $2,400 he had saved from odd jobs, some from when he and I shared a newspaper route. His mother still has it, his sister and her hubby have shown it some ..... my buddy died after a car wreck when he was hit in the rear by a drunk running 100, he was in a Mustang II. The Car below was at home at his parents, the crash happened the last night I ever saw him as we met, talked, and I headed off to training and he went back to NC State. That was January 1979.
428, C-6, 3.00 rear and all sorts of neat things. We went to several Shelby owners club events and SCCA events in the mid '70s.
Ouch, sorry to read that, but I hope it fixed the problem. If my back was hurting, no question the Merc is better. Likely if we go to Charlotte next week we'll take the Merc. The headrests in the Mustang bug me.
You try, and sometimes you cry when alone ....
They were some quicker in the later '60s with higher compression and lower gears.
Oh, that '78 was good when I graduated, but it seemed to hit a wall at 125. When it hit 12,000 miles and warranty died, took it to Dodge dealer and the mechanic whom worked on most state cars there slipped in some new inlet needles, seats, metering rods, some springs, messed with timing, t-stat, did a full service incl oil and trans fluid, filters, and some valve body parts from Direct Connection, and I'm not sure what else but that night (I was on 11p-7a shift) she ran right on up past 140 like she'ld been doing it all along. Suddenly 1-2nd at 55 was a violent slam and 2-3 was very firm at 99-100 .... and then it was all high gear. I loved that car .... more so than even the mid '90's Chevy Caprice with LT-1 power. But she had narrower HR70-15 rubber and smaller brakes than the last cars I had. In her day, the late '70s and '80s, she was a beast.
She seems to be much much better, looking good for next week .... she ate a burger tonight and it stayed down!
'74 Triumph T150V Trident with a few updates, '85 Honda GL1200 Aspencade and we also have a '97 Honda GL1500SE / Lehman GTL Trike. The Triumph is ridden sparingly these days but we have taken some longer trips on it 20 years or more ago .... the 1200 I ride a lot myself though we used to ride it together on trips before the trike, but once I broke down and got the Trike, she don't like riding the 1200.
Likely pull the Trike if we take one out west with us.
Oh yeah, my first Trike .....
When I am in the PU on the Interstate , then 65 is about all I run .... and I too have seen the gestures
..... but I just bide my time, watch them with one eye, and when I can I signal and then ease over safely, I do it (and I usually avoid direct eye contact with a idiot stranger whom I know nothing about on an interstate when in a personal or private car which is likely from here on in life, done seen too many unfortunate interactions between drivers that could have simply been left to fade if only one had "let go" ..... .... but those same types were a lot of fun when I was working and maybe driving a Monte Carlo or Mustang GT or Thunderbird or Buick LeSabre or Regal, etc "Special Enforcement Vehicle" we used often.) .... and let that doggy run ..... 'cause someone has to feed them bears if they are to be happy!When I was a very young child I got to see a Trooper Riddle in action , about 1962 or there abouts, from my POV, that looked like a fun job and he looked sharp doing it. But I also grew up, went to HS, dug cars, had some slow ones, some faster ones, got 9 cites from 1972-1977, even got suspended once for 60 days, and by much luck and theGood Lord's Graces, never got caught drag racing and never got hurt nor hurt anyone else.
I even got to meet some other Troopers and got to see them at work .... "too close", but it was always my doings, not theirs that dealt the hand. Got a few breaks too.
Love the Shelbys ..... but I'ld worry too much about parking it to enjoy it. Love them though.
In the mid '60s I got to be best of buddies with a fellow in school when I started at a new Jr High and in 1972 he bought the car below with low miles on it for $2,400 he had saved from odd jobs, some from when he and I shared a newspaper route. His mother still has it, his sister and her hubby have shown it some ..... my buddy died after a car wreck when he was hit in the rear by a drunk running 100, he was in a Mustang II. The Car below was at home at his parents, the crash happened the last night I ever saw him as we met, talked, and I headed off to training and he went back to NC State. That was January 1979.
428, C-6, 3.00 rear and all sorts of neat things. We went to several Shelby owners club events and SCCA events in the mid '70s.
Ouch, sorry to read that, but I hope it fixed the problem. If my back was hurting, no question the Merc is better. Likely if we go to Charlotte next week we'll take the Merc. The headrests in the Mustang bug me.
You try, and sometimes you cry when alone ....
They were some quicker in the later '60s with higher compression and lower gears.
Oh, that '78 was good when I graduated, but it seemed to hit a wall at 125. When it hit 12,000 miles and warranty died, took it to Dodge dealer and the mechanic whom worked on most state cars there slipped in some new inlet needles, seats, metering rods, some springs, messed with timing, t-stat, did a full service incl oil and trans fluid, filters, and some valve body parts from Direct Connection, and I'm not sure what else but that night (I was on 11p-7a shift) she ran right on up past 140 like she'ld been doing it all along. Suddenly 1-2nd at 55 was a violent slam and 2-3 was very firm at 99-100 .... and then it was all high gear. I loved that car .... more so than even the mid '90's Chevy Caprice with LT-1 power. But she had narrower HR70-15 rubber and smaller brakes than the last cars I had. In her day, the late '70s and '80s, she was a beast.
She seems to be much much better, looking good for next week .... she ate a burger tonight and it stayed down!
'74 Triumph T150V Trident with a few updates, '85 Honda GL1200 Aspencade and we also have a '97 Honda GL1500SE / Lehman GTL Trike. The Triumph is ridden sparingly these days but we have taken some longer trips on it 20 years or more ago .... the 1200 I ride a lot myself though we used to ride it together on trips before the trike, but once I broke down and got the Trike, she don't like riding the 1200.
Likely pull the Trike if we take one out west with us.
Oh yeah, my first Trike .....
When I had my Shelby, I was always scared to leave it parked anywhere I could not watch it. Was really a sweet car but the Tremec 6060 had an issue shifting into 2nd gear. Known issue with them. Kinda sorry I got rid of it, but I was so worried about it, it was not fun sometimes. Sure had the power though...
Sorry to hear about your friend passing and the drunk that hit him. That classic Shelby was sweet for sure. That now has to be worth a lot of $$$. However I bet to the family, is has a value that can't be measured in money that brings back fond memories of their son.
Your Dodge mechanic obviously knew what he was doing. That is a big improvement over the previous power levels!
Nice scoots! Love the trike for sure! I have an old Yamaha Road Star now that I am fixing up. I have had quite a few Yamahas and Harleys and my favorite was a 2009 Ultra, pictured below:
Hey, you look unhappy on your "First" trike...! Maybe you needed a few more "sidewalk" miles to be more happy with it's performance!!!
Oh, and back to the thread topic....My ride yesterday in the Mustang I got 30.5 MPG on the road indicated at 60 MPH
Have a good day!
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Gorgeous Shelby there Phil!
Love the colors, I think it's the same as one we looked at very close a few years ago ....
Hey .... easy there .... that was in our back yard at 210 West 7th Str. in Del Rio, Tx. about 1956 and I had let my right big toe get caught between the pedel crank and the fork and I had not yet then figured out if I just back up, it was free. I panicked and "tuned up" and my mother went into the house and got the Brownie and took the picture just as I backed up and freed my own big toe. I'll never forget it, nor will she.
My shirt is a little dirty ..... I hadn't planned on a photo-op.
I suspect she knew I wasn't really "hurt", just some "scared".
Love the colors, I think it's the same as one we looked at very close a few years ago ....
Originally Posted by Phil_R
Hey, you look unhappy on your "First" trike...! Maybe you needed a few more "sidewalk" miles to be more happy with it's performance!!!
Oh, and back to the thread topic....My ride yesterday in the Mustang I got 30.5 MPG on the road indicated at 60 MPH
Oh, and back to the thread topic....My ride yesterday in the Mustang I got 30.5 MPG on the road indicated at 60 MPH
My shirt is a little dirty ..... I hadn't planned on a photo-op.
I suspect she knew I wasn't really "hurt", just some "scared".
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Hey .... easy there .... that was in our back yard at 210 West 7th Str. in Del Rio, Tx. about 1956 and I had let my right big toe get caught between the pedel crank and the fork and I had not yet then figured out if I just back up, it was free. I panicked and "tuned up" and my mother went into the house and got the Brownie and took the picture just as I backed up and freed my own big toe. I'll never forget it, nor will she.
My shirt is a little dirty ..... I hadn't planned on a photo-op.
I suspect she knew I wasn't really "hurt", just some "scared".
Glad the toe is ok!
Getting dirty back in the day meant we were just having fun! I won't complain to the photo stuido about the shirt, I promise
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Thanks guys. When the computer registered 30 MPG, it was for a flat stretch of road where I had reset the the computer after getting up to speed. Then I drove for about 10 miles and it showed right at 30 MPG at 55 MPH. I wonder if I have a generous mileage computer???
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I could also see it registering off if you put on aftermarket rims or tires w/ a different revs/mi than stock (reading more distance for each gal) and the computer wasn't updated to compensate.
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Not too shabby
Realize I was taking it easy though. Just cruised along and enjoyed the ride other than the on, off ramps
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"Wife Unit" and I drove over to Lewisburg, WVa using I-64 west from Lexington today, lots of hills, up and down, and a net increase in altitude and I just set the cruise on 66-67 and my SGII was reset at start (and I know from many past comparisons to math, it's close) .... and on that leg, higher speeds and net altitude increase, it showed 26.7 when I exited at Lewisburg 71.1 miles later by GPS and reset odometer. I did not gas there in WVa so that's all I can say about that leg.
We shopped an antique shop there and then drove north on Rt 219 to Marlinton 29.7 miles later for dinner at The Greenbriar Grille where we ate out on the porch and fed the ducks below (you buy little bags of corn feed) , then east on Rt 39 all the way home stopping at Warm Springs and atop Warm Springs Mtn for the view and pics. Rt 219 and 59 both wind and turn and drop and rise over mountains and through several valleys, but they are good roads and mostly I was in 5th but some 3rd and 4th on steep down grades and 4th on some steeper section climbs. Once I left Lewisburg on 219 I never broke 60 and kapt it usually 53-57.
Before going home, I whipped into the BP and filled up. I had traveled another 72 miles since Marlinton, a grand total since other fill up at Lexington of 182.9 miles. This fill up took 6.22 gallons.
That's up near 29.4 MPG average since leaving Lexington. The car's built in readout said 29.8, so appears it was off by near about 1/2 MPG today .... pretty decent. 71.1 miles of that 182.9 were on I-64 at higher speeds headed west with a net gain in altitude getting less MPGs and so it tells me that she got over 30 something to raise the average to near 30 in only a little over 110 miles.
We actually ran a little over 200 total, that's just between gas stops.
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Just before I'd changed my furl pump (could have just cleaned the pick up sock) I was getting about 300 kilometers or 185 miles , now agter cleaned injectors / throttle body / MAF & newfuel pump I'm getting about400 kilometers or 245 miles per tank of fuel. You'd be shocked on an 07 GT/CS how much silt gets in the tank .
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Just before I'd changed my furl pump (could have just cleaned the pick up sock) I was getting about 300 kilometers or 185 miles , now agter cleaned injectors / throttle body / MAF & newfuel pump I'm getting about400 kilometers or 245 miles per tank of fuel. You'd be shocked on an 07 GT/CS how much silt gets in the tank .
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City driving I'm now getting 16 mpg. When I first got it I was lucky to get into the teens (avg 10-12 mpg). Now I'm somewhat old and wiser and have been able to show a lot more throttle restraint. As far as highway goes, I can get anywhere from 30-33mpg. I can drive from Vineland, NJ to Norwalk, CT and back on a single tank.
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