On Sat Mar-30-2013 09:33, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN> If I were 20 years old, I would agree.  (-:

 RW> It's not the age that makes the difference, it's the mentality. 

Oh, the mentality is still there, but at the same time it is cognizant of the
body's condition, else I'd have been riding my SIL's Harley long ago.  A Trike
is the fad here nowadays.

 RW>> Don't mention superior gas mileage either.

 RN> I'm doing alright.  My only gripe is I have to use premium gas, i.e.,
 RN> 93 octane.

 RW> MPG?

The MB?  About 17MPG in the city.  I rarely go out of town with it.

 RW> I was headed for Illinois to see my mother on her birthday when my
 RW> friend Andrew told me that he was packing up for a trip to see his
 RW> mother in Minnesota. I was taking the Z28, he was taking his 94
 RW> Nissan (v6, auto-overdrive - Altima?). We started out together and
 RW> he thought he could go past the gas station that I'd have to make a
 RW> stop at. I kept on going for as long as he did, then when he pulled
 RW> into a station for a fill up I did too. The Z took .23 gallons more
 RW> than his Nissan, both getting the same mileage out of a 15 gallon
 RW> tank. Coulda pushed him over with a feather that day. Then I told
 RW> him I'd like to drive over the speed limit, which cause his Nissan
 RW> to burn more gas while the Z was slumbering along at 1800 rpm doing
 RW> 70mph.

That's interesting.  My Mark VIII gets over 30MPG at 1400RPM on the highway at
60 (usually the safest speed to go because the speed limits change suddenly
and sometimes without warning).  The MPG will increase slightly if I'm going
north to south, but everyone laughs at me when I tell them that.  (-:

 RN> I believe anyone could get the specs if I spelled Engle correctly.
 RN> (-:

 RW> So you did a google already.

Yes and no.  There were too many hits and the one I was looking for wasn't on
the first page.

 RN> Glad you liked them.

 RW> I've got a couple from my BIL that I'll send along one of these
 RW> days. 

 RW> Burma Shave type.

Alright.


Regards,

Roger 
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